Srimanta Sankardev

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Srimanta Sankardev was a 15th–16th century Assamese saint-scholar, poet, and cultural reformer who pioneered the Neo-Vaishnavite movement and profoundly shaped Assamese religion, literature, music, and theater.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Srimanta Sankardev canonical 43
Srimanta Sankardeva 12
Sankardev 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bhakti movement leader ⓘ
cultural reformer ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
poet ⓘ
religious reformer ⓘ
saint ⓘ
saint-scholar ⓘ
scholar ⓘ
artFormCreated Ankiya Naat ⓘ
linked to: Ankia Naat

Sattriya dance-drama tradition ⓘ
linked to: Sattriya dance
associatedWith Namghar institutions in Assam ⓘ
Sattras of Assam ⓘ
birthDate 1449 ⓘ
century 15th century ⓘ
16th century ⓘ
collaboratedWith Madhavdev ⓘ
coreTeaching congregational singing and prayer ⓘ
devotion to a single God without ritualism ⓘ
equality of all devotees irrespective of caste ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship India ⓘ
deathDate 1568 ⓘ
disciple Madhavdev ⓘ
ethnicGroup Assamese people ⓘ
founded Ekasarana Dharma ⓘ
Namghar (prayer hall) tradition ⓘ
Satra institution in Assam ⓘ
fullName Srimanta Sankardev ⓘ
genre Bhakti poetry ⓘ
devotional literature ⓘ
religious drama ⓘ
givenName Sankardev ⓘ
linked to: Srimanta Sankardev
honorificPrefix Srimanta ⓘ
linked to: Srimanta Sankardev
influenced Assamese dance ⓘ
Assamese literature ⓘ
Assamese music ⓘ
Assamese theater ⓘ
Assamese visual arts ⓘ
knownFor composing Borgeet (devotional songs) ⓘ
creating Ankiya Naat (one-act plays) ⓘ
creating Sattriya dance tradition ⓘ
founding Ekasarana Dharma ⓘ
pioneering Neo-Vaishnavite movement in Assam ⓘ
reforming Assamese religious life ⓘ
shaping Assamese literature ⓘ
shaping Assamese music ⓘ
shaping Assamese theater ⓘ
language Assamese ⓘ
Brajavali (Assamese-Braj mixture) ⓘ
linked to: Braj Bhasha
legacy considered the architect of Assamese culture ⓘ
revered as Mahapurush (great soul) in Assam ⓘ
mainDeity Krishna ⓘ
movement Neo-Vaishnavite movement in Assam ⓘ
musicFormCreated Borgeet ⓘ
occupation composer ⓘ
lyricist ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
poet ⓘ
preacher ⓘ
religious leader ⓘ
social reformer ⓘ
teacher ⓘ
philosophicalSchool Ekasarana (exclusive devotion to one God) ⓘ
linked to: Vaishnavism
placeOfBirth Alipukhuri, Nagaon district, Assam ⓘ
linked to: Nagaon district

Bardowa, Nagaon, Assam ⓘ
linked to: Nagaon district
placeOfDeath Bheladanga, Koch kingdom (present-day Assam) ⓘ
region Assam ⓘ
Northeast India ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
religiousTradition Neo-Vaishnavism ⓘ
Vaishnavism ⓘ
wrote Bhakti Ratnakar (Assamese adaptation) ⓘ
Chinhayatra (Ankiya Naat) ⓘ
linked to: Ankia Naat

