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Śaṅkara and the Advaita manuals

Dakṣiṇāmūrti Stotram

A hymn to the teacher who teaches in silence, containing the mirror and dream arguments in compressed poetic form.

c. 8th century · Ādi Śaṅkara

When
c. 8th century
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Ādi Śaṅkara
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Śaṅkara and the Advaita manuals

Proof that argument and devotion were never separate activities for Śaṅkara.

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