Chaitanya and the Vaishnava Poets of Bengal

Chaitanya and the Vaishnava Poets of Bengal

Chaitanya and the Vaishnava Poets of BengalTHE PADKALPATARU, or 'wish-granting tree of song,' may be considered as...
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Chaitanya and the Vaishnava Poets of Bengal

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Chaitanya and the Vaishnava Poets of Bengal

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Author: Beames, John,1837-1902
Format: eBook
Language: English

Chaitanya and the Vaishnava Poets of Bengal

THE PADKALPATARU, or 'wish-granting tree of song,' may be considered as the scriptures of the Vaish.nava sect in Bengal. In form it is a collection of songs written by various poets in various ages, so arranged as to exhibit a complete series of poems on the topics and tenets which constitute the religious views of the sect. The book has been put together in recent times, and takes the reader through the preliminary consecration, invocations and introductory ceremonies, the rise and progress of the mutual love of Rdh and K.rish.na, and winds up with the usual closing and valedictory hymns. Before beginning an analysis of this collection so remarkable from many points of view, it will probably be of some assistance even to those who have studied the history of Vaish.navism, if I state briefly the leading points in the life of Chaitanya, and the principal features of the religion which he developed, rather than actually founded. Bisambhar (Vishvambhara) Mir was the youngest son of Jagannth Mir, a Brahman, native of the district of Sylhet in Eastern Bengal, who had emigrated before the birth of his son to Nadiya (Nabadwpa), the capital of Bengal. [Footnote: The facts which here follow are taken from the "Chaitanyacharitmrita," a metrical life of Chaitanya, the greater part of which was probably written by a contemporary of the teacher himself. The style has unfortunately been much modernized, but even so, the book is one of the oldest extant works in Bengali. My esteemed friend Babu Jagadishnath Ray has kindly gone through the book, a task for which I had not leisure, and marked some of the salient points for me.] His mother was Sachi Debi, daughter of Nilmbar Chakravarti. She bore to Jagannth eight daughters who all died young; her first-born child, however, was a son named Biswarp, who afterwards under the name of Nitynand became the chief disciple of his more famous brother. Bisambhar was born at Nadiya in the evening of the Purnima or day of the full moon of Phlgun 1407 Sakbda, corresponding to the latter part of February or beginning of March A.D. 1486. It is noted that there was an eclipse of the moon on that day. By the aid of these indications those who care to do so can find out the exact day. [Footnote: There was an eclipse of the moon before midnight Feb. 18, O.S. 1486.] The passages in the original are: ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 6817
Author: Beames, John
Release Date: Nov 1, 2004
Format: eBook
Language: English

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