[Advaita-l] Some clarification, please

[H S Chandramouli]

Dear Sri Ryan,

As per a kannada work on Sri Bhagavatpada's life history, which claims that
it is based on the work Shankara Digvijaya by Swami Vidyaranya Swami,
Totakacharya was the first Pontiff of Badari Mutt in the North, Swami
Hastamalakacharya of the Dwaraka Mutt in the west, Swami Padmapadacharya of
the Puri Mutt  in the East and Swami Sureswaracharya of the Sringeri Mutt
in the South

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On Mon, Jan 8, 2018 at 3:44 PM, Ryan Armstrong via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Namste
>
> A while ago, a link to an app about Aadi Shankara was posted on this list,
> and I have been reading the stories and traditions in it for a while.
> In the app, it declares that Sri Hastaamalakaacharya became the first
> pontiff of the Math in Puri, and that Padmapaada was the first
> Shankaraacharya of the Dvarakaa Math.
>
> But this morning, Sri Durga Prasad Janaswamy posted a link to the pages of
> the Gavardhan Math at Puri.
> I visited the pages but was astonished to find that the Math has Padmapaada
> listed as the first pontiff and not Hastaamalaka.
>
> Please could someone provide an authoritative answer as to who the first
> Shankaraacharya appointed by Aadi Shankara was.
>
> Thanks in advance
> Ryan
>
> --
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>
> Ryan Armstrong
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