शंकर śhaṅkar

शंकर śaṅkara shaṅkar (nm) Lord Shiv-the annihilator of the universe; a great Indian philosopher who flourished during the last quarter of the eighth and first quarter of the ninth century and who fought successfully against Buddhism for the revival of Brahmāṉism.

S شنکر शङ्कर śaṅkara, vulg. saṅkar, s.m. lit. 'Causing happiness,' &c.; an epithet of Śiva or Mahādev; — name of a celebrated teacher of the Vedānta philosophy (see śankarāćārya): — śaṅkarābharuṅ (˚ra+ābh˚), s.m. Name of a particular rāg or musical mode: — śankarāćārī (˚ra+āć˚), s.m. (f. -iṇī), A follower of Śankarāćārya: — śaṅkarāćārya, s.m. Name of a celebrated teacher of the Vedānta philosophy (he was a man of remarkable learning and sanctity; and is supposed to have lived between A.D. 650 and 740; but according to tradition he flourished 200 B.C.: he is said to have eradicated the Jain sect): — śaṅkar-svāmī, s.m. An epithet of Mahādev; an epithet of Śankarāćārya: — śaṅkar-vāṇī, vulg. sankar-bānī, s.f. The voice or utterance of Mahādev, a divine oracle.