Sri Jnanaghana

The Early Acharyas · Guru Parampara

4.848 - 910Dakshinamnaya Sri Sharada Peetham, Sringeri

With reverence and gratitude to the Sri Sringeri Sharada Peetham, which has kept the lives of its Jagadgurus through the centuries and shares them with the world. What follows is the Peetham's own account, exactly as it gives it.

Sri Jnanaghana (848-910 A.D)

सिताघनादिदृष्टान्तैर्यत्स्वरूपं श्रुतिर्जगौ ।
प्रज्ञानघन एवेति तं ज्ञानघनमाश्रये ॥

His clear wisdom extracts insightful analogies From the ancient delightful Srutis,
And sets ablaze the knowledge of the Self. I adore the Saint of such a quality, Sri Jnanaghana!

Jagadguru Sri Sri Jnanaghanacharya authored the esteemed text "Tattvasuddhi," which earned high regard from the celebrated 16th-century Vedantic scholar Sri Appayya Dikshita. This work likely documents the Acharya's teachings to His disciples. The Guruvamsakavya chronicles that the Jagadguru venerated both Pinakin (Lord Shiva) and Lord Janardana. As this represents the earliest documented reference to Lord Janardana in Sringeri, scholars attribute the establishment of Sringeri's ancient Janardana temple to Sri Jnanaghanacharya.

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