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Daśanāmī Order

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Hinduism and Tribal Religions

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Daśanāmī cult; Daśanāmī saṁpradāya; Nāga Sādhus

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Śaṅkarācārya introduced a system to organize Śaiva saṁnyāsins into ten titles categorized into four maṭhas is known as Daśanāmī order. This cult of saṁnyāsins is known as Daśanāmī saṁpradāya.

Introduction

Śaṅkarācārya (c. 700 CE) propounded Kevalādvaita philosophy and contributed a lot to spread Hinduism in India. It was done by him through the system of maṭhas established in various parts of India. Śaṅkarācārya is considered as the founder of Daśanāmī Saṁpradāya. He brought ekadaṇḍῑ saṁnyāsins together under the patronage of four maṭhas. Disciples of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya are also called Daśanāmī saṁnyāsins as they have to take one of the ten names given in tradition. All Daśanāmi saṁnyāsins belong to Ekadaṇḍῑ tradition. They carry a staff of single wooden stick symbolic of oneness of jīva and Brahman. One who enters saṁnyāsa in the Ekadaṇḍi tradition has to take up one of the ten names associated with particular saṁpradāya...

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  1. Department of Sanskrit, University of Mumbai, Mumbai, India

    Shakuntala Gawde

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  1. Dept of Anthropology, The University of North Texas Dept of Anthropology, Denton, TX, USA

    Pankaj Jain

  2. The Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, CA, USA

    Rita Sherma

  3. Jamia Millia Islamia, Centre for the Study of Comparative Reli Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India

    Madhu Khanna

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Gawde, S. (2020). Daśanāmī Order. In: Jain, P., Sherma, R., Khanna, M. (eds) Hinduism and Tribal Religions. Encyclopedia of Indian Religions. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-1036-5_65-1

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