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he charges against him were dropped 57 the hostility nevertheless continued 60 flight from dhuwahat edit though the positions of the bhuyans in the ahom kingdom began comfortably with sankardev s son in law hari becoming a paik officer and ramrai his cousin becoming a royal official the relationship gradually deteriorated after the death of viswasingha who was inimical to the bhuyans and the rise of naranarayan 1540 the koch bhuyan relationship improved somewhat 61 sometime in the 1540s during the reign of suklenmung 1539 1552 a royal officer visited the region for an elephant capturing expedition hari did not make himself available and an elephant escaped through a barrier managed by the bhuyans the officer took grave offence at this dereliction of duty and arrested hari as well as madhavdev at garhgaon hari was executed and madhavdev interned for about a year 62 according to daityari taking advantage of the koch advance against the ahoms 1546 1547 sankardev and his followers escaped from the ahom kingdom as they fell behind the vanguard of the koch army setting up their garrison in narayanpur further to the east 63 literary works in the ahom kingdom edit arguments against those antagonistic to bhakti kirtan ghosa pasanda mardana namaparadha vipra patni prasad ankia naat tales from krishna s early life kirtan ghosa sisu lila rasa krida kamsavadha gopi uddhava samvada kujir vancha purana akrurar vancha purana borgeets koch kingdom edit sunpora edit sankardev and his followers reached kapalabari in the koch kingdom in the later part of 1540 and put up there but the water was very alkaline there several members including madhavdev s mother manorama died there so after staying for some time at kapalabari sankardev and his group moved to sunpora in 1541 64 at sunpora sankardev initiated bhavananda a rich trader who had extensive business interests in the garo hills and bhutan hills besides kamarupa the trader narayana das settled at janiya near barpeta and took to agriculture a man of the world otherwise he soon flourished and became a provider to sankardev and his devotees he came to be known popularly as thakur ata patbausi edit after moving around sankardev settled at patbausi near barpeta in the koch kingdom and constructed a kirtanghar house of prayer some of the people he initiated here are chakrapani dwija and sarvabhaum bhattacharya brahmins govinda a garo jayaram a bhutia madhai a jaintia jatiram an ascetic and murari a koch damodardev a brahmin was initiated by sankardev damodardev was entrusted by sankardev to initiate brahmin disciples a sattra was also constructed for him at patbausi itself later r damodardev became the founder of the brahma sanghati sect of sankardev s religion among sankardev s literary works he completed his rendering of the bhagavata purana and wrote other independent works he continued composing the kirtan ghosha further translated the first canto of the ramayana adi kanda and instructed madhavdev to translate the last canto uttara kanda portions that were left undone by the 14th century poet madhav kandali he wrote four plays rukmini harana parijata harana keligopala and kalidamana another play written at patbausi kansa vadha is lost at patbausi he had lent his bargeets numbering around 240 to kamala gayan but unfortunately gayan s house was gutted and most of the bargeets were lost since that incident sankardev stopped composing bargeets of the 240 34 remain today second pilgrimage edit sankardev once again left for a pilgrimage in 1550 with a large party of 117 disciples that included madhavdev ramrai ramaram thakur ata and others thakur ata had to return after just one day s journey madhavdev had to take the entire responsibility of logistics he on the request of sankardev s wife kalindi urged him to return from puri and not proceed to vrindavana sankardev and the group returned to patbausi within six months in 1551 koch capital and bheladanga edit on receiving repeated complaints that sankardev was corrupting the minds of the people by spreading a new religion nara narayan the koch king ordered sankardev s arrest and sankardev went into hiding 65 chilarai the general of the koch army half brother of the king and married to kamalapriya the daughter of sankardev s cousin ramarai then convinced the king to give sankardev a hearing instead 66 for the audience with nara narayan as he moved up the steps to the court sankardev sang his sanskrit totaka hymn composed extempore to lord krishna madhu daanava daarana deva varam and as he sat down he sang a borgeet narayana kahe bhakati karu tera playing on the name of the king at the debate with the court pundits that followed sankardev was able to refute all allegations against him the king declared him free and honoured him with a seat close to the throne sankardev began to attend naranarayana s court regularly and received the freedom to propagate his teachings chilarai was instrumental in keeping