Ubhaya Bharati & Adi Shankaracharya
In our patriarchal society we have raised Mandana Mishra to the first head of Shringeri Sharada Peetham and sanctified the brilliant scholar and Mandana’s wife Ubhaya Bharati as Devi Sharadamba ! Such a deprivation for society!!! Legend says she was an incarnation of Devi Saraswati. A brilliant mind who knew dharma, kartavya and was erudite in Ved Puran and other Sanskrit literature. History records that when the two leading scholars Mandana Mishra of Purva Mimamsa and Adi Shankaracharya of Advait Vedanta sat down to debate on ShastrArtha Ubhaya Bharati was appointed as a judge for her deep knowledge. She placed fresh flower garlands around the necks of both the scholars. Her logic was that the person who starts to struggle will generate body heat due to stress and that will lead to withering of the flowers. Thus the person will be declared defeated. In this way she has shown unbiased approach to judging. Mandana Mishra put forward that Karma Kanda is the way pro...
