Biographical Notes About Sankara and Gaudapada. vidya-ashramvidyaorder.org, abgerufen am 7. August 2011: „They are recalled in a Hymn, the Paramparastotra, that includes the list of the early Advaita teachers and that is recited by the Shankarian followers at the beginning of the study of the Great Commentaries. Here it is:"Narayanam padmabhuvam vasistham shakti ca tatputra parasharam ca vyasam shukam gaudapadam mahantam govindam yogindram athasya shishyam | Srishankaracaryamathasya padmapadam ca hastamalakam ca shishyam tam totrakam vartikakaramanyanasmadguru-nsantatamanato ’smi"“, Advaita Parampara. advaita-vedanta.org, abgerufen am 7. August 2011.
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Biographical Notes About Sankara and Gaudapada. vidya-ashramvidyaorder.org, abgerufen am 7. August 2011: „They are recalled in a Hymn, the Paramparastotra, that includes the list of the early Advaita teachers and that is recited by the Shankarian followers at the beginning of the study of the Great Commentaries. Here it is:"Narayanam padmabhuvam vasistham shakti ca tatputra parasharam ca vyasam shukam gaudapadam mahantam govindam yogindram athasya shishyam | Srishankaracaryamathasya padmapadam ca hastamalakam ca shishyam tam totrakam vartikakaramanyanasmadguru-nsantatamanato ’smi"“, Advaita Parampara. advaita-vedanta.org, abgerufen am 7. August 2011.