[Adapted from https://atributetosankaradeva.org with thanks] Chapter 'Haramohana' (2nd Kirttana)Pada Namo Namo Madhava vidhira vidhidata Tumi Jagatara gati-mati pita mata Tumi paramatma jagatara esha eka Eku bastu nahike tumaka byatireka-9 Tumi karya karana samasta sarasara Subarna kundala jena nahike antara Tumi pashu-pakshi surasura…
by Dr. Sanjib Kumar BorkakotiSrimanta Sankaradeva (1449-1568 AD), the patron saint of the Assamese people was a social reformer besides being the founder of a new religious order Eka Sarana Nama Dharma. He used the tool of culture to preach…
by Gauri Sankar Borah Lord Krishna must have been the first to use the word Sarana (lit., shelter) for initiation in Geeta (18/66). But we feel that Srimanta Sankaradeva's use and application of it was quite his own. It is as…
Dr Pona Mahanta The history of regular Assamese drama and theatre began with Srimanta Sankaradeva (1449-1568 AD). He wrote and produced plays nearly five centuries ago when classical Sanskrit drama was at a low ebb and when Shakespeare was not…