Sankara’s Date on Calender
Diverse dates to different Calender notings prevail to fix Sankara’s period, prominent among them are mentioned below.
i) Sankara’s Jayanti is celebrated all over India on Vaishaka Sukla paksa pancami – 5th day after New Moon – Paurnami, Nandana Year. This year is mismatch to the historians modern dating scheme – 788 CE.
ii) Dvaraka Matha records the birth of Adi Sankara on Vaishaka Sukla Paksa Pancami day of the Year 2631 of Yudhistra Sakha - according to Vimarsa commentary on Guruvamsavali. This falls on 509 BCE.
iii) Pracina Sankara Vijaya – as treated by Atmabodha in his Susama,
applying the Katapayadi formula thus:
‘Analasevadhibananetre’ may be decoded as follows,
Anala = 3; sevadhi = 9; Bana = 5; Netra = 2. Hence the code number is 3952 reversing which we get 2593 which corresponds to 509BCE.
iv) Reference from Brhat Vijaya of Citsukha
‘ekatrimsestha varse tu hayate nandane subhe | mesarasim gate surye vaishake masi shobane|| sukla pakse ca pancabhyam tithyam bhaskaravasare | punar vasugate candre lagne karkatakahvaye ||’
Sankara was born in the year 2631 (applying katapayadhi) of Yudhistra Era of Nandana on Pancami day, Vaishaka month, Punarvasu constellation and in the Kataka lagna. Sunday. This corresponds to 509 BCE.
v) Reference from a Jaina work – Jaina Vijaya
Sankara’s siddhi is noted in the Jaina work which mentions
‘Rsirbhanastatha bhumirmattyaksau vamamelanat | ekatvena labhetankastamraksastatra vatsare ||’
Rsi = 7; Bana = 5; Bhumi = 1; martrtyaksau – 2. Reversing this gives 2157 corresponds to 477 BC , So birth 477 BCE + 32 = 509 BCE. Matches the traditional account.
vi) Reference from Punya sloka Manjari
Sankara’s Siddhi is mentioned on Ekadasi of bright fortnight of Vrsa Month – Adhivrsu Ratnaksi kali 2625 by katapayadhi is 5262 resulting in 477 BCE and hence Janana is 509 BCE
[Tandalam Narayana Svami Iyer and Kuppusvami . A on Age of Sankara]
[Tandalam Narayana Svami Iyer and Kuppusvami . A on Age of Sankara]
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