Shankaracharya Meditation Mala and BeadsDescription: 8mm Orange Aventurine with Citrine, Tiger eye and Rudraksha seed and a silver trident pendant with ahimsa silk tassel This mala is named after Adi Shankaracharya who was born in the 8th Century, Shankaracharya is honoured as a leading thinker, religious reformer and poet. He was an advocate, some say the creator, of Advaita Vedanta the Non Dual form of the ancient philosophy of Vedanta that spread in India during the Upanishadic period.