all other major Hindu Advaita tradition monasteries have been called Shankaracharya leading to confusion, discrepancies and scholarly disputes. The chronology stated in Kanchi matha texts recognizes five major Shankaras: Adi, Kripa, Ujjvala, Muka and Abhinava. According to the Kanchi matha tradition, it is "Abhinava Shankara" that western scholarship recognizes as the Advaita scholar Adi Shankara. Scholars such as William Cenkner, Christopher Fuller and David Smith dispute this traditional belief, though they accept that the Kanchi Shankaracharyas are his direct "spiritual descendants". The 70th Shankaracharya, Sri Sankara Vijayendra Saraswati is the current Shankaracharya, before which, the matha was headed by Sri Jayendra Saraswathi, the 69th Shankaracharya. The Kanchi monastery, along with its sister monasteries across India, has also been an important preserver and source of historic palm leaf manuscripts. Sankararaman murder case In 2004, Jagadguru Sri Jayendra Saraswathi Mahaswamigal and his junior Vijayendra Saraswati were arrested in connection with the Sankararaman murder case on Diwali day. The court said that the complainant failed to support the prosecution and he was given bail. The trial went on till 2013 when he was acquitted by the court. Chronological list of Shankaracharyas According to the Peetham, the chronological list of Guru Paramapara of the matham is follows: Sri Adi Sankara Bhagavatpada (482 BCE–477 BCE) Sri Suresvaracharya (477 BCE–407 BCE) Sri Sarvajnatmanendra Saraswati (407 BCE–367 BCE) Sri Sathyabodhendra Saraswati (367 BCE–268 BCE) Sri Jnanandendra Saraswati (268 BCE–205 BCE) Sri Suddhanandendra Saraswati (205 BCE–124 BCE) Sri Aanandaghanendra Saraswati (124 BCE–55 BCE) Sri Kaivalyanandayogendra Saraswati (55 BCE–28 CE) Sri Krpa Sankarendra Saraswati (28 CE–69 CE) Sri Sureswara Saraswati (69 CE–127 CE) Sri Sivananda Chidghanendra Saraswati (127 CE–172 CE) Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati (172–235) Sri Satchidghanendra Saraswati (235–272) Sri Vidyaghanendra Saraswati (272–317) Sri Gangadharendra Saraswati (317–329) Sri Ujjvala Sankarendra Saraswati (329–367) Sri Sadasivendra Saraswati (367–375) Sri Shankarananda Saraswati (375–385) Sri Martanda Vidyaghanendra Saraswati (385–398) Sri Muka Sankarendra Saraswati (398–437) Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati II (437–447) Sri Bodhendra Saraswati (447–481) Sri Satchisukhendra Saraswati (481–512) Sri Chitsukhendra Saraswati (512–527) Sri Satchidanandaghanendra Saraswati (527–548) Sri Prajnaghanendra Saraswati (548–565) Sri Chidvilasendra Saraswati (565–577) Sri Mahadevendra Saraswati I (577–601) Sri Purnabhodhendra Saraswati (601–618) Sri Bhodhendra Saraswati II (618–655) Sri Brahmanandaghanendra Saraswati (655–668) Sri Chidanandaghanendra Saraswati (668–672) Sri Satchidananda Saraswati (672–692) Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati III (692–710) Sri Chitsukhendra Saraswati (710–737) Sri Chitsukhanandendra Saraswati (737–758) Sri Vidyaghanendra Saraswati III (758–788) Sri Abhinava Sankarendra Saraswati (788–840) Sri Satchidvilaasendra Saraswati (840–873) Sri Mahadevendra Saraswati II (873–915) Sri Gangadharendra Saraswati