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e 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 sattras is now among the classical dance forms of india certain devout sankarite call this form sankari dance visual art edit sapta vaikuntha part of the cihna yatra production does not exist today vrindavani vastra parts of this work are preserved in london the famous vrindavani vastra the cloth of vrindavan a 120 x 60 cubits tapestry depicted the lilas of lord krishna at vrindavan through richly woven and embroidered designs on silk 69 a specimen believed to be a part of this work is at the association pour l etude et la documentation des textiles d asie collection at paris inv no 3222 the vastra commissioned by koch king naranarayana was woven by 12 master weavers in barpeta under the supervision of sankardev over a period of six month and completed towards the end of 1554 70 this textile art depicted the life and deeds of lord krishna who is worshipped in eka sarana nama dharma the cloth was housed in the royal court of kochbehar after the saint presented it to the king but it disappeared at some point it is believed that parts of this cloth made its way to tibet and from there to its present place see also edit sattra borgeet madhavdev dihanaam ankia naat vrindavani vastra references edit this portrait created by bishnu rabha in the 20th century is generally accepted as the official portrait of sankardev whose likeness in pictorial form is not available from any extant form a staff reporter 14 october 2003 portrait of a poet as an artist the telegraph archived from the original on 1 november 2003 retrieved 8 may 2013 some historians have proposed a later birth date around 1479 1484 misra 2016 19 20 bhuyan jogendra nath 1980 মহাপুৰুষ শ্ৰীমন্ত শংকৰদেৱ mahapurush srimanta sankardev in assamese guwahati jogendra nath bhuyan pp 18 22 his eventful career came to an end on thursday the 7th or the 21st bhadra september the 2nd day of the bright half of the lunar month 1490 saka 1569 ad and his last physical remains were consigned to fire on the banks of the small river toroca neog 1980 120 121 burman 1999 p 56 harvtxt error no target citerefburman1999 help golap saikia srimanta sankardev the pioneer of the socio religious reform movement of medieval assam pdf p 44 kirttana ghosa translations retrieved 27 october 2012 the name is spelt variously as sankardev sankardeva and sankaradeva further discussion may be seen at relevant talk page the date 1449 is derived from later hagiographical traditions rather than contemporary sources early accounts record only the death of sankardev and the birth year appears to have been fixed in the 18th century baniprasanna misra has argued that the traditional chronology contains inconsistencies and cumulative errors proposing instead that sankardev was likely born between 1479 and 1484 ce misra 2016 19 20 singh jvala 2026 a sikh advaita vedānta modern asian studies cambridge university 1 26 doi 10 1017 s0026749x25101674 sankardev s religion mahāpurusism retrieved 27 october 2012 neog 1980 p 2 neog 1980 p 3 neog 1980 pp 22 24 neog 1980 p 4 sarma 1990 p 38 neog 1980 p 101 the traditional date of sankardev s birth generally considered correct is in the month of ashwin kartika october 1449 neog 1980 p 98 some historians have proposed a later birth date around 1479 1484 misra 2016 19 20 neog 1980 p 101 misra 2016 19 20 neog 1980 neog 1980 p 101f neog 1980 p 67 1 2 3 neog 1980 p 102 neog 1980 pp 102 103 misra 2016 7 8 misra 2016 8 10 misra 2016 7 10 misra 2016 7 10 misra 2016 19 20 misra 2016 21 22 misra 2016 19 20 barman 1999 p 19 neog 1980 p 103 neog 1980 p 104 neog 1980 p 179 borkakoti 2006 p 92 after five years sankara had a temple built for him a little away from the abode of householder neog 1980 p 69 neog 1980 p 107 sarma 1999 p 12 harv error no target citerefsarma1999 help the early biographers are silent on cihna yatra katha guru carita and borduwa carita both late biographies say cihna yatra was performed after sankardev s first pilgrimage only ramcaran says sankardev arranged it when he was 19 years old which is unlikely according to maheswar neog neog 1980 p 107 but bhuban chandra bhuyan dr sanjib kumar borkakoti etc have opined that cihna yatra was enacted before the pilgrimage to be precise in 1468 ad borkakoti 2005 p 17 harv error no target citerefborkakoti2005 help neog 1980 p 108 neog 1980 p 108 109 borkakoti 2006 p 23 it is not known from biographical or contemporary literature of the period whether the sattra of sankardev besides containing the prayer hall and the shrine did contain the system of sari hati like that of later day sattras sarma 1966 p 105 it may be recalled daityari katha guru carit that in sankardev s days the daily sittings were held in the open or under shades of trees neog 1980 p 312 sarma 1966 p 93 noeg 1980 p 160 harv error no target citerefnoeg1980 help barman 1999 p 120 1 2 neog 1980 p 69 misra baniprasanna 6 august 2015 deprovincialising srimanta sankaradeva centre for assamese studies tezpur university pp 48 49 retrieved 29 july 2026 ere long the inroads of the bhutanese and the koches compelled them to shift their residence to dhuwahat belaguri where the ahom monarch settled them with land and estate sarma 1966 p 13 barman 1999 p 37 sarma 1966 p 13 1 2 neog 1980 p 111 neog 1980 p 376 the wooden idol was carved by one korola bhadai and his invitation to the priests was conveyed by his brahmin associate ramaram barman 1999 p 37 neog 1980 p 112 prataprai gabharu khan who had ...