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The titles of the Sringeri Jagadgurus reflect the long tradition of the matha. A number of titles that were given by the Vijaynagar emperors to Sri Vidyaranya have traditionally been applied to the subsequent Sringeri Sankaracharyas also. For example, Swami Vidyaranya was known as "Karnataka Simhasana Pratishthapanacharya," because he helped establish the Vijayanagar empire. This title is applied to the present Jagadguru also. These titles are shown below along with the name of the current Sankaracharya of Sringeri, Swami Bharati Tirtha.


Here is an English translation of the titles listed above. The titles originally used for Sri Vidyaranya are marked with an asterisk.

Srimat Paramahamsa Parivrajakacharyavarya
Chief among Paramahamsa Parivrajaka Sannyasis,
Pada-vakya-Pramana Paravaraparina
Highly learned in all the vedas (Pada and Vakyas)
Yama-Niyama-Asana-Pranayama-
Pratyahara-Dharana-Dhyana-Samadhi-
Ashtanga yoganushthana nishtha

Adept in the practice of yoga in its eight limbs (Ashtanga Yoga)
Tapas-cakravarti
Emperor among tapasvins
Anadi-avicchinna Sri Sankaracharya
Guru Parampara Prapta

Who follows in an uninterrupted guru parampara from Sri Sankaracharya
Shad-darsana Sthapanacharya
The teacher who established the six darsanas
Vyakhyana Simhasanadhisvara
Lord of the Vyakhyana Simhasana (Throne of Wisdom and Exposition)
Sakala nigama-agama sara hrdaya
Who is learned in all the scriptures
Samkhya-traya pratipadaka
Establisher of the three Samkhyas
Vaidika-marga pravartaka
Who follows the supreme Vedic path
Sarvatantra Svatantra
Master of all learning, Ever liberated
Adi Rajadhani Vidyanagara Maharajadhani-
Karnataka Simhasana Pratishthapanacharya
*

The guru who established the Karnataka Simhasana in Vidyanagara (Vijayanagar)
Rajadhiraja-guru *
The guru of emperors
Bhu-mandala-Acharya
The teacher of the whole world, Jagadguru
Rishyasringapuravaradhisvara
Lord of Rishyasringapura (Sringeri)
Tungabhadratiravasi *
Who lives on the banks of the Tungabhadra
Srimad Vidyasankara Padapadma-Aradhaka
Who worships the lotus feet of Sri Vidyasankara
Sri Sringeri Jagadguru
The Jagadguru of Sringeri
Srimad Abhinava Vidyatirtha
Swamipadairguru-kara-kamala-sanjata

Ordained by the lotus hands of Sri Abhinava Vidyatirtha Swamipada

Sri Bharati Tirtha