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===Traditional accounts===
===Traditional accounts===
The founding of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam is traditionally attributed by its adherents to Adi Shankara.{{sfn|Suthren Hirst|2005|p=25}}{{efn|See also {{Cite web |title=Sri Shankaracharya and his connection with Kanchipuram |url=https://sriadishankarastutis.org/wp-content/uploads/files/Shri-Shankaracharya-and-His-Connection-With-Kanchipuram.pdf |archive-url=}}}} According to the Kanchi matha's tradition, Adi Shankara was born in 509 BCE and died in 477 BCE,{{sfn|Dalal|2010|p=376}} and founded Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham in 482 BCE.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Traditional Age of Sri Sankaracharya and The Mathas {{!}} PDF {{!}} Indian Religions {{!}} Religious Comparison |url=https://www.scribd.com/document/280916745/The-Traditional-Age-of-Sri-Sankaracharya-and-the-Mathas |access-date=2024-05-28 |website=Scribd |language=en}}</ref> The chronology stated in Kanchi matha texts recognizes five major Shankaras: Adi, Kripa, Ujjvala, Muka and Abhinava. According to the Kanchi matha tradition, it is "Abhinava Shankara" that western scholarship recognizes as the Advaita scholar Adi Shankara.{{sfn|Dalal|2010|p=376}}
The founding of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam is traditionally attributed by its adherents to Adi Shankara, but this and the reliability of the matha's succession list has been questioned.{{sfn|Suthren Hirst|2005|p=25}}{{efn|See also {{Cite web |title=Sri Shankaracharya and his connection with Kanchipuram |url=https://sriadishankarastutis.org/wp-content/uploads/files/Shri-Shankaracharya-and-His-Connection-With-Kanchipuram.pdf |archive-url=}}}} [[Sringeri matha]] rejects the claims of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam, and does not count it among the mathas established by Shankara.{{sfn|Dalal|2014|loc="Kanchipuram"}}


According to the Sri Kanchi matha documents, the ''matha'' relocated completely to Kumbakonam in the mid-18th century to escape wars and persecution,{{sfn|Dalal|2010|p=192}}<ref group=web>{{Cite web |author =N. Ramesan | title=Preceptors of Advaita 59 SRI KAMAKOTI PITHA OF SRI |url=https://www.kamakoti.org/kamakoti/articles/Preceptors%20of%20Advaita%20-%2059.html |access-date=2024-05-28 |website=www.kamakoti.org}}</ref> returning to Kanchi in the 19th century.{{sfn|Dalal|2010|p=192}} According to Jonathan Bader and other scholars, the monastic tradition gives "fear of Muslim atrocities" from Nawab of Arcot, Mysore's Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan as the reason, but the details remain unclear.{{sfn|Bader|2000|p=289–290}}{{sfn|Kasturi|Madhavan|2007|pp=173–174}}{{sfn|Sarasvati|Mahadevan|2003|pp=436–437}}
According to the Kanchi matha's tradition, Adi Shankara was born in 509 BCE and died in 477 BCE,{{sfn|Dalal|2010|p=376}} and founded Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham in 482 BCE.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Traditional Age of Sri Sankaracharya and The Mathas {{!}} PDF {{!}} Indian Religions {{!}} Religious Comparison |url=https://www.scribd.com/document/280916745/The-Traditional-Age-of-Sri-Sankaracharya-and-the-Mathas |access-date=2024-05-28 |website=Scribd |language=en}}</ref> According to the Sri Kanchi matha documents, the ''matha'' relocated completely to Kumbakonam in the mid-18th century to escape wars and persecution,{{sfn|Dalal|2010|p=192}}<ref group=web>{{Cite web |author =N. Ramesan | title=Preceptors of Advaita 59 SRI KAMAKOTI PITHA OF SRI |url=https://www.kamakoti.org/kamakoti/articles/Preceptors%20of%20Advaita%20-%2059.html |access-date=2024-05-28 |website=www.kamakoti.org}}</ref> returning to Kanchi in the 19th century.{{sfn|Dalal|2010|p=192}} According to Jonathan Bader and other scholars, the monastic tradition gives "fear of Muslim atrocities" from Nawab of Arcot, Mysore's Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan as the reason, but the details remain unclear.{{sfn|Bader|2000|p=289–290}}{{sfn|Kasturi|Madhavan|2007|pp=173–174}}{{sfn|Sarasvati|Mahadevan|2003|pp=436–437}}


