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 nArAyaNa 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 | 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- |