Philosopher
Gaudapada
Overview
Gauḍapāda (Sanskrit: गौडपाद; fl.c. 6th century CE), also referred as Gauḍapādācārya (Sanskrit: गौडपादाचार्य; "Gauḍapāda the Teacher"), was an early medieval era Hindu philosopher and scholar of the Advaita Vedanta school of Hindu philosophy. While details of his biography are uncertain, his ideas inspired others such as Adi Shankara who called him a Paramaguru (highest teacher).
Gaudapada was the author or compiler of the Māṇḍūkya Kārikā, also known as Gaudapada Karika. The text consists of four chapters (also called four books), of which Chapter Four uses Buddhist terminology thereby showing it was influenced by Buddhism. However, doctrinally Gaudapada's work is Vedantic, and not Buddhist. The first three chapters of Gaudapada's text have been influential in the Advaita Vedanta tradition. Parts of the first chapter that include the Mandukya Upanishad have been considered a valid scriptural source by the Dvaita and Vishistadvaita schools of Vedanta.
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Philosophers who discussed Gaudapada
Ideas Gaudapada discusses
- Ātman (Hinduism)
- Dvaita Vedanta
- Ramanuja
- Madhvacharya
- Brahma Sutras
- Ishvara
- Hinduism
- Hindus
- Samadhi
- Saṃsāra
- Moksha
- Bhashya
- Adi Shankara
- Visuddhimagga
- Agama (Hinduism)
- Brahman
- Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
- Chandogya Upanishad
- Kamalaśīla
- Nagarjuna
- Vedanta
- Om
- Mandukya Upanishad
- Śāntarakṣita
Place in the tradition
Part of Nondualism.