The Nature of Faith in the Sankaran Vedanta Tradition
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9205674 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yoshitsugu Sawai (1Tenri University, Japan, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1987 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 18-44 |
| Publication date | 1987-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Numen (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0029-5973 • E-ISSN: 1568-5276 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/156852787x00128 |
| OpenAlex | W2035646868, W4250576330 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
THE NATURE OF FAITH IN THE SANKARAN VEDANTA TRADITION YOSHITSUGU SAWAI I Sankara is popularly regarded as the founder of four or five mathas (monasteries) and of the Smdrta tradition in India. In modern India, Srngeri Matha, which is located in Karnataka State, is the most influential among them. The Sankaran Vedanta tradition, which has Srngeri Matha as its center, is called Smartas, neither Saiva nor Vaisnava. It was originally an abode of samnyisins and a center of philosophical study. Since the fourteenth century C.E., however, it came to possess land-endowments and money from the kings and lay adherents; it
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| Citations per year | 0.83 |
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| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |