Gaudapada

Samkhya	Kapila;
Yoga	Patanjali;
Vaisheshika	Kaṇāda, Prashastapada;
Secular	Valluvar;

Gauḍapāda
Gauḍapāda
	Adi Guru Shri Gauḍapādāchārya
Religious life
Religion	Hinduism
Founder of	Shri Gaudapadacharya Math
Philosophy	Advaita Vedanta

Gauḍapāda (Sanskrit: गौडपाद; fl.c. 6th century CE),^[1] also referred as Gauḍapādācārya (Sanskrit: गौडपादाचार्य; "Gauḍapāda the Teacher"),^[2] was an early medieval era Hindu philosopher and scholar of the Advaita Vedanta school of Hindu philosophy.^[3]^[4] While details of his biography are uncertain, his ideas inspired others such as Adi Shankara who called him a Paramaguru (highest teacher).^[2]^[5]

Gaudapada was the author or compiler of the Māṇḍūkya Kārikā, also known as Gaudapada Karika.^[6] The text consists of four chapters (also called four books^[7]), of which Chapter Four^[8] uses Buddhist terminology thereby showing it was influenced by Buddhism. However, doctrinally Gaudapada's work is Vedantic, and not Buddhist.^[3]^[9]^[10] The first three chapters of Gaudapada's text have been influential in the Advaita Vedanta tradition. Parts of the first chapter that include the Mandukya Upanishad have been considered a valid scriptural source by the Dvaita and Vishistadvaita schools of Vedanta.^[8]^[11]

^ Raju 1971, p. 177.
^ ^a ^b Potter 1981, p. 103.
^ ^a ^b Potter 1981, p. 105.
^ TRV Murti (1955), The central philosophy of Buddhism, Routledge (2008 Reprint), ISBN 978-0-415-46118-4, page 114
^ Sarma 2007, pp. 125–126.
^ Nakamura 2004, p. 308.
^ Potter 1981, pp. 106–111.
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^ Nakamura 2004, p. 311.
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[FOOTNOTERaju1971177-1] Raju 1971, p. 177.

[FOOTNOTEPotter1981103-2] Potter 1981, p. 103.

[FOOTNOTEPotter1981105-3] Potter 1981, p. 105.

[4] TRV Murti (1955), The central philosophy of Buddhism, Routledge (2008 Reprint), ISBN 978-0-415-46118-4, page 114

[FOOTNOTESarma2007125–126-5] Sarma 2007, pp. 125–126.

[FOOTNOTENakamura2004308-6] Nakamura 2004, p. 308.

[FOOTNOTEPotter1981106–111-7] Potter 1981, pp. 106–111.

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