Form · Smarta · South India

Ubhaya Bharati

Also called: Bharati, Sharada, Sharadamba

Mandana Mishra's wife, 'accepted as an incarnation of Goddess Saraswati', who judges the debate by the garlands, then examines Shankara herself, and at the end asks leave to return to her heavenly home. Sringeri worships her as Sharadamba.

Sources: Madhaviya Shankara Digvijaya, Sringeri's abridged English rendering, parts 3 and 9, as posted on the advaita-l list (2017); Sringeri Sharadamba Temple (Wikipedia) · see Ubhaya Bharati's web

Relations 2

Ubhaya Bharati consort of

Mandana Mishra (Sage) Smarta · The judge who was Saraswati: Ubhaya Bharati, Shankara and the two Sharadas

Ubhaya Bharati form of

Saraswati (Consort) Smarta · The judge who was Saraswati: Ubhaya Bharati, Shankara and the two Sharadas
Shankara names her Saraswati, consort of Brahma, before she leaves the world.

Stories 1

The judge who was Saraswati: Ubhaya Bharati, Shankara and the two Sharadas
Legend · as the judge; Saraswati in a human birth · 3 tellings

Cited

Madhaviya Shankara Digvijaya, Sringeri's abridged English rendering, parts 3 and 9, as posted on the advaita-l list (2017) § part-3 Primary text (translation)
Madhaviya Shankara Digvijaya, Sringeri's abridged English rendering, parts 3 and 9, as posted on the advaita-l list (2017) § part-9 Primary text (translation)
Sringeri Sharadamba Temple (Wikipedia) Encyclopedia