Adi Sankara’s debate with Mandana Misra and his wife Ubhaya Bharati
Source: True Indology / Twitter.
The young Sannyasin Shankara from Kerala reaches Mahishmati to debate with the great (purva) mimamsa scholar Mandana Mishra.Debate was between two vedic schools
The learned Ubhaya Bharati, wife of Mandana, acts as judge.Shankaracharya defeats Mandana Misra and he becomes Vedantin pic.twitter.com/Q2YApA3qDn— True Indology (@TrueIndology) April 20, 2018
The learned Ubhaya Bharati acts as a fair judge and declares Shankara as the winner of the debate.
Yet, she vows to avenge this defeat of her husband and invites Shankara to a debate with her. She accepts challenge and debate goes on for 17 days. She realises he is unbeatable
— True Indology (@TrueIndology) April 20, 2018
But Ubhaya Bharati was not just a great scholar. She was also extremely wise. She realises Shankara is simply unbeatable in any debate about vedic lore or sciences. She asks him a question about Kama Sutra, knowing full well that Shankara as a sannayasin would not know about it
— True Indology (@TrueIndology) April 20, 2018
