Srimanta Sankardev

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Srimanta Sankardev was a 15th–16th century Assamese saint-scholar, poet, and cultural reformer who pioneered the Neo-Vaishnavite movement and profoundly shaped Assamese religion, literature, music, and theater.

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Srimanta Sankardev canonical 8
Sankardev 1
Srimanta 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bhakti movement leader
cultural reformer
philosopher
playwright
poet
religious reformer
saint
saint-scholar
scholar
artFormCreated Ankia Naat
surface form: Ankiya Naat

Sattriya dance
surface form: Sattriya dance-drama tradition
associatedWith Namghar institutions in Assam
Assamese Vaishnavite monasteries (Sattras)
surface form: Sattras of Assam
birthDate 1449
century 15th century
16th century
collaboratedWith Madhavdev
coreTeaching congregational singing and prayer
devotion to a single God without ritualism
equality of all devotees irrespective of caste
countryOfCitizenship India
deathDate 1568
disciple Madhavdev
ethnicGroup Assamese people
founded Ekasarana Dharma
Namghar (prayer hall) tradition
Satra institution in Assam
fullName Srimanta Sankardev self-link
genre Bhakti poetry
devotional literature
religious drama
givenName Srimanta Sankardev self-linksurface differs
surface form: Sankardev
honorificPrefix Srimanta Sankardev self-linksurface differs
surface form: Srimanta
influenced Assamese dance
Assamese literature
Assamese music
Assamese theater
Assamese visual arts
knownFor composing Borgeet (devotional songs)
creating Ankiya Naat (one-act plays)
creating Sattriya dance tradition
founding Ekasarana Dharma
pioneering Neo-Vaishnavite movement in Assam
reforming Assamese religious life
shaping Assamese literature
shaping Assamese music
shaping Assamese theater
language Assamese
Braj Bhasha
surface form: Brajavali (Assamese-Braj mixture)
legacy considered the architect of Assamese culture
revered as Mahapurush (great soul) in Assam
mainDeity Krishna
movement Neo-Vaishnavite movement in Assam
musicFormCreated Borgeet
occupation composer
lyricist
philosopher
playwright
poet
preacher
religious leader
social reformer
teacher
philosophicalSchool Vaishnavism
surface form: Ekasarana (exclusive devotion to one God)
placeOfBirth Nagaon district
surface form: Alipukhuri, Nagaon district, Assam

Nagaon district
surface form: Bardowa, Nagaon, Assam
placeOfDeath Bheladanga, Koch kingdom (present-day Assam)
region Assam
Northeast India
religion Hinduism
religiousTradition Neo-Vaishnavism
Vaishnavism
wrote Bhakti Ratnakar (Assamese adaptation)
Ankia Naat
surface form: Chinhayatra (Ankiya Naat)

Gopi Uddhav Samvad
Gunamala
Harischandra Upakhyan
Kirtan Ghoxa
Parijat Haran
Patni Prasad
Ram Vijoy
Rukmini Haran
portions of Bhagavata Purana in Assamese

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Assamese people notableReformer Srimanta Sankardev
Borgeet composer Srimanta Sankardev
Borgeet associatedWithPerson Srimanta Sankardev
Srimanta Sankardev fullName Srimanta Sankardev self-link
Srimanta Sankardev givenName Srimanta Sankardev self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Sankardev
Srimanta Sankardev honorificPrefix Srimanta Sankardev self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Srimanta
Sattriya dance foundedBy Srimanta Sankardev
Madhavdev teacher Srimanta Sankardev
Madhavdev discipleOf Srimanta Sankardev
Madhavdev influencedBy Srimanta Sankardev
Majuli Island associatedWith Srimanta Sankardev
this entity surface form: Srimanta Sankardeva