Srimanta Sankardeva - G K :: āĻļāĻ‚āϕ⧰āĻĻā§‡ā§ą - āϏāĻžāϧāĻžā§°āĻŖ āĻœā§āĻžāĻžāύ


Q1. āĻļāĻ‚āϕ⧰āĻĻā§‡ā§ąā§° āϜāĻ¨ā§āĻŽ āϕ⧇āϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āφ⧰⧁ āĻ•'āϤ āĻšā§ˆāĻ›āĻŋāϞ ? When and where was Srimanta Sankardeva born ?


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: ā§§ā§Ēā§Ē⧝ āĻ–ā§ā§°ā§€āĻˇā§āϟāĻžāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤ, āĻŦā§°āĻĻā§‹ā§ąāĻžā§° āφāϞāĻŋāĻĒ⧁āϖ⧁⧰⧀āϤāĨ¤ : He was born in 1449 AD at Alipukhuri, Bordowa, Assam.


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻļāĻ‚āϕ⧰āĻĻā§‡ā§ą āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§° āĻ¨ā§ą-āĻŦ⧈āĻˇā§āĻŖā§ą āĻ§ā§°ā§āĻŽā§€āϝāĻŧ āφāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§‹āϞāύ⧰ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāϤāĻŽ āĻĒā§ā§°āϧāĻžāύ āĻĒā§ā§°ā§ąā§°ā§āϤāĻ• āφāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤ He was a major figure in the Neo-Vaishnavite movement of Assam.


Q2. āĻļāĻ‚āϕ⧰āĻĻā§‡ā§ąā§° āĻŽāĻžāϤ⧃⧰ āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻ•āĻŋ āφāĻ›āĻŋāϞ ? What was the name of Sankardeva’s mother ?


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: āϏāĻ¤ā§āϝāϏāĻ¨ā§āϧāĻžāĨ¤ : Satyasandha.


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āϏāĻ¤ā§āϝāϏāĻ¨ā§āϧāĻž āφāĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻļāĻ‚āϕ⧰āĻĻā§‡ā§ąā§° āĻŽāĻžāϤ⧃āĨ¤ Satyasandha was Sankardeva’s mother.


Q3. āĻļāĻ‚āϕ⧰āĻĻā§‡ā§ąā§° āĻĒāĻŋāϤ⧃⧰ āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻ•āĻŋ āφāĻ›āĻŋāϞ ? What was the name of Sankardeva’s father ?


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: āϕ⧁āϏ⧁āĻŽā§āĻŦā§° āĻ­ā§‚āĻžāĻžāĨ¤ : Kusumbar Bhuyan.


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āϕ⧁āϏ⧁āĻŽā§āĻŦā§° āĻ­ā§‚āĻžāĻž āφāĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻļāĻ‚āϕ⧰āĻĻā§‡ā§ąā§° āĻĒāĻŋāϤ⧃āĨ¤ Kusumbar Bhuyan was his father.


Q4. āĻļāĻ‚āϕ⧰āĻĻā§‡ā§ąā§° āĻŦ⧁āĻĸāĻŧā§€āĻŽāĻžāϕ⧰ āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻ•āĻŋ āφāĻ›āĻŋāϞ ? What was the name of Sankardeva’s grandmother ?


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: āϖ⧇⧰āϏ⧂āϤ⧀āĨ¤ : Kherasuti.


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻĒāĻŋāϤ⧃-āĻŽāĻžāϤ⧃⧰ āĻŽā§ƒāĻ¤ā§āϝ⧁⧰ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āϤ āϖ⧇⧰āϏ⧂āϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻļāĻ‚āϕ⧰āĻĻā§‡ā§ąā§° āϞāĻžāϞāύ-āĻĒāĻžāϞāύāϤ āϗ⧁⧰⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖ āĻ­ā§‚āĻŽāĻŋāĻ•āĻž āĻĒāĻžāϞāύ āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤ Kherasuti played an important role in raising Sankardeva after the early loss of his parents.


