Notable contribution

Systematized Advaita Vedanta and argued for non-dual realization of Brahman.

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• His commentaries on the Upanishads, Bhagavad Gita, and Brahma Sutras shaped Vedanta debate.
• He argued that ultimate reality is non-dual and that liberation comes through knowledge.
• Monastic institutions and later traditions trace authority to his teaching and reform.

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