Jasobanta Dasa (; born ) was an Odia poet,

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and mystic. He was one of the five great poets in

Odia literature Odia literature is literature written in the Odia language, mostly from the Indian state of Odisha. The modern Odia language is mostly formed from Tadbhava words with significant Sanskrit (Tatsama) influences, along with loanwoards from Desaj ...

, the Panchasakha during the Bhakti age of literature. He is known for his work ''Prema Bhakti Brahma Gita''.

Personal life

Early life of Jasobanta is mainly sourced from the work ''Jasobanta Dasanka Chaurashi Agyan'' (Eighty-four arts of Jasobanta Dasa) by one of his disciples Sudarshan Das. He was born at village Adhanga, Jagatsinghpur, part of undivided Cuttack District. His father's name was Jagu Mallika and his mother's name was Rekha Dei. He came to Puri by the inspiration of

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. He got initiated into

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during Srichaitanya's stay in Puri.

Literary works

A list of his known works is as below. * Gobinda Chandra * Prema Bhakti Brahma Gita * Siba Swarodaya

References

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