Gopi Uddhav Samvad ⓘ
Gunamala ⓘ
Harischandra Upakhyan ⓘ
Kirtan Ghoxa ⓘ
Parijat Haran ⓘ
Patni Prasad ⓘ
Ram Vijoy ⓘ
Rukmini Haran ⓘ
portions of Bhagavata Purana in Assamese ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Assamese people → notableReformer → Srimanta Sankardev ⓘ
Borgeet → composer → Srimanta Sankardev ⓘ
Borgeet → associatedWithPerson → Srimanta Sankardev ⓘ
Srimanta Sankardev → fullName → Srimanta Sankardev ⓘ
Srimanta Sankardev → givenName → Sankardev ⓘ
linked to: Srimanta Sankardev
Srimanta Sankardev → honorificPrefix → Srimanta ⓘ
linked to: Srimanta Sankardev
Sattriya dance → foundedBy → Srimanta Sankardev ⓘ
Madhavdev → teacher → Srimanta Sankardev ⓘ
Madhavdev → discipleOf → Srimanta Sankardev ⓘ
Madhavdev → influencedBy → Srimanta Sankardev ⓘ
Majuli Island → associatedWith → Srimanta Sankardeva ⓘ
linked to: Srimanta Sankardev
Srimanta Sankaradeva University of Health Sciences → namedAfter → Srimanta Sankaradeva ⓘ
linked to: Srimanta Sankardev
Neo-Vaishnavism → foundedBy → Srimanta Sankardev ⓘ
Neo-Vaishnavism → associatedWith → Srimanta Sankardev ⓘ
Neo-Vaishnavism → hasKeyFigure → Srimanta Sankardev ⓘ
Neo-Vaishnavite movement in Assam → foundedBy → Srimanta Sankardeva ⓘ
linked to: Srimanta Sankardev
Neo-Vaishnavite movement in Assam → keyTextAuthor → Srimanta Sankardeva ⓘ
linked to: Srimanta Sankardev
Bhela Satra → followsTeachingsOf → Srimanta Sankardev ⓘ
Naam Ghosa → relatedTraditionFigure → Sankardev ⓘ
linked to: Srimanta Sankardev
Bhakti Ratnavali → associatedWithPerson → Srimanta Sankardev ⓘ
Ekasarana Dharma → foundedBy → Srimanta Sankardev ⓘ
Ekasarana Dharma → majorFigure → Srimanta Sankardev ⓘ
Nam-Prasanga → associatedWith → Sankardev ⓘ
linked to: Srimanta Sankardev
Namghars of Assam → associatedWith → Srimanta Sankardeva ⓘ
linked to: Srimanta Sankardev
Bhakti Ratnakar (Assamese adaptation) → author → Srimanta Sankardev ⓘ
Harischandra Upakhyan → author → Srimanta Sankardev ⓘ
Harischandra Upakhyan → associatedSaint → Srimanta Sankardev ⓘ
Parijat Haran → author → Srimanta Sankardev ⓘ
Parijat Haran → creator → Srimanta Sankardev ⓘ
Parijat Haran → associatedSaint → Srimanta Sankardev ⓘ
Patni Prasad → hasAuthor → Srimanta Sankardev ⓘ
Patni Prasad → creator → Srimanta Sankardev ⓘ
Patni Prasad → associatedWith → Srimanta Sankardev ⓘ
Gopi Uddhav Samvad → author → Srimanta Sankardev ⓘ
Gopi Uddhav Samvad → associatedWithSaint → Srimanta Sankardev ⓘ
Namghar institutions in Assam → inspiredBy → Srimanta Sankardev ⓘ
Assamese Vaishnavite monasteries (Sattras) → foundedBy → Srimanta Sankardeva ⓘ
linked to: Srimanta Sankardev
Namghar → associatedWithPerson → Srimanta Sankardev ⓘ
Ankiya Naat → foundedBy → Srimanta Sankardev ⓘ
subject linked to: Ankiya Naat (one-act plays)
Ankiya Naat → creator → Srimanta Sankardev ⓘ
subject linked to: Ankiya Naat (one-act plays)
Ankiya Naat → associatedWith → Srimanta Sankardev ⓘ
subject linked to: Ankiya Naat (one-act plays)
Ram Vijoy → author → Srimanta Sankardev ⓘ
Ram Vijoy → associatedWithPerson → Srimanta Sankardev ⓘ
Ram Vijoy → associatedWithSaint → Srimanta Sankardev ⓘ
Gunamala → author → Srimanta Sankardev ⓘ