Sattra (Vaishnavite monastery)

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Vaishnavite monastery monastic institution religious institution

Sattra (Vaishnavite monastery) is a monastic institution of the Assamese Vaishnavite tradition that serves as a religious, cultural, and artistic center, particularly known for nurturing and presenting Sattriya dance and related devotional practices.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Satra (Vaishnavite monastery)	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Vaishnavite monastery ⓘ monastic institution ⓘ religious institution ⓘ
architecturalFeature	kirtanghar (prayer hall) ⓘ monastic residential quarters ⓘ
artFormNurtured	Ankiya Naat (Assamese devotional drama) NERFINISHED ⓘ devotional music (Borgeet) ⓘ
artFormNurtured	Sattriya dance NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Bhakti movement NERFINISHED ⓘ Sattriya dance NERFINISHED ⓘ devotional drama ⓘ devotional music ⓘ
communityRole	center for preservation of Assamese Vaishnavite heritage ⓘ community gathering place ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
culturalFunction	artistic center ⓘ cultural center ⓘ
culturalRegion	Assamese culture NERFINISHED ⓘ
devotionalPractice	collective prayer ⓘ kirtan ⓘ nama-prasanga ⓘ
educationalFunction	religious education ⓘ training in Sattriya dance ⓘ training in devotional music ⓘ
foundedByTradition	Srimanta Sankardev NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageStatus	key institution for an Indian classical dance form (Sattriya) ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfOrigin	15th–16th century ⓘ
influencedBy	Neo-Vaishnavite reform movement of Assam NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfRitual	Assamese ⓘ
locatedIn	Assam ⓘ
organizationalStructure	headed by a Sattradhikar (abbot) ⓘ
populationType	lay devotees ⓘ resident monks ⓘ
recognizedFor	nurturing Sattriya dance tradition ⓘ preservation of devotional performing arts ⓘ
religiousFunction	center of devotional practice ⓘ place of worship ⓘ
religiousOrientation	monotheistic devotion to Vishnu-Krishna ⓘ
religiousTradition	Assamese Vaishnavism NERFINISHED ⓘ Vaishnavism NERFINISHED ⓘ
roleInDance	performance venue for Sattriya dance ⓘ training ground for Sattriya dancers ⓘ
scripturalBasis	Bhagavata Purana NERFINISHED ⓘ writings of Madhavdev ⓘ writings of Srimanta Sankardev ⓘ
worshipDeity	Krishna NERFINISHED ⓘ Vishnu NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Sattriya dance → traditionalPerformanceSpace → Sattra (Vaishnavite monastery) ⓘ

Barpeta district → hasCulturalInstitutionType → Sattra (Vaishnavite monastery) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Satra (Vaishnavite monastery)