section_path: Traditional and historical views on Shankara/Hagiographies: Digvijaya - "The conquests of Shankara" (14th-17th century)
section_name: Hagiographies: Digvijaya - "The conquests of Shankara" (14th-17th century)
paragraph_text: Hagiographies: Digvijaya - "The conquests of Shankara" (14th-17th century)
  
  Reliable information on Shankara's actual life is scanty. His existing biographies are not historical accurate documents, but politically motivated hagiographies which were all written several centuries after his time and abound in legends and improbable events.