Give an account of Shankar. - Vidyadip

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Give an account of Shankar.

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Shankara:

Shankara, one of the most influential philosophers of India, was bom in Kerala in the eighth century.
He was an advocate of Advaita.
It is the doctrine of the oneness of the individual soul and the Supreme God which is the Ultimate Reality.
He taught that Brahman, the only or Ultimate Reality, was formless and without any attributes.
He considered the world around us to be an illusion or maya.
He preached renunciation of the world and adoption of the path of knowledge to understand the true nature of Brahman and attain salvation.

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