Can I find an original source of this story? It is especially interesting since I have also heard Adi Sankara state that "women are the gateway to hell, Naraka-Dhama"
Really interesting post. I'd never heard of the Amaru Shataka. Is there a translation you'd recommend?
Entering other people's bodies seems to be a common (or at least, an unsurprising) tack taken by adepts in stories. I remember in the Mahabharata, Bhishma recounts how a scholar named Sulabha entered King Janaka's body to debate him.
The Temptation of Adi Shankara
Can I find an original source of this story? It is especially interesting since I have also heard Adi Sankara state that "women are the gateway to hell, Naraka-Dhama"
Really interesting post. I'd never heard of the Amaru Shataka. Is there a translation you'd recommend?
Entering other people's bodies seems to be a common (or at least, an unsurprising) tack taken by adepts in stories. I remember in the Mahabharata, Bhishma recounts how a scholar named Sulabha entered King Janaka's body to debate him.