Shankara — Adi Shankaracharya Character Profile

About Shankara

Main protagonist of the film, a Hindu philosopher whose life and teachings are depicted. He consolidated the doctrine of Advaita Vedanta in Hindu philosophy.

Shankara — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Sarvadaman D. Banerjee

Appears in

Adi Shankaracharya (1983)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (9)

• Shankara — Professional Guru — Hasthamalaka (V.R.K Prasad)

  Teacher-disciple relationship

• Shankara — Professional Guru — Thotaka (Gopal)

  Teacher-disciple relationship

• Shankara — Professional Guru — Prajnana (Srinivasa Prabhu)

  Teacher-disciple relationship

• Shankara — Conflict Adversary — Mrithyu (T. S. Nagabharana)

  Philosophical opponent

• Shankara — Professional Philosophical Colleague — Ubhaya Bharathi (Leela Narayana Rao)

  Academic and philosophical exchange

• Shankara — Professional Guru — Padmapada (Manjunath Bhat)

  Teacher-disciple relationship

• Shankara — Professional Guru — Sureshwara (M. V. Narayanarao)

  Teacher-disciple relationship

• Shankara — Family Father — Shivaguru (Bharat Bhushan)

  Father-son relationship

• Shankara — Family Mother — Aryamba (L. V. Sharada Rao)

  Mother-son relationship

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More characters from Adi Shankaracharya

• Sureshwara (M. V. Narayanarao)
• Padmapada (Manjunath Bhat)
• Ubhaya Bharathi (Leela Narayana Rao)
• Nambudiri (Gopalakrishnan)
• Aryamba (L. V. Sharada Rao)
• Young Mrithyu (Vijay Bharan)
• Amalaka Lady (Gayatri Balusha)
• Rich Man (Balasubramanyam)
• Kumarila Bhatta (Sripathi Ballal)
• Chiushka (Balu Barghava)
• Young Shankara (Gopi)
• Sathyakama (Ajay)