Dvija Madhab ( bn, দ্বিজ মাধব), or Madhabacharya ( bn, মাধবাচার্য) (c. 16th century), was a

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poet of the

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and one of the most significant contributor to

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tradition of medieval

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. His work, ''Sarada Charit'' ( bn, সারদাচরিত), also known as ''Sarada Mangal Jagaran'' ( bn, সারদামঙ্গল জাগরণ) or ''Mangalchandir Geet'' ( bn, মঙ্গলচণ্ডীর গীত), was probably written in 1579. Dvija Madhab was born in the

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- Tribeni area of Hooghly, situated in the

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. His father Parashar, as mentioned in the ''Sarada Charit'', was a

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. Dvija Madhab is also attributed as the author of ''Sri Krishna Mangal'', another narrative poem popular among the

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s; but its authorship is doubted by scholars. The manuscripts of Dvija Madhab's work are found in

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region of modern-day

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, where the poet probably had migrated from western Bengal in his later years.

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