sankardev safe and supporting his work many of sankardev s literary and dramatic works were completed in his domain with his patronage and protection sankardev acknowledged his appreciation in his play ram vijaya sankardev shuttled between koch behar the capital and patbausi his seat he was often hosted by chilarai and on his request agreed to have the images of the childhood days of krishna at vrindavan woven on cloth he engaged the weavers of tantikuchi near barpeta to weave a forty yard long tapestry panel sankaradeva provided the designs to be woven chose the various colours of thread to be used and supervised the weaving it took about a year to complete and deriving its name from its theme came to be known as the vrindavani vastra it was presented to chilarai and naranarayan a section of this cloth is preserved now in the victoria and albert museum in london chandsai a muslim tailor serving the koch king became a disciple of sankardev at kochbehar when sankardev returned to patbausi some time later chandsai too came with the saint sankardev frequented the capital for more than 20 years and enjoyed unstinted royal patronage for the first time end edit he made arrangements with madhavdev and thakur ata and gave them various instructions at patbausi and left the place for the last time he set up his home at bheladonga in kochbehar during his stay at kochbehar maharaja naranarayana expressed his wish to be initiated sankardev was reluctant to convert a king and declined to do so according to one of the biographers ramcharan thakur a painful boil a visha phohara had appeared in some part of his body and this led to the death of the saint thus in 1568 after leading a most eventful life dedicated to enlightening humanity the mahapurusha died after four months of his last stay at bheladonga aged 120 literary works in the koch kingdom edit bhagavata tales not from book x bali chalana book viii anadi patana book iii vamana purana bhagavata tales from books x xi xiii kirtan ghosa jarasandha yudha kalayavana badha mucukunda stuti syamanta haran naradar krishna darsan vipra putra anayana daivakir putra anayana veda stuti lilamala rukminir prem kalah bhrigu pariksha srikrishnar vaikuntha prayana chaturvimsati avatar varnana tatparya gunamala section i 67 renderings of bhagavata purana bhagavata x adi bhagavata xi with material from books i and iii bhagavata xii bhagavata i bhagavata ii bhagavata ix lost kurukshetra book x uttarardha nimi nava siddha samvada from ramayana ramayana uttara kanda lyrics borgeets totaya bhotima doctrinal treatise bhakti ratnakar drama ankia naat kali daman keli gopal rukmini haran parijat haran ram vijay visual art vrindavani vastra parts of this work are preserved in london timeline v t e birth c 1483 returns remarries initiates madhavdev leaves ahom realm death 1568 pilgrimage 1 north bank migration pilgrimage 2 bheladonga bordowa pilgrimage 1 bordowa gangmau dhuwahat patbausi susenphaa suhenphaa supimphaa suhungmung suklenmung sukhaamphaa chakradhwaj nilambar viswa singha naranarayan martin luther born meera bai born c 1498 tulsidas born c 1532 guru nanak died chaitanya born chaitanya died 1460 1470 1480 1490 1500 1510 1520 1530 1540 1550 1560 1570 ekasarana edit main article ekasarana dharma part of a series on vaishnavism supreme deity vishnu krishna rama important deities dashavatara matsya kurma varaha narasimha vamana parasurama rama balarama krishna buddha kalki other forms dhanvantari guruvayurappan hayagriva jagannath mohini nara narayana prithu shrinathji venkateswara vithoba ranganatha consorts lakshmi bhumi sita radha rukmini satyabhama alamelu related garuda hanuman shesha shasta holy scriptures vedas upanishads brahma sutras vaikhanasa pancharatra bhagavad gita mahabharata ramayana harivamsa divya prabandha gita govinda puranas vishnu bhagavata naradiya garuda padma agni sampradayas sri vishishtadvaita akshar purushottam darshan rudra śuddhādvaita kumara dvaitadvaita brahma tattvavada or dvaita acintyabhedabheda others ekasarana dharma mahanubhava pranami radha vallabha ramsnehi sant mat vaishnava sahajiya warkari teachers acharyas chaitanya chakradhara dadu dayal harivansh jayatirtha jiva goswami jñāneśvara kabir madhavdev madhvacharya manavala mamunigal namadeva nammalvar nathamuni nimbarka srinivasacharya padmanabha tirtha pillai lokacharya purandara dasa raghuttama tirtha raghavendra tirtha ram charan ramananda ramanuja ravidas satyanatha tirtha satyabhinava tirtha satyabodha tirtha satyadharma tirtha satyadhyana tirtha samarth ramdas sankardev swaminarayan sripadaraja tukaram tulsidas vallabha vedanta desika vidyapati vishnuswami viṭṭhalanātha vyasatirtha vadiraja tirtha yamunacharya sri kantha krishnamacharyulu annamacharya bhadrachala ramadasu related traditions bhagavatism vaikhanasas pancharatra tenkalai vadakalai munitraya krishnaism jagannathism haridasa sahajiya baul pushtimarg gaudiya iskcon ramanandi kapadi balmiki kabir panth dadu panth mahanam v t e sankardev preached devotion