Gaudapada and Māṇḍukya Kārikā Advaita Vedanta

statue of gaudapada.

gaudapada (6th century) teacher of govinda bhagavatpada , grandteacher of shankara. gaudapada uses concepts of ajativada , maya establish level of ultimate truth world cosmic illusion, , suggests whole of our waking experience same illusory , insubstantial dream. in contrast, adi shankara insists upon distinction between waking experience , dreams.

mandukya karika

gaudapada wrote or compiled māṇḍukya kārikā, known gauḍapāda kārikā or Āgama Śāstra. māṇḍukya kārikā commentary in verse form on mandukya upanishad, 1 of shortest upanishads consisting of 13 prose sentences. of ancient literature related advaita vedanta, oldest surviving complete text māṇḍukya kārikā. many other texts same type of teachings , older māṇḍukya kārikā existed , unquestionable because other scholars , views cited gaudapada, shankara , anandagiri, according hajime nakamura. gaudapada relied particularly on mandukya upanishad, brihadaranyaka , chandogya upanishads.

the mandukya upanishad considered Śruti before era of adi shankara, not treated particularly important. in later post-shankara period value became far more important, , regarded expressing essence of upanishad philosophy. entire karika became key text advaita school in later era.

shri gaudapadacharya math

around 740 ad gaudapada founded shri gaudapadacharya math, known kavaḷē maṭha. located in kavale, ponda, goa, , oldest matha of south indian saraswat brahmins.

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