Narayanam padmabavam vasishtham
saktim ca tatputraparasaram ca |
vyasam sukam gaudapadam mahamtam
govimdayogimdramathassya sishyam ||1||
Srisamkaracaryamathassya padma-
padam ca hastamalakam ca sishyam |
tam trotakam vartikakaramanya-
nasmadgurun samtatamanatossmi ||2||
The above verses salute the advaita guru parampara starting from lord narayana (vishnu) and lord sadasiva (Siva) through Sri Sankara Bhagavatpada, upto the present Acaryas. The unbroken guru parampara of Sri Sharada Peetham, Sringeri is listed below:
Divine Group:
Lord Sadasiva
Lord Narayaaa
Lord Brahma
Semi-Divine Group:
Vasista Maharishi
Sakti Maharishi
Parasara Maharishi
Sri Veda Vyasa
Sri Suka Acharya
Sri Gaudapada Acharya
Sri Govinda Acharya
Sri Sankara Bhagavatpada
Jagadgurus and their Period of Reign:
1) Sri Sankara Bhagavatpada A.D. 820 (Videha-mukti)
2) Sri Suresvaracharya 820-834
3) Sri Nityabodaghana 834-848
4) Sri Jnanaghana 848-910
5) Sri Jnanottama 910-954
6) Sri Jnanagiri 954-1038
7) Sri Simhagiri 1038-1098
8) Sri Iswara Tirtha 1098-1146
9) Sri Narasimha Tirtha 1146-1229
10) Sri Vidya Sankara Tirtha 1229-1333
11) Sri Bharatikrishna Tirtha 1333-1380
12) Sri Vidyaranya 1380-1386
13) Sri Chandrasekhara Bharati – I 1386-1389
14) Sri Narasimha Bharati – I 1389-1408
15) Sri Purushottama Bharati – I 1408-1448
16) Sri Sankara Bharati 1448-1455
17) Sri Chandrasekhara Bharati – II 1455-1464
18) Sri Narasimha Bharati – II 1464-1479
19) Sri Purushottama Bharati – II 1479-1517
20) Sri Ramachandra Bharati 1517-1560
21) Sri Narasimha Bharati – III 1560-1573
22) Sri Narasimha Bharati – IV 1573-1576
23) Sri Narasimha Bharati – V 1576-1600
24) Sri Abhinava Narasimha Bharati 1600-1623
25) Sri Sacchidananda Bharati – I 1623-1663
26) Sri Narasimha Bharati – VI 1663-1706
27) Sri Sacchidananda Bharati – II 1706-1741
28) Sri Abhinava Sacchidananda Bharati – I 1741-1767
29) Sri Narasimha Bharati – VII 1767-1770
30) Sri Sacchidananda Bharati – III 1770-1814
31) Sri Abhinava Sacchidananda Bharati – II 1814-1817
32) Sri Narasimha Bharati – VIII 1817-1879
33) Sri Sacchidananda Sivabhinava Narasimha Bharati 1879-1912
34) Sri Chandrasekhara Bharati – III 1912-1954
35) Sri Abhinava Vidya Tirtha 1954-1989
36) Sri Bharati Tirtha 1989-
