Shivanand Goswami
Shivanand Goswami, also known as Shiromani Bhatt was a poet and a scholar of literature, poetics, Ayurveda, Oriental studies, Veda-Vedanga, Vedang, ritualism, theology, astronomy, astrology (Hora Shastra), Sanskrit Grammar and a practitioner of Tantra-Mantra. Early life Shivanand was born in Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu. His ancestors were originally Tamil language, Tamil and Telugu language, Telugu-speaking ''Panchadravida Vellanadu'' Brahmins, who later settled in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and other provinces of North India at the request and invitation of some North Indian kings. Goswami's grandfather Shriwas Bhatt I is thought to have migrated from Tamil Nadu to North India; he was bestowed the title of "Goswami" on completion of his training in tantra by his guru Satchidananda Sundaracharya in 1525, and renamed as Goswami Vidyanand Nath. Shiromani Bhatt's father was Shri Jaganniwas Bhatt, who was invited by Bundelkhand king Devi Singh (raja), Devi Singh to act as ...
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