The Nirvanashatkam, also known as Atmashatkam, is a non-dual Saivite composition consisting of six verses or ślokas, attributed by the early modern Advaita Vedanta tradition to Adi Shankara.
Shankara's hagiographies, showing the influence of Yoga-traditions on the Advaita-tradition of that time, narrate that when Adi Shankara (8th c. CE) was eight years old, he encountered the seer Govinda Bhagavatpada. Govinda asked Shankara, "Who are you?", to which he answered with these stanzas, whereafter Govinda accepted Shankara as his disciple.
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