Q5. āĻļāĻ‚āϕ⧰āĻĻā§‡ā§ąā§° āĻĒ⧁āĻ¤ā§ā§°āϏāĻ•āϞ⧰ āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ ? What were the names of Sankardeva’s sons ?


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: ā§°āĻžāĻŽāĻžāύāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ, āĻšā§°āĻŋāϚ⧰āĻŖ āφ⧰⧁ āĻ•āĻŽāϞāϞ⧋āϚāύāĨ¤ : Ramananda, Haricharan and Kamalalochan.


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻāχ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋāϜāύāĻ• āĻļāĻ‚āϕ⧰āĻĻā§‡ā§ąā§° āĻĒ⧁āĻ¤ā§ā§° āĻšāĻŋāϚāĻžāĻĒ⧇ āωāĻ˛ā§āϞ⧇āĻ– āϕ⧰āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
These three are traditionally mentioned as Sankardeva’s sons.


Q6. āĻļāĻ‚āϕ⧰āĻĻā§‡ā§ąā§° āύāĻžāϤāĻŋā§° āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻ•āĻŋ āφāĻ›āĻŋāϞ ? What was the name of Sankardeva’s grandson ?


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: āĻĒ⧁⧰⧁āώ⧋āĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŽ āĻ āĻžāϕ⧁⧰āĨ¤ : Purushottama Thakura.


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻĒ⧁⧰⧁āώ⧋āĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŽ āĻ āĻžāϕ⧁⧰ āĻļāĻ‚āϕ⧰āĻĻā§‡ā§ąā§° āύāĻžāϤāĻŋ āφāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤ Purushottama Thakura was Sankardeva’s grandson.


Q7. āĻļāĻ‚āϕ⧰āĻĻā§‡ā§ąā§° āĻĒāĻ¤ā§āύ⧀āϏāĻ•āϞ⧰ āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻ•āĻŋ āφāĻ›āĻŋāϞ ? What were the names of Sankardeva’s wives ?


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: āĻ¸ā§‚ā§°ā§āĻ¯ā§ąāϤ⧀ (āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ) āφ⧰⧁ āĻ•āĻžāϞāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§€ āφāχ (āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ)āĨ¤ : Suryavati (first) and Kalindi Aai (second).


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻļāĻ‚āϕ⧰āĻĻā§‡ā§ąā§° āĻœā§€ā§ąāύāϤ āĻĻ⧁āĻ—ā§°āĻžāϕ⧀ āĻĒāĻ¤ā§āύ⧀⧰ āωāĻ˛ā§āϞ⧇āĻ– āĻĒā§‹ā§ąāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
Two wives are traditionally associated with Sankardeva.


Q8. āĻļāĻ‚āϕ⧰āĻĻā§‡ā§ąā§° āĻœā§€āϝāĻŧāĻžā§°ā§€ā§° āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻ•āĻŋ āφāĻ›āĻŋāϞ ? What was the name of Sankardeva’s daughter ?


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: āĻŽāύ⧁āĨ¤ : Manu.


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻŽāύ⧁ āĻļāĻ‚āϕ⧰āĻĻā§‡ā§ąā§° āĻœā§€āϝāĻŧāĻžā§°ā§€ āφāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤ Manu was Sankardeva’s daughter.


Q9. āĻļāĻ‚āϕ⧰āĻĻā§‡ā§ąā§° āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻž āϗ⧁⧰⧁ āϕ⧋āύ āφāĻ›āĻŋāϞ ? Who was Sankardeva’s teacher ?


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: āĻŽāĻšā§‡āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§° āĻ•āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāϞ⧀āĨ¤ : Mahendra Kandali.


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻļāĻ‚āϕ⧰āĻĻā§‡ā§ąā§‡ āĻŽāĻšā§‡āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§° āĻ•āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāϞ⧀⧰ āĻ“āϚ⧰āϤ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ—ā§ā§°āĻšāĻŖ āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻ›āĻŋāϞ Sankardeva received his early education under Mahendra Kandali.


