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Bhagwadpada Acharya Sankara was not only a great thinker and the noblest of Advaitin philosophers, but he was essentially an inspired champion of Hinduism and one of the most vigorous missionaries in ]. Such a powerful leader was needed at the time when Hinduism had been almost smothered within the enticing entanglements of the Buddhistic philosophy and, consequently, the decadent Hindu society had come to be broken up and disunited into numberless sects and denominations, each championing a different viewpoint and mutually quarelling in endless argumentations. Each pundit, as it were, had his own followers, his own philosophy, his own interpretation. Each one was a vehement and powerful opponent of all other views. This intellectual disintegration, especially in the scriptural field, was never before so serious and so dangerously calamitous as in the times of Sankara. '''Bhagwadpada Acharya Sankara''' (approximately ]-] CE) was not only a great thinker and the noblest of Advaitin philosophers, but he was essentially an inspired champion of Hinduism and one of the most vigorous missionaries in ]. He was born in Kaladi, a small vilage in Kerala.

At the time ] had lost some of its apeal, because of the influence of ]. Sankara stressed the importance of the ]s and his work helped Hinduism regain strength and popularity.

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Bhagwadpada Acharya Sankara (approximately 788-820 CE) was not only a great thinker and the noblest of Advaitin philosophers, but he was essentially an inspired champion of Hinduism and one of the most vigorous missionaries in India. He was born in Kaladi, a small vilage in Kerala.

At the time Hinduism had lost some of its apeal, because of the influence of Buddhism. Sankara stressed the importance of the Vedas and his work helped Hinduism regain strength and popularity.