A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1593

c5.1593

SANKARA-VIJAYA. ‘The triumph of Sankara.’ A biography of Sankarāchārya relating his controversies with heretical sects and his refutation of their doctrines and superstitions. There is more than one work bearing this name; one by Ānanda Giri, which is published in the *Bibliotheca Indica*; another by Mādhavāchārya; the latter is distinguished as the Sankshepa Sankara-vijaya. The work of Ānanda Giri has been critically examined by Kāshināth Trimbak Telang in the *Indian Antiquary*, vol. v.