Claim: Shankara contends the view that Parameswara-Brahman is the asraya of namarupe, or the physical presence which name manifests, and believes that the individual soul is the bearer of asraya.
Evidence: Shankara also does not subscribe to the view that the individual soul is the bearer of avidyā (āśraya) or to the contention that the Paramatman is the āśraya of avidyā as is held by Mandana and Vācaspati.