Adi Shankaracharya Life

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Across
  1. 6. The Matha established in the West, located in Dwarka
  2. 9. The outcaste whose profound words taught him a lesson in true advaita
  3. 11. Scriptures he miraculously mastered between the ages of 5 and 8
  4. 12. The town in Kerala where Shankaracharya was born
  5. 13. The philosophy of non-duality that he mastered and codified
  6. 15. The specific Puja he introduced to unite the worship of five major deities
  7. 16. Animal that caught his leg in the river, leading to his mother's permission to leave
  8. 17. The Matha established in the South, located in Karnataka
Down
  1. 1. His Guru, whom he sought out at Omkareshwar
  2. 2. Deity who appeared in his mother's dream before his birth
  3. 3. The Matha established in the East, located in Puri, Orissa
  4. 4. Monastic centers established in the four corners of India to preserve teachings
  5. 5. The path of renunciation he took at age eight
  6. 7. His mother, who chose a short-lived genius over a long-lived fool
  7. 8. The spiritual capital where he wrote his major commentaries by the Ganga
  8. 10. The Matha established in the North, located in Badrikashram, Uttarakhand
  9. 14. The brilliant scholar he defeated in a legendary debate