Srimanta Sankardeva - G K :: āĻļāĻāĻā§°āĻĻā§ā§ą - āϏāĻžāϧāĻžā§°āĻŖ āĻā§āĻāĻžāύ
Q1. āĻļāĻāĻā§°āĻĻā§ā§ąā§° āĻāύā§āĻŽ āĻā§āϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻā§°ā§ āĻ'āϤ āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞ ? When and where was Srimanta Sankardeva born ?
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: ā§§ā§Ēā§Ē⧝ āĻā§ā§°ā§āώā§āĻāĻžāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤ, āĻŦā§°āĻĻā§ā§ąāĻžā§° āĻāϞāĻŋāĻĒā§āĻā§ā§°ā§āϤāĨ¤ : He was born in 1449 AD at Alipukhuri, Bordowa, Assam.
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻļāĻāĻā§°āĻĻā§ā§ą āĻ āϏāĻŽā§° āĻ¨ā§ą-āĻŦā§āώā§āĻŖā§ą āϧ⧰ā§āĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ āĻāύā§āĻĻā§āϞāύ⧰ āĻ āύā§āϝāϤāĻŽ āĻĒā§ā§°āϧāĻžāύ āĻĒā§ā§°ā§ąā§°ā§āϤāĻ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤ He was a major figure in the Neo-Vaishnavite movement of Assam.
Q2. āĻļāĻāĻā§°āĻĻā§ā§ąā§° āĻŽāĻžāϤā§ā§° āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞ ? What was the name of Sankardeva’s mother ?
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: āϏāϤā§āϝāϏāύā§āϧāĻžāĨ¤ : Satyasandha.
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āϏāϤā§āϝāϏāύā§āϧāĻž āĻāĻāĻŋāϞ āĻļāĻāĻā§°āĻĻā§ā§ąā§° āĻŽāĻžāϤā§āĨ¤ Satyasandha was Sankardeva’s mother.
Q3. āĻļāĻāĻā§°āĻĻā§ā§ąā§° āĻĒāĻŋāϤā§ā§° āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞ ? What was the name of Sankardeva’s father ?
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: āĻā§āϏā§āĻŽā§āĻŦā§° āĻā§āĻāĻžāĨ¤ : Kusumbar Bhuyan.
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻā§āϏā§āĻŽā§āĻŦā§° āĻā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻāĻŋāϞ āĻļāĻāĻā§°āĻĻā§ā§ąā§° āĻĒāĻŋāϤā§āĨ¤ Kusumbar Bhuyan was his father.
Q4. āĻļāĻāĻā§°āĻĻā§ā§ąā§° āĻŦā§āĻĸāĻŧā§āĻŽāĻžāĻā§° āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞ ? What was the name of Sankardeva’s grandmother ?
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: āĻā§ā§°āϏā§āϤā§āĨ¤ : Kherasuti.
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻĒāĻŋāϤā§-āĻŽāĻžāϤā§ā§° āĻŽā§āϤā§āϝā§ā§° āĻĒāĻŋāĻāϤ āĻā§ā§°āϏā§āϤā§āϝāĻŧā§ āĻļāĻāĻā§°āĻĻā§ā§ąā§° āϞāĻžāϞāύ-āĻĒāĻžāϞāύāϤ āĻā§ā§°ā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖ āĻā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻž āĻĒāĻžāϞāύ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤ Kherasuti played an important role in raising Sankardeva after the early loss of his parents.
Q5. āĻļāĻāĻā§°āĻĻā§ā§ąā§° āĻĒā§āϤā§ā§°āϏāĻāϞ⧰ āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŋ ? What were the names of Sankardeva’s sons ?
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: ā§°āĻžāĻŽāĻžāύāύā§āĻĻ, āĻšā§°āĻŋāĻā§°āĻŖ āĻā§°ā§ āĻāĻŽāϞāϞā§āĻāύāĨ¤ : Ramananda, Haricharan and Kamalalochan.
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻāĻ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻāύāĻ āĻļāĻāĻā§°āĻĻā§ā§ąā§° āĻĒā§āϤā§ā§° āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āĻāϞā§āϞā§āĻ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
These three are traditionally mentioned as Sankardeva’s sons.
Q6. āĻļāĻāĻā§°āĻĻā§ā§ąā§° āύāĻžāϤāĻŋā§° āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞ ? What was the name of Sankardeva’s grandson ?
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āώā§āϤā§āϤāĻŽ āĻ āĻžāĻā§ā§°āĨ¤ : Purushottama Thakura.
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āώā§āϤā§āϤāĻŽ āĻ āĻžāĻā§ā§° āĻļāĻāĻā§°āĻĻā§ā§ąā§° āύāĻžāϤāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤ Purushottama Thakura was Sankardeva’s grandson.
Q7. āĻļāĻāĻā§°āĻĻā§ā§ąā§° āĻĒāϤā§āύā§āϏāĻāϞ⧰ āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞ ? What were the names of Sankardeva’s wives ?
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: āϏā§ā§°ā§āĻ¯ā§ąāϤ⧠(āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ) āĻā§°ā§ āĻāĻžāϞāĻŋāύā§āĻĻā§ āĻāĻ (āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤā§āϝāĻŧ)āĨ¤ : Suryavati (first) and Kalindi Aai (second).
