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Gauḍapāda (Sanskrit: गौडपाद; fl.c. 6th century CE),[1] also referred as Gauḍapādācārya (Sanskrit: गौडपादाचार्य; "Gauḍapāda the Teacher"),[2] was an early medieval era Hindu philosopher and scholar of the Advaita Vedanta school of Hindu philosophy.[3][4] While details of his biography are uncertain, his ideas inspired others such as Adi Shankara who called him a Paramaguru (highest teacher).[2][5]
Gaudapada was the author or compiler of the Māṇḍūkya Kārikā, also known as Gaudapada Karika.[6] The text consists of four chapters (also called four books[7]), of which Chapter[8] Four uses Buddhist terminology thereby showing it was influenced by Buddhism. However, doctrinally Gaudapada's work is Vedantic, and not Buddhist.[3][9][10] The first three chapters of Gaudapada's text have been influential in the Advaita Vedanta tradition. Parts of the first chapter that include the Mandukya Upanishad have been considered a valid scriptural source by the Dvaita and Vishistadvaita schools of Vedanta.[8][11]
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