section_path: Traditional and historical views on Shankara/Hagiographies: attribution of Mathas and Smarta tradition (14-17th century)
section_name: Hagiographies: attribution of Mathas and Smarta tradition (14-17th century)
paragraph_text: Hagiographies: attribution of Mathas and Smarta tradition (14-17th century)
  
  Traditionally, Shankara is regarded as the founder of the Daśanāmi Sampradāya of Hindu monasticism, and the Panchayatana puja and Ṣaṇmata of the Smarta tradition.