Shrangeri Math: Jagadguru Shankaracharya/ जगद्गुरु शंकरा

The novel Shrangeri Math is one of the ten novels written by Manishi Pdt. Janardan Rai Nagar on Jagadguru Shankaracharya. It describes Shankaracharya's Victory across the literary world of his time. In the debate between Shankaracharya and Krachak, the latter is defeated. He sends Ugra Bhairav to kill Shankaracharya. Padmapad somehow has a premonition that Krachak and Ugra Bhairav are hatching some conspiracy. So he remains very cautious and keeps a vigil on Shankaracharya. As soon as Ugra Bhairav attempts to kill Shankaracharya he intervenes and saves him by killing Ugra Bhairav. Shankaracharya thereafter goes to Shringeri and sets up his monastery (Math) there. The novel is a perennial fountainhead of the record of debates that Shankaracharya engaged in with scholars of different faiths including Buddhist, Kapalik, Naath, Suri, Vaishnav, etc. en route to Shringeri. Thus it makes very interesting reading for those readers who wish to develop deep into the ocean of ancient Indian scholarship.