Q10. āĻļāĻ‚āϕ⧰āĻĻā§‡ā§ąā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻ­āĻžāĻ“āύāĻžā§° āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻ•āĻŋ ? What was the name of Sankardeva’s first Bhaona ?


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: āϚāĻŋāĻšā§āύāϝāĻžāĻ¤ā§ā§°āĻžāĨ¤ : Chihna Yatra.


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āϚāĻŋāĻšā§āύāϝāĻžāĻ¤ā§ā§°āĻž āĻļāĻ‚āϕ⧰āĻĻā§‡ā§ąā§° āύāĻžāĻŸā§āϝ-āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋā§° āϏ⧈āϤ⧇ āϜāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ āĻāĻ• āϗ⧁⧰⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖ āϏ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋāĨ¤ Chihna Yatra is an important work associated with Sankardeva’s theatrical tradition.


Q11. āĻļāĻ‚āϕ⧰āĻĻā§‡ā§ąā§° ā§°āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻ­āĻžāĻ“āύāĻž āĻŦ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϕ⧋āύāĻ–āύāĻ• āĻ•ā§‹ā§ąāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ ? Which Bhaona is traditionally regarded as Sankardeva’s last ?


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: āĻŦāĻžāĻŽ āĻŦāĻŋāϜāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ : Bama Vijaya.


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻŦāĻžāĻŽ āĻŦāĻŋāϜāϝāĻŧāĻ• āĻĒā§°āĻŽā§āĻĒā§°āĻžāĻ—āϤāĻ­āĻžā§ąā§‡ āĻļāĻ‚āϕ⧰āĻĻā§‡ā§ąā§° āĻļ⧇āώ⧰ āĻĢāĻžāϞ⧰ āύāĻžāĻŸā§āϝ⧰āϚāύāĻž āĻšāĻŋāϚāĻžāĻĒ⧇ āωāĻ˛ā§āϞ⧇āĻ– āϕ⧰āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ Bama Vijaya is traditionally regarded as one of his later dramatic works.


Q12. āĻļāĻ‚āϕ⧰āĻĻā§‡ā§ąā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧ āĻļāĻŋāĻˇā§āϝ āϕ⧋āύ āφāĻ›āĻŋāϞ ? Who was Sankardeva’s most prominent disciple ?


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§ąāĻĻā§‡ā§ąāĨ¤ : Madhavdeva.


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§ąāĻĻā§‡ā§ą āĻļāĻ‚āϕ⧰āĻĻā§‡ā§ąā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āϧāĻžāύ āĻļāĻŋāĻˇā§āϝ āφ⧰⧁ āĻāĻ•āĻļā§°āĻŖ āύāĻžāĻŽāĻ§ā§°ā§āĻŽā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āϚāĻžā§°āϤ āϤ⧇āĻ“āρ⧰ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāϤāĻŽ āϏāĻšāϝ⧋āĻ—ā§€ āφāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤ Madhavdeva was Sankardeva’s foremost disciple and an important figure in spreading the Ekasarana tradition.


Q13. āĻļāĻ‚āϕ⧰āĻĻā§‡ā§ąā§° āĻŦā§°āĻ—ā§€āϤ⧰ āĻ­āĻžāώāĻž āĻ•āĻŋ ? What is the language of Sankardeva’s Borgeets ?


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: āĻŦā§ā§°āϜāĻžā§ąāϞ⧀āĨ¤ : Brajavali.


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻļāĻ‚āϕ⧰āĻĻā§‡ā§ąā§° āĻŦā§°āĻ—ā§€āϤāϏāĻŽā§‚āĻš āĻŽā§‚āϞāϤāσ āĻŦā§ā§°āϜāĻžā§ąāϞ⧀ āύāĻžāĻŽā§° āϏāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻŋāĻ• āĻ­āĻžāώāĻžāϤ ā§°āϚāĻŋāϤāĨ¤ Sankardeva’s Borgeets were composed mainly in the literary language known as Brajavali.

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