Ekasarana DharmaEkasarana Dharma (lit.'Shelter-in-One dharma') is a Vaishnavite sect propagated by Srimanta Sankardeva in the 15th–16th century in the Indian state of Assam. It reduced focus on Vedic ritualism and focuses on devotion (bhakti) to Krishna in the form of congregational listening (shravan) and singing his name and deeds (kirtan). The simple and accessible sect attracted both Hindu and non-Hindu populations into its egalitarian fold.
BorgeetBorgeets (Assamese: বৰগীত, romanized: Borgeet, lit. 'songs celestial', IAST transliteration: baragīta) are a collection of lyrical songs that are set to specific ragas but not necessarily to any tala.
SankardevQuotationDo, therefore, regard all and everything as though they were God Himself!? Seek not to know the caste of a Brahmana nor of a Chandala.
Naam GhosaThe Naam Ghosa (Assamese: নামঘোষা; Nāma Ghosā), also known as Hajari Ghosa and Ghosha Sastra, is a Vaishnavite scripture composed by Madhavdeva (c. 1568–1596), the foremost disciple of Sankardeva, the founder of the Ekasarana Dharma movement in Assam. The work consists of nearly one thousand verses (ghosas) in praise of Krishna, emphasizing the chanting of the divine name (nāma) as the highest form of devotion in Kali Yuga.
Kamata KingdomToday part ofIndia (North Bengal, Lower Assam)BangladeshThe Kamata Kingdom was a medieval polity centred on Kamatapur, identified with present-day Gosanimari in the Cooch Behar district of West Bengal. Its origins and early political history are uncertain.
Lakhimpur districtLakhimpur district ( LAK-im-POOR) is an administrative district in the state of Assam, India. The district headquarters is located at North Lakhimpur. It is bounded on the north by the Siang and Papumpare districts of Arunachal Pradesh and on the east by the Dhemaji district and the Subansiri River. Majuli District stands on the southern side and Biswanath District is on the western side .
KayasthaKayastha (or Kayasth, IPA: [kaːjəst̪ʰ]) denotes a cluster of disparate Indian communities broadly categorised by the regions of the Indian subcontinent in which they were traditionally located—the Chitraguptavanshi Kayasthas of northern India, the Chandraseniya Kayastha Prabhus of Maharashtra, the Bengali Kayasthas of Bengal and Karanas of Odisha.
Gauḍa (city)Gauḍa (also known as Gaur, Gour, Lakhnauti, Lakshmanavati and Jannatabad) is a historic city of Bengal in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent, and one of the most prominent capitals of classical and medieval India, being the capital city of Bengal under several kingdoms. The Gauḍa region was also a province of several pan-Indian empires.
AssamAssam is a state in Northeast India, located south of the Eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra Valley and Barak River valleys. It covers an area of 78,438 km2 (30,285 sq mi), and is the second largest state in northeastern India by area. As per the 2011 census, the state had a population of 31.2 million, and is the largest by population in the region. It shares international borders with Bhutan to the north and with Bangladesh to the southwest.
DamodardevDamodardev (1488–1598) was a sixteenth-century Ekasarana preceptor from present-day Nagaon in the Indian state of Assam. Damodardev was a follower of Sankardev's Ekasarana Dharma order. He started his own order after the death of Sankardev that came to be called the Brahma sanghati, which admitted Brahmanical rituals and greater adherence to the caste system alongside the namadharma of Sankardev. He was succeeded by Bhattadeva.
PreceptorA preceptor (from Latin, "praecepto") is a teacher responsible for upholding a precept, meaning a certain law or tradition. Buddhist monastic ordersSenior Buddhist monks can become the preceptors for newly ordained monks.
ShaktismShaktism (Sanskrit: शाक्तसम्प्रदायः, romanised: Śāktasampradāyaḥ) is a major Hindu denomination in which Shakti or the divine feminine energy is revered as the Ultimate reality, and is personified as Adi Parashakti (Great Goddess), whose numerous forms, with each having distinct functions and unique attributes, are worshipped.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.