Sureśvara
750 CE
c. 8th c. CE (direct disciple of Śaṅkara), disputed
Sureśvara was one of Śaṅkara's four principal disciples and the first abbot of the Śṛṅgeri maṭha in some traditions. He authored the great Vārttikas (versified sub-commentaries) on Śaṅkara's bhāṣyas to the Bṛhadāraṇyaka and Taittirīya Upaniṣads, as well as the independent Naiṣkarmya-siddhi, developing the 'Vārttika' school of Advaita that emphasized knowledge alone as the means to liberation. Tradition identifies him with the former Mīmāṃsaka Maṇḍana Miśra, but because the doctrines of the Brahmasiddhi and Sureśvara's works diverge, many modern scholars treat them as distinct figures. His dates are placed in the 8th century.
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Thinkers, teachers, and rulers whose lives overlapped with Sureśvara’s — a glimpse of the wider world they lived in. Drawn purely from recorded birth and death years.
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- Nikephoros I· 760 CE–811 CE
- Harun al-Rashid· 763 CE–809 CE
- Charlemagne· 747 CE–814 CE
- Irene of Athens· 752 CE–803 CE
- Hisham I· 757 CE–796 CE
- al-Hadi· 764 CE–786 CE
- Emperor Kanmu· 737 CE–806 CE
- al-Amin· 787 CE–813 CE
- Jayavarman II· 770 CE–835 CE
- al-Mahdi· 744 CE–785 CE
- K'ak' Tiliw Chan Yopaat (Cauac Sky)· –785 CE
- Yaxun Bahlam IV (Bird Jaguar IV)· 709 CE–
- Rurik· –879 CE
- Emperor Xuanzong of Tang· 685 CE–762 CE
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