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Ššči Caitanva, caritāmrta
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The list of the disciplic succession from Śaṅkarācārya is available, and the names of the  ācāryas  and their dates according to the Śaka Era (or Śakābda) are as follows: Śaṅkarācārya, 622 Śaka; Sureśvarācārya, 630; Bodhanācārya, 680; Jñānadhanācārya, 768; Jñānottama-śivācārya, 827; Jñānagiri Ācārya, 871; Siṁhagiri Ācārya, 958; Īśvara Tīrtha, 1019; Narasiṁha Tīrtha, 1067; Vidyātīrtha Vidyāśaṅkara, 1150; Bhāratī-Kṛṣṇa Tīrtha, 1250; Vidyāraṇya Bhāratī, 1253; Candraśekhara Bhāratī, 1290; Narasiṁha Bhāratī, 1309; Puruṣottama Bhāratī, 1328; Śaṅkarānanda, 1350; Candraśekhara Bhāratī, 1371; Narasiṁha Bhāratī, 1386; Puruṣottama Bhāratī, 1394; Rāmacandra Bhāratī, 1430; Narasirṅha Bhāratī, 1479; Narasiṁha Bhāratī, 1485; Dhanamaḍi-narasiṁha Bhāratī, 1498; Abhinava-narasiṁha Bhāratī, 1521; Saccidānanda Bhāratī, 1544; Narasiṁha Bhāratī, 1585; Saccidānanda Bhāratī, 1627; Abhinava-saccidānanda Bhāratī, 1663; Nṛsiṁha Bhāratī, 1689; Saccidānanda Bhāratī, 1692; Abhinava-saccidānanda Bhāratī, 1730; Narasiṁha Bhāratī, 1739; Saccidānanda Śivābhinava Vidyā-narasiṁha Bhāratī, 1788.
Regarding Śaṅkarācārya, it is understood that he was born in the year 608 of the Śakābda Era in the month of Vaiśākha, on the third day of the waxing moon, in a place in South India known as Kālāḍi. His father's name was Śivaguru, and he lost his father at an early age. When Śaṅkarācārya was only eight years old, he completed his study of all scriptures and took  sannyāsa  from Govinda, who was residing on the banks of the Narmadā. After accepting  sannyāsa , Śaṅkarācārya stayed with his spiritual master for some days. He then took his permission to go to Vārāṇasī and from there went to Badarikāśrama, where he stayed until his twelfth year. While there, he wrote a commentary on  Brahma-sūtra , as well as ten  Upaniṣads  and  Bhagavad-gītā . He also wrote  Sanat-sujātīya  and  Nṛsirṁa-tāpinī . Among his many disciples, his four chief disciples are Padmapāda, Sureśvara, Hastārnalaka and Troṭaka. After departing from Vārāṇasī, Śaṅkarācārya went to Prayāga, where he met a great learned scholar called Kumārila Bhaṭṭa. Śaṅkarācārya wanted to discuss the authority of the scriptures, but Kumārila Bhaṭṭa, being on his deathbed, sent him to his disciple Maṇḍana, in the city of Māhiṣmatī. It was there that Śaṅkarācārya defeated Maṇḍana Miśra in a discussion of the  śāstras . Maṇḍana had a wife named Sarasvatī, or Ubhaya-bhāratī, who served as mediator between Śaṅkarācārya and her husband. It is said that she wanted to discuss erotic principles and amorous love with Śaṅkarācārya, but Śaṅkarācārya had been a  brahmacārī  since birth and therefore had no experience in amorous love. He took a month's leave from Ubhaya-bhāratī and, by his mystic power, entered the body of a king who had recently died. In this way Śaṅkarācārya experienced the erotic principles. After attaining this experience, he wanted to discuss erotic principles with Ubhaya-bhāratī, but without hearing his discussion, she blessed him and assured the continuous existence of the Śṛṅgerimaṭha. She then took leave of material life. Afterwards, Maṇḍana Miśra took the order of  sannyāsa  from Śaṅkarācārya and became known as Sureśvara.