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻļāĻāĻā§°āĻĻā§ā§ąā§° āĻā§ā§ąāύāϤ āĻĻā§āĻā§°āĻžāĻā§ āĻĒāϤā§āύā§ā§° āĻāϞā§āϞā§āĻ āĻĒā§ā§ąāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
Two wives are traditionally associated with Sankardeva.
Q8. āĻļāĻāĻā§°āĻĻā§ā§ąā§° āĻā§āϝāĻŧāĻžā§°ā§ā§° āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞ ? What was the name of Sankardeva’s daughter ?
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: āĻŽāύā§āĨ¤ : Manu.
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻŽāύ⧠āĻļāĻāĻā§°āĻĻā§ā§ąā§° āĻā§āϝāĻŧāĻžā§°ā§ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤ Manu was Sankardeva’s daughter.
Q9. āĻļāĻāĻā§°āĻĻā§ā§ąā§° āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āώāĻž āĻā§ā§°ā§ āĻā§āύ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞ ? Who was Sankardeva’s teacher ?
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: āĻŽāĻšā§āύā§āĻĻā§ā§° āĻāύā§āĻĻāϞā§āĨ¤ : Mahendra Kandali.
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻļāĻāĻā§°āĻĻā§ā§ąā§ āĻŽāĻšā§āύā§āĻĻā§ā§° āĻāύā§āĻĻāϞā§ā§° āĻāĻā§°āϤ āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āώāĻž āĻā§ā§°āĻšāĻŖ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞ Sankardeva received his early education under Mahendra Kandali.
Q10. āĻļāĻāĻā§°āĻĻā§ā§ąā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻāĻžāĻāύāĻžā§° āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻāĻŋ ? What was the name of Sankardeva’s first Bhaona ?
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: āĻāĻŋāĻšā§āύāϝāĻžāϤā§ā§°āĻžāĨ¤ : Chihna Yatra.
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻāĻŋāĻšā§āύāϝāĻžāϤā§ā§°āĻž āĻļāĻāĻā§°āĻĻā§ā§ąā§° āύāĻžāĻā§āϝ-āϏāĻāϏā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋā§° āϏā§āϤ⧠āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ āĻāĻ āĻā§ā§°ā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖ āϏā§āώā§āĻāĻŋāĨ¤ Chihna Yatra is an important work associated with Sankardeva’s theatrical tradition.
Q11. āĻļāĻāĻā§°āĻĻā§ā§ąā§° ā§°āĻāĻŋāϤ āĻļā§āώ āĻāĻžāĻāύāĻž āĻŦā§āϞāĻŋ āĻā§āύāĻāύāĻ āĻā§ā§ąāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ ? Which Bhaona is traditionally regarded as Sankardeva’s last ?
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: āĻŦāĻžāĻŽ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ : Bama Vijaya.
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻŦāĻžāĻŽ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāϝāĻŧāĻ āĻĒā§°āĻŽā§āĻĒā§°āĻžāĻāϤāĻāĻžā§ąā§ āĻļāĻāĻā§°āĻĻā§ā§ąā§° āĻļā§āώ⧰ āĻĢāĻžāϞ⧰ āύāĻžāĻā§āϝ⧰āĻāύāĻž āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āĻāϞā§āϞā§āĻ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ Bama Vijaya is traditionally regarded as one of his later dramatic works.
Q12. āĻļāĻāĻā§°āĻĻā§ā§ąā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧ āĻļāĻŋāώā§āϝ āĻā§āύ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞ ? Who was Sankardeva’s most prominent disciple ?
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§ąāĻĻā§ā§ąāĨ¤ : Madhavdeva.
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§ąāĻĻā§ā§ą āĻļāĻāĻā§°āĻĻā§ā§ąā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āϧāĻžāύ āĻļāĻŋāώā§āϝ āĻā§°ā§ āĻāĻāĻļā§°āĻŖ āύāĻžāĻŽāϧ⧰ā§āĻŽā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻāĻžā§°āϤ āϤā§āĻāĻā§° āĻ āύā§āϝāϤāĻŽ āϏāĻšāϝā§āĻā§ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤ Madhavdeva was Sankardeva’s foremost disciple and an important figure in spreading the Ekasarana tradition.
Q13. āĻļāĻāĻā§°āĻĻā§ā§ąā§° āĻŦā§°āĻā§āϤ⧰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āĻāĻŋ ? What is the language of Sankardeva’s Borgeets ?
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: āĻŦā§ā§°āĻāĻžā§ąāϞā§āĨ¤ : Brajavali.
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻļāĻāĻā§°āĻĻā§ā§ąā§° āĻŦā§°āĻā§āϤāϏāĻŽā§āĻš āĻŽā§āϞāϤāĻ āĻŦā§ā§°āĻāĻžā§ąāϞ⧠āύāĻžāĻŽā§° āϏāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϤā§āϝāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāώāĻžāϤ ā§°āĻāĻŋāϤāĨ¤ Sankardeva’s Borgeets were composed mainly in the literary language known as Brajavali.