Madhavdev

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Madhavdev was a prominent 16th-century Assamese saint-poet and key disciple of Srimanta Sankardev, renowned for his devotional writings and role in shaping the Ekasarana Dharma movement in Assam.

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Madhavdev canonical 5
Mahapurush Madhavdev 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Assamese saint-poet
Bhakti movement poet
Vaishnavite saint
disciple
associatedMovement Ekasarana Dharma
centuryOfActivity 16th century
commemoratedBy Madhavdev College
Madhavdev University
commemoratedIn Assamese religious festivals
countryOfCitizenship India
dateOfBirth 1489
dateOfDeath 1596
discipleOf Srimanta Sankardev
ethnicGroup Assamese people
fullName Madhavdev self-linksurface differs
surface form: Mahapurush Madhavdev
genre Bhakti literature
devotional poetry
influenced Vaishnavism
surface form: Assamese Vaishnavism

Namghar institutions in Assam
surface form: Satra institution in Assam
influencedBy Srimanta Sankardev
knownFor Naam Ghosa as a key text of Assamese Vaishnavism
devotional songs (Borgeets)
propagation of Ekasarana Dharma
languageOfExpression Assamese
Brajavali
movementRole composer of liturgical texts for Ekasarana Dharma
systematizer of Ekasarana Dharma practices
notableWork Adbhut Ramayana (Assamese adaptation)
Arjuna Bhanjana (drama)
Bhakti Ratnavali
Janma Rahasya
Naam Ghosa
RajasuyaYajna
surface form: Rajasuya Yajna (drama)
occupation lyricist
playwright
poet
religious reformer
saint
philosophicalOrientation monotheistic devotion to Krishna
placeOfBirth Letekupukhuri
placeOfDeath Bhela Satra
regionOfActivity Assam
religion Hinduism
religiousRole key disciple of Srimanta Sankardev
second great leader of Ekasarana Dharma
religiousTradition Vaishnavism
teacher Srimanta Sankardev
veneratedIn Assamese Vaishnavite monasteries (Satras)

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Assamese people notableReformer Madhavdev
Borgeet composer Madhavdev
Borgeet associatedWithPerson Madhavdev
Srimanta Sankardev disciple Madhavdev
Madhavdev fullName Madhavdev self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Mahapurush Madhavdev