HISTORY
ANCIENT INDIA
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4 myths in the four directions of India
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5 myths in the five directions of India
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6 myths in the six directions of India
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Adi Shankaracharya established four major mathas in the four corners – north (Jyotirmath), south (Sringeri, Kanchi), east (Puri), west (Dwaraka) – to propagate the philosophy of Advaita Vedanta and to promulgate the concept of Sanatana dharma.
Detailed explanation-2: -Notes: Adi Shankaracharya is believed to have established four mathas or the Advaita monasteries all across India to propagate his learnings to devotees. Among these four mathas, the first matha to be erected was the Sringeri Sharada Peetham in Karnataka.
Detailed explanation-3: -According to a tradition developed in the 16th century, Adi Shankara set up four monasteries known as Mathas or Peethams, in the North, South, East and West of India, to be held by realised men who would be known as Shankaracharyas.
Detailed explanation-4: -The successive heads of the Kanchi and all other major Hindu Advaita tradition monasteries have been called Shankaracharya leading to confusion, discrepancies and scholarly disputes. The chronology stated in Kanchi matha texts recognizes five major Shankaras: Adi, Kripa, Ujjvala, Muka and Abhinava.