How did adi shankaracharya died

Sri Adi Sankara Some events, and an artist's impression: Lord Shiva, also known as Dhakshinamurthy, who spreads the Universal Truth not by words but by his silence and by his sign of his hand which is held in the form of "Chin Mudra". About 2500 years ago, when the spiritualisation of the people greatly reduced, all the Gods and the Rishis went to Kailash and pleaded with Lord Shiva to revive the world. Lord Shiva agreed with their request and informed that he will be born in this world. Lord Brahma, Indra and others also agreed to be born in this world to help Lord Shiva. In Kaladi, Kerala, a learned brahmin, by the name of Sivaguru, and his wife, Aryambal, spent their life in pooja and in giving alms to poor and in other good deeds. This childless couple went to Trichur and performed puja for 48 days to Lord Vadakkunathan (Lord Shiva) and prayed for a son. Lord Shiva melted in their devotion and appeared before them and told them "I am extremely happy with your devotion and you will get what you want. But tell me whether you want a number of dull children or a son who is extremely intelligent, who will live for a short period only." The couple replied the decision could not be theirs as the Lord knows what is good for them. Lord Dakshinamurthy, pleased with the reply, was born to Aryambal under the star "Thiruvaithhirai". As the Lord had already promised that he will be born to do good to this world, the child was named Sankara. Sam means prosperity and Karathi means te ...

I have read that Adi Shankaracharya's parents were childless for many years and they worshipped Lord Shiva, so that they will be blessed with a son. Then the Lord appeared in their dream and asked them " You can choose to have either one extraordinary son with a short life or many ordinary sons". They chose the extraordinary son. It is said that Adi Shankaracharya left his house at the age of 12 and became a sanyasi. I want to know after that how long he lived. He left the house at 7-8 yrs of age and became a guruji at age 12. His god-given life span was 8 years (some say 16) and the gurus and sages, pleased with his scholastic and vedantic achievement and potential, granted him 8 more years(some do not ACK this part and believe the original god-granted lifespan is 16 yrs . Sage Vysasa granted him another 16 years and ordered him to continue his life's work. He left the mortal coil at the age of 32. Quoting from Shankara’s dates Modern scholarship is agreed on dates in the 8th century C.E., though it has proved impossible to reach agreement on Shankara’s precise dates of birth or death. Some religious groups, however, ascribe B.C.E. dates to him. If these dates were true, then much of what is claimed about his activities, especially his debates with Buddhists and Jains, is thrown into doubt. Of the major Shankara Mathams active today, the Kanchi, Dwaraka, and Puri ascribe the dates 509–477 B.C.E. to Shankara. The Sringeri Peetham, on the other hand, accepts the 788–820 C.E...

na ca vyoma bhūmir na tejo na vāyuḥ cidānandarūpaḥ śivo'ham śivo'ham I am not the seven elements or the five sheaths, I am the eternal knowing and bliss, The auspicious, love and pure consciousness These lines come from the Nirvana Shatkam or Atma Shatkam, the composition written by Jagadguru Adi Shankaracharya in 5th century BC. Many spiritual seekers have said that meditating on Atma Shatkam is one of the shortcuts to enlightenment. I was 21 when my mother, a Sanskrit scholar, introduced me to G.V. Iyer’s 1983 film Adi Shankaracharya. As my mother had excitedly described it, G.V. Iyer’s rendition of Jagadguru’s life was shot with Sanskrit as the spoken language and the film had won 4 Indian National Awards. I watched the film for the first time for the experience of seeing a Sanskrit film with English subtitles. But as my view counts increased, the wonder was largely on the life of Adi Shankaracharya and everything he had accomplished before leaving his body at the age of 32. On the occasion of Shankaracharya Jayanti, let’s read about some of the lesser-known stories from the life of the father of Advaita principle (According to which, there is no duality in the universe, everything is made up of one source - the brahman). Early life and renunciation There is a colloquial Hindi proverb that says, ‘you can see the feet of a child in his pram’. This idiom signifies that quite often, children show glimpses of their future endeavors in their childhood. This proverb fits perf...