![]() ![]() ![]() Meeting Adi Shankara See Life of Adi Shankara for the biography of Adi ShankaraĪs per the Madhavīya Shankaravijaya, after leaving Kerala, Adi Shankara reached the banks of the river Narmada where he met Govinda Bhagavatpada at Omkareshwar. He is considered to be an incarnation of Shesha. He is named after Gaudapada in the Guru Parampara ( lineage) of Sringeri Sharada Peetham. He is mentioned in the first verse of Adi Shankara's prakaraṇa grantha ( treatise) Viveka Chudamani. He was the disciple of Gaudapada ( IAST Gauḍapāda). Little is known of his life and works, except that he is mentioned in all the traditional accounts ( Shankara Vijayams) as the teacher of Adi Shankara. Govinda Bhagavatpada ( IAST Govinda Bhagavatpāda) was the Guru of the Adi Shankara. Gaudapadacharya, the guru of Govinda Bhagavadpada, the grand guru of Adi Shankara and the first historical proponent of Advaita Vedanta, also believed to be the founder of Shri Gaudapadacharya Math
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