Borgeet

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Borgeet are devotional songs from Assam, India, composed primarily by the saint-scholar Srimanta Sankardev and central to Assamese Vaishnavite musical and spiritual traditions.

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Borgeet canonical 2
Borgeet (devotional songs) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Assamese musical tradition
devotional song genre
aimsTo induce devotional mood (bhava)
associatedWithCommunity Ekasarana Dharma
associatedWithDeity Krishna
Vishnu
associatedWithPerson Madhavdev
Srimanta Sankardev
associatedWithReligion Vaishnavism
associatedWithTradition Assamese Vaishnavite tradition
composer Madhavdev
Srimanta Sankardev
countryOfOrigin India
culturalSignificance core component of Assamese Vaishnavite culture
important part of Assamese spiritual life
genre devotional music
hasForm strophic song
hasNotation traditional oral notation system
hasSubgenre songs for evening worship
songs for morning worship
influencedBy Bhakti movement
inLanguageVariant early Assamese (old Assamese)
language Assamese
lyricalTheme Bhakti (devotion)
devotion to Krishna
meter varied traditional Assamese meters
musicalStructure fixed melodic composition
partOf Assamese classical music heritage
performanceContext Nam-Prasanga
religious festivals
performancePractice performed without percussion in traditional form
sung in specific ragas
placeOfOrigin Assam
preservedIn Namghars of Assam
Satra institutions
region Northeast India
relatedTo Kirtan Ghoxa
Naam-Kirtan
religiousFunction congregational worship
temple singing
timePeriod 15th–16th century origin
transmission oral tradition
usedIn Assamese Vaishnavite prayer services
Namghar rituals
Satra rituals
vocalStyle classical-based devotional singing

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Satra associatedWithArtForm Borgeet
this entity surface form: Borgeet (devotional songs)