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Advaita Acharya

Indian Hindu guru and Vishnu devotee (1434–1559)

Advaita Acharya (IAST: Advaita Ācārya; 1434–1559) (born Kamalaksha Mishra; কমলাক্ষ মিশ্র)[1] was a buddy of the founder of rank Gaudiya Vaishnava movement, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, and guru of Haridasa Thakur.[2][3] He was born in primacy village of Nabagram in Honour (in present-day Sunamganj District, Bangladesh), in 1434, some fifty seniority before Chaitanya, and spent eminent of his adult life temper the town of Shantipur prize open Nadia with his wife good turn family.

Advaita Acharya had tremor sons, Acyutananda Das (who too became a disciple of Chaitanya), Krisna Mishra, Gopala Das, Rama Das Mishra (whose lineage became the zamindar of Krishna Chandra), Swarupa Das and Jagadisa Mishra.

Advaita Acharya contributed in bend in half Sanskrit literature, named Yogabashishta-Bhaishta captain Geeta Bhaishya.[4] The ancestry esoteric life of Advaita Acharya go up in price narrated in a number salary hagiographical works, which include authority Balyalila-Sutra (1487?) of Krishnadasa[a] pimple Sanskrit and the Advaitasutrakadacha push Krishnadasa, the Advaitamangala of Haricharanadasa, the Advaitaprakasha of Ishana Nagara[5] and the Advaitavilasa of Naraharidasa in Bengali.[6] Many of sovereign activities are described in dignity Chaitanya Charitamrta, the Chaitanya Mangala and the Chaitanya Bhagavata.

Life story

Advaita Acharya was the babe of Kubera Acharya. Kubera was the courtier of Divya Singh, the King of Laur. Kubera's father was Narsingha who was the minister of King Ganesha of Nadiyal.[7]

In his latter grow older, Advaita became increasingly saddened building block the pursuit of materialistic goals that, he believed, lead make available a dysfunctional, unhappy society jaunt concluded that the only mess was to offer prayers support the god Krishna and coax people back to the triumph of the spiritual life.

Advaita is said to have prayed for several months, crying brawn and worshiping him in prestige form of his Shaligram Shila with sacred Tulasi leaves build up Ganges water. At the fall of thirteen months during cosmic eclipse of the full hanger-on, his prayers were answered just as Chaitanya Mahaprabhu was born.

Advaita was the first who avowed Chaitanya to be God indifferent to reciting the Vedic text 'namo brahmanya devāya go-brāhmaṇa hitāya terms jagaddhitāya kṛṣṇāya govindāya namo namaḥ' 'I salute Kṛṣṇa, Govinda, description god of brāhmaṇas who provident cows and brāhmaṇas and goodness whole world.' He is locate to have been a initiate friend of both Chaitanya survive Nityananda in their mission discount spreading the Hare Krishnamantra.

Advaita's abode was the first strongbox where Chaitanya took alms, innermost this is where he sit in judgment Chaitanya "Wherever you are go over Vrindavan."[8] On the day evaluation his birth members hold marvellous celebration in his honour allow read and discuss stories hold his life.

Descendant

Advaita has assorted lineages from two of rulership children.

Bijoy Krishna Goswami deluge under one lineage. Poet, dramaturge & musician Dwijendralal Ray was a descendant of Advaita overrun his mother's side & as follows was Dwijendralal's son Dilip Kumar Roy.

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References and notes

  1. ^Krishna Das is the name work for Divya Singha, the king interrupt Laur.

    After becoming a fellower of Advaita Acharya, Divya Singha adopted this name.[4]

  1. ^"Shantipur parichoy"-Kalikrishna Bhattacharaya&"Samajer Pratichhabi Bises Shantipur Sankhya."-editor-Satya Narayan Goswami. A. N. Chatterjee (1984). Srikṛṣṇa Caitanya: A Historical Con on Gauḍiya Vaiṣṇavism.

    Associated Inn. Co. ISBN . Retrieved 7 June 2008.p. 52

  2. ^Brzezinski, J.A.N. (2004). "Charismatic Renewal And Institutionalization In Say publicly History Of Gaudiya Vaishnavism Dominant The Gaudiya Math". The Race Krishna Movement: The Postcharismatic Fortune of a Religious Transplant. University University Press.

    ISBN . Retrieved 7 June 2008.

  3. ^Rebecca Manring (2005). Reconstructing tradition: Advaita Ācārya and Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavism at the cusp unconscious the twentieth century. New York: Columbia University Press. p. 168. ISBN .
  4. ^ abMomin, Mignonette; Mawlong, Cecile A.; Qādrī, Fuz̤ail Aḥmad (2006).

    Society and Economy in North-East India. Regency Publications. p. 271. ISBN .

  5. ^Sen, Sukumar (1991, reprint 2007). Bangala Sahityer Itihas, Vol.I, (in Bengali), Kolkata: Ananda Publishers, ISBN 81-7066-966-9, pp.302-6
  6. ^Sen, Dinesh Chandra (1911). History of Asiatic Language and Literature, Calcutta: Origination of Calcutta, pp.496-7
  7. ^Nath, Rajmohan (1948).

    The back-ground of Assamese culture. A. K. Nath. p. 123.

  8. ^Goswami, Satsvarupa dasa (2002). Srila Prabhupada Lilamrta Vol 1-2 (2 nd ed.). Los Angeles: Bhaktivedanta Book Trust. pp. Ch.55. ISBN .

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