matha
Sign in to savethumb|An Advaita Vedanta monastery and Vidyashankara temple at Sringeri Sharada Peetham, [[Sringeri, Karnataka.]]
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26 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Historical roles of matha
- Organization
- Acharya
- Guru
- Mathas in Hindu traditions
- Vaishnavism
- Dvaitha (Madhva) Mathas
- Sri Vaishnava Mathas
- Nimbarka Vaishnava Mathas
- Ramanandi Vaishnava Mathas
- Other Vaishnava Mathas
- Advaita Mathas
- Shaivism
- Shaiva Siddhanta
- Aadheenams
- Nath Shaiva Mathas
- Veerashaiva Lingayatism
- Other Shaiva mathas
- Matha in Jainism
- Notes
- References
- Sources
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|An Advaita Vedanta monastery and Vidyashankara temple at Sringeri Sharada Peetham, [[Sringeri, Karnataka.]]
A matha (; , ), also written as math, muth, mutth, mutt, or mut, is a Sanskrit word that means 'institute or college', and it also refers to a monastery in Hinduism. An alternative term for such a monastery is adheenam (also transliterated ādīnam, adinam, aadheenam, aadheenm, etc.). The earliest epigraphical evidence for mathas related to Hindu-temples comes from the 7th to 10th century CE.