Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam ?

[Ravisankar Mayavaram]

This issue was discussed on the list some time back.
Please refer to the article from Vidyasankar
http://listserv.tamu.edu/cgi/wa?A2=ind9704b&L=advaita-l&F=&S=&P=4144

You may also want to read the Advaita Vedanta Page by
Vidyasankar.
http://www.cco.caltech.edu/~vidya/advaita/advaita.html

This will explain the issue.

The Archive is close to 3 years old (this May it be 3 years).
Many issues were discussed in the past. If you search the archive
you may find the answer even before posting the question on the
list.

The same question you asked (in a different form) was asked by
Nanda in
http://listserv.tamu.edu/cgi/wa?A2=ind9704b&L=advaita-l&F=&S=&P=1635

Please read the archives.

Ravi



On Tue, 16 Mar 1999, Dattatri Radhakrishna wrote:

> Namaste
>    A doubt has developed in me regarding the title "Sankaracharya" being
> conferred on the Mathadipathis. In the books & information that I have
> read about Adi Sankaracharya, I have seen only the names of Sringeri,
> Dwaraka, Puri & Badrinath as the 4 mathas established by Sri Sankara. If
> that is the case then, why do we refer to the Acharyas of the Kanchi
> Kamakoti Peetam as "Sankaracharya" ?? I mean no disrespect to the matha
> or the people associated with it, I am just curious to know who
> conferred the title of "Sankaracharya" on the mathadipathis of Kanchi
> matha. Is there a *criterion* for being conferred the title of
> "Sankaracharya" ?
>
> Thanks
> Dattatri

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