According to [[T. A. Gopinatha Rao]], copperplate inscriptions show that the matha was located at Kanchipuram until 1686 CE,{{sfn|Rao|1916|p=2}} and relocated to Kumbakonam, Tanjore, in the 18th century.{{sfn|Rao|1916|p=3}} Sharma disputes Rao's interpretations of the copper plates, arguing that the dating is doubtfull, and that most plates do not refer to Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham at all.{{sfn|Sharma|1987|p=59-72}} According to Rao, based on the oldest record found in the respective mathas (1291 and 1346 respectively), Kanchipuram matha ''may'' be older than Sringeri Pitham.{{sfn|Rao|1916|p=6}}
According to [[T. A. Gopinatha Rao]], copperplate inscriptions show that the matha was located at Kanchipuram until 1686 CE,{{sfn|Rao|1916|p=2}} and relocated to Kumbakonam, Tanjore, in the 18th century.{{sfn|Rao|1916|p=3}} Sharma disputes Rao's interpretations of the copper plates, arguing that the dating is doubtfull, and that most plates do not refer to Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham at all.{{sfn|Sharma|1987|p=59-72}} According to Rao, based on the oldest record found in the respective mathas (1291 and 1346 respectively), Kanchipuram matha ''may'' be older than Sringeri Pitham.{{sfn|Rao|1916|p=6}}


===Disputed chronology===
===Disputed chronology===
The foundation-story of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham, and it's chronology of Shankaracharyas, is widely disputed.{{sfn|Scheifinger|2016|p=106}}{{sfn|Suthren Hirst|2005|p=25}} [[Sringeri matha]] rejects the claims of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam, and does not count it among the mathas established by Shankara.{{sfn|Dalal|2014|loc="Kanchipuram"}}
The foundation-story of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham, and it's chronology of Shankaracharyas, is widely disputed.{{sfn|Scheifinger|2016|p=106}} Modern scholarship places Shankara in the 8th century CE, and the story of the four cardinal mathas founded by Shankara dates from the 16th century, putting in question the founding stories of all those mathas,{{sfn|Clark|2006|p=224}} though Christopher Fuller and David Smith regard the Kanchi Shankaracharyas as his "spiritual descendants."{{sfn|Scheifinger|2016|p=106}} According to Sunil, the history of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham has been rewritten in the 20th century, when Chandrashekharendra Saraswati was the Paramacharya.{{sfnp|Sunil|1987|p=13}}

Modern scholarship places Shankara in the 8th century CE, and the story of the four cardinal mathas founded by Shankara dates from the 16th century, putting in question the founding stories of all those mathas,{{sfn|Clark|2006|p=224}} though Christopher Fuller and David Smith regard the Kanchi Shankaracharyas as his "spiritual descendants."{{sfn|Scheifinger|2016|p=106}} According to Sunil, the history of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham has been rewritten in the 20th century, when Chandrashekharendra Saraswati was the Paramacharya.{{sfnp|Sunil|1987|p=13}}


===Historical account===
===Historical account===
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The Kanchi monastery, along with other monasteries across India, has been an important preserver and source of historic palm leaf manuscripts.<ref>{{cite book|author=National Mission for Manuscripts (India)|title=National Mission for Manuscripts: Report of the Third Year, 7 February 2005 - 7 February 2006|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ADk_IFkV4WIC|year= 2006|publisher= National Mission for Manuscripts|pages= 42–43}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author= Saṃskr̥ta Āyoga|title=Report of the Sanskrit Commission, 1956-1957| url= https://books.google.com/books?id=R7CvAAAAIAAJ|year= 1958|publisher= Manager of Publications, Government of India|page=63}}</ref>
The Kanchi monastery, along with other monasteries across India, has been an important preserver and source of historic palm leaf manuscripts.<ref>{{cite book|author=National Mission for Manuscripts (India)|title=National Mission for Manuscripts: Report of the Third Year, 7 February 2005 - 7 February 2006|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ADk_IFkV4WIC|year= 2006|publisher= National Mission for Manuscripts|pages= 42–43}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author= Saṃskr̥ta Āyoga|title=Report of the Sanskrit Commission, 1956-1957| url= https://books.google.com/books?id=R7CvAAAAIAAJ|year= 1958|publisher= Manager of Publications, Government of India|page=63}}</ref>


==Chronological list of Shankaracharyas==
==Shankaracharyas==

===Five major Shankaras===
The chronology stated in Kanchi matha texts recognizes five major Shankaras: Adi, Kripa, Ujjvala, Muka and Abhinava. According to the Kanchi matha tradition, it is "Abhinava Shankara" that western scholarship recognizes as the Advaita scholar Adi Shankara.{{sfn|Dalal|2010|p=376}}

===Chronological list of Shankaracharyas===
According to the Peetham, the chronological list of Guru Paramapara of the matham is follows:<ref>{{cite web|title=History of the Kanchi Sankaracharya Math and Acharaparampara|url=http://www.kamakoti.org/peeth/origin.html|website=www.kamakoti.org|access-date=1 November 2016}}</ref>
According to the Peetham, the chronological list of Guru Paramapara of the matham is follows:<ref>{{cite web|title=History of the Kanchi Sankaracharya Math and Acharaparampara|url=http://www.kamakoti.org/peeth/origin.html|website=www.kamakoti.org|access-date=1 November 2016}}</ref>
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