bhakti to krishna consisting primarily in the singing kirtan and listening to sravan of his deeds and activities ekasarana follows the dasya attitude bhava of worship in which the devotee considers himself to be a servant of god in contrast to other vaishnava schools radha is not worshiped along with krishna the people who practice his religion are referred to variously as mahapurushia sarania and sankari srimanta sankardev started a system of initiation sarana into his religion he caused a social revolution by fighting against the caste discrimination prevailing at that time he initiated people of all castes and religions including muslims after initiation the devotee is expected to adhere to the religious tenets of ekasarana consisting in worship to one god krishna and offering devotion to him forsaking all forms of vedic rites though he himself married twice had children and led the life of a householder his disciple madhavdev did not some of his followers today follow celibate life kevaliya bhakat in the vaishnavite monasteries the sattras sankardev s famous debate with madhavdev who was a staunch sakta devotee of shakti earlier and madhavdev s subsequent induction into ekasarana is often cited as the single most epoch making event in the history of the neo vaishnavite movement in assam madhavdev an equally multi talented person became his celebrated disciple literary works edit sankardev produced a large body of work though there were others before him who wrote in the language of the common man madhav kandali who translated the ramayana into assamese in the 14th century this was the first ramayana to be written in a modern indian language harihara vipra and hema saraswati it was sankardev who opened the floodgates and inspired others like madhavdev to carry on where he left off for most of his works he used the assamese language of the period so the layperson could read and understand them but for dramatic effect in his songs and dramas he used brajavali other literary works include the rendering of eight books of the bhagavata purana including the adi dasama book x harishchandra upakhyana his first work bhakti pradip the nimi navasiddha samvada conversation between king nimi and the nine siddhas bhakti ratnakara sanskrit verses mostly from the bhagavata compiled into a book anadi patana having as its theme the creation of the universe and allied cosmological matters gunamala and many plays like rukmini haran patni prasad keli gopal kurukshetra yatra and srirama vijaya there was thus a flowering of bhakti literature during his long life of 120 years poetic works kavya edit kirtana ghosha harischandra upakhyana rukmini harana parijat haran kaliya daman ram vijay ajamilopakhyana bali chalana kurukshetra yatra gopi uddhava samvada amrita manthana krishna prayana pandava niryana kamajaya bhakti theory edit bhakati pradipa anadi patana nimi navasiddha samvada bhakti ratnakara in sanskrit gunamala transliteration edit bhagavata book vi viii i ii vii x xi xii ix x partial xi partial xii ramayana uttarakanda supplemental to madhav kandali s saptakanda ramayana his translation of the bhagavata is a transcreation because he translates not just the words but the idiom and the physiognomy too he has adapted the original text to the local land and people and importantly for the purpose of bhakti portions of the original were left out or elaborated where appropriate for example he suppressed the portions that revile the lowers caste of sudra and kaivartas and extols them elsewhere drama ankia nat edit cihna yatra lost patni prasada janma jatra lost kangsa badha lost parijata harana kali damana rukmini harana keli gopala srirama vijaya vrindavani vastra fragment circa 1570 at lacma sankardev was the fountainhead of the ankiya naat a form of one act play his cihna yatra is regarded as one of the first open air theatrical performances in the world cihna yatra was probably a dance drama and no text of that show is available today innovations like the presence of a sutradhara narrator on the stage use of masks etc were used later in the plays of bertolt brecht and other eminent playwrights these cultural traditions still form an integral part of the heritage of the assamese people songs edit borgeet composed 240 but only 34 exist now bhotima deva bhotima panegyrics to god naat bhotima for use in dramas raj bhotima panegyrics to king nara narayan he was a musician all his creations were orienting to the vishanav religion and one set of them is called holy songs which are known even today as borgeet or bargit or bargeet in assam the borgeets literally great songs are devotional songs set to music and sung in various raga styles these styles are slightly different from either the hindustani or the carnatic styles 68 the songs themselves are written in the brajavali language dance edit sattriya dance that sankardev first conceived and developed and which was later preserved for centuries by the 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