By Swami Harshananda
Śaṅkaradeva lived in A. D.
Life[edit]
Śaṅkaradeva is the brightest star of the Vaiṣṇava Movement in Assam and north-east India, whose contribution is no less than that of Śrīkṛṣṇa Caitanya[1] in Bengal and Orissa. He was born at the village Ālipukhuri.[2] His parents were Kusumbara and Satyasandhā. He lost his parents very early in life and was brought up by his grandparents. He got a good education in a Sanskrit school and also developed his god-given talents in music, painting and composing poems.
He was married and had a daughter. His wife died immediately afterwards. He went out on a long pilgrimage at the age of thirty. His travel spread over twelve years. He visited many places including Kāśī, Vṛndāban, Mathurā, Kurukṣetra, Dvārakā and Rāmeśvaram. During these visits, the strong current of Vaiṣṇavism he noticed everywhere due to the influence of saintly poets like Vidyāpati,[3]Jayadeva[4] and Srīkṛṣṇa Caitanya whom he met for a short period, practically converted him from his Śākta moorings to the Vaiṣṇava creed.
After returning to his place he was forced by his close relatives to marry for second time.
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Assam is known for the variety of its culture, and the state's history reveals the cultural contributions made by its inhabitants. Many figures have contributed vastly to the Assamese culture and heritage.
One name is indisputable whenever Assamese culture is discussed: Mahapurush Srimanta Sankardeva. He has given Assam some very inspiring and notable literary and cultural achievements.
LIFE OF SRIMANTA SANKARDEVA
In the year AD, Sankardeva was born in Alipukhuri, Nagaon. He was born during an era of downfall for Assamese literature, language, and culture. At the young age of 7, he lost both his father Kusumbar Bhuyan and his mother Satyasandha Devi. He was raised by his grandmother Kherxuti.
At the age of 12, he joined Mahendra Kandali's school to start learning Indian scriptures and grammar. He didn't know the vowels at the time when he penned his first poetry "karata-kamala." Outside of their academics, he taught himself the art of Yoga, which aided in the development of his physicality. According to several folklores, Sankardev was also capable of crossing the mighty Brahmaputra river by swimming.
Written in the tol, Harishchandra Upakhyan was his de
Preface
This site is an attempt to introduce to the world the multi-dimensional personality of Mah&#;puru&#;a &#;r&#;manta &#;a&#;karadeva, one of the greatest spiritual and social reformers of India.
The propagator of the religion known as eka &#;ara&#;a hari n&#;ma in the 15th century in Assam, Sankaradeva(Sankardev, Sankardeva) (শঙ্কৰদেৱ) was ‘the glorious sun under whose warmth of mind Assam blossomed like a lotus of thousand petals (sahasradala kamala).’[2]
A versatile genius, Sankaradeva rendered the Bhagavata Purana into Assamese, wrote trendsetting popular plays, composed songs of the devotional genre set to classical ragas as well as numerous devotional poems (k&#;rttanas) for congregational singing and even got built prayer houses for the masses to pray together in a whole-souled manner, in front of the text of the Bhagavata.
Sankaradeva propagated a religion of pure devotion to Krsna (Krishna) known as Eka &#;ara&#;a Hari N&#;ma, also referred to as Mah&#;puru&#;ism, which considers Krsna—God referred to in his immanent capacity—to be supremely conscious and the supreme truth. According to the philosop
Remembering a forgotten saint: Srimanta Sankardev
Often when we talk of national integration and unity, there are voices which state that it is incorrect to assume that India is one nation. The reason given is many residents of certain states may feel themselves to be different from the nationalist vision of India. One state that is often thought to think like that is Assam. Many scholars believe that the cause of militancy in Assam which rose in the ’s in the form ULFA, as well as NDFB, stems from the sentiments among many Assamese who see themselves as different from what is termed as ‘mainland’ Indians. Although nowadays many Assamese, young and old have debunked such notions, these notions are still promoted by parties with ulterior motives.
To an extent this feeling of difference some Assamese feel is also because many of us from other parts of India have not paid sufficient attention to the traditional heritage of Assam. Even worse some have no idea about something as basic as the geography of the state. We often hear news of discrimination, people from Assam, and by extension, the Northeast, face in the national capital. On this occasion, this statement of a saint, long
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