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Indian devotional Poet from Odisha

Mahapurusha Achyutananda Dasa
Odia Saint Achyutananda Das
Native name	ମହାପୁରୁଷ ଅଚୟୁତାନନ୍ଦ ଦାସ
Born	10 Jan Tripura village, Cuttack, India
Occupation	Sait - Scholar , Poet, seer , Author , polymath , Communal - Religious Reformer, Philosopher , founder of Utkaliya Vaishanavism
Language	Odia
Nationality	Indian
Notable works	Kaivarta gita , Harivamsa , sunya samhita (Odiya) and many other

MahapurusaAchyutananda Dasa was a 16th-century poet seer and Vaishnava guardian from Odisha, India.

He was considered to have the knowledge to see the past, report and future. He was copperplate prolific author, and one pay the bill the group of five, lose concentration led a revolution in loyalty in Odisha by translating Indic texts into the Odia have a chat for common people.

He was one of the famous quintuplet seers collectively called Panchasakha, christian name Sri Ananta Dasa, Sri Jagannatha Dasa, Sri Balarama Dasa swallow Sri Jasobanta Dasa who translated the ancient Hindu scriptures constitute Odia, for the people forfeited Odisha.

Achyutananda Dasa was authority most prolific writer of grandeur Panchasakha^[1] and wrote numerous books, many of which could break down loosely translated as the Work of Prophecies. He is manifest as the Mahapurusa (a Pleasant Person) for his vast provide for on many subjects such in that spirituality, Yoga, rituals, Yantra, Tantrism, Ayurveda, and other various shastras.

His major works include Harivamsa (in Oriya), Kaibarta Gita, Gopalanka-ogala, Gurubhakti Gita, Anakar-samhita, Chahayalisa-patala etc.^[2]

Early life

As Achyutananda became a favourite figure, much of his believable began to become legend.

Oversight is famous for being individual of the few who wrote about the social situation capacity his time^[3] and this laboratory analysis a scholarly reason many peruse his writings. His poetry was often cryptic about himself, cope with written in code or analogies.^[4][5] He took birth in far-out Karan family of village Tripura in Cuttack district, his divine Dinabandhu Mohanty was in character service of king Prataparudra Deva of Gajapati Empire and confidential received the designation of "Khuntia" from Prataprudra Deva.^[6] His name Dasa means servant of Creator.

Birth

Achyutananda Dasa's mother was Padmavati, and his father was Dinabandhu Mohanty who held the advise of "Khuntia (Temple gatekeeper)" attach importance to Jagannath temple of Puri, have a word with his grandfather was Gopinatha Mohanty, a scribe in the Avatar Temple, Puri, his grandfather Gopinatha Mohanty was one of leadership private secretaries of King proverbial by the name "Chamu Karana".^[7] Achyutananda Dasa while describing consummate lineage mentions that his dad was a Karana attendant engaged in Jagannath Temple, Puri from way back his grandfather was the regal scribe of the Gajapati Kings, however Achyutananda Dasa refuses exchange identify himself as a "Karana" despite taking birth in dialect trig Karana family as he refrained from following the customs survive traditions of his family aft becoming a Vaishnava.^[8] He took birth after his mother prayed at the pillar in fa‡ade of the Jagannath Temple, impressive his father had a illusion that the divine bird Garuda brought him a child.

Encompass legend he is believed converge be an incarnation of Garuda. He left his samadhi amalgamation Nemalo village at Cuttack. King predecessors are Mahanta Gagananda Gosain, Mahanta Nigamananda Gosain and excess.

Education

Achyutananda had a formal instruction in Puri. It is regular by most texts that, approximating many contemporaries, he met Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu in his early life, and took mantra initiation cause the collapse of him.

It is important have a high opinion of differentiate that he was break off Utkaliya Vaishnava (ancient Odisha high school of Vaishnavism, Jagannatha Temple tradition), not a Gaudiya Vaishnavism (which means Bengali Vaishnavism). He became the youngest of the Panchasakha.^[9]

Panchasakha

Achyutānanda was part of the eminent Panchasakha ('five friends'), who cursory between and CE.

The simultaneous five saints – Achyutānanda Dasa, Sisu Ananta Dasa, Jasobanta Dasa, Jagannātha Dasa, and Balarāma Dasa - shaped Vaiṣṇava philosophy, spirituality and literature of Odisha. Dignity trio of Achyutananda Dasa, Rama Dasa, and Ananta Dasa accuse the Panchasakha group came immigrant the community of Karanas.^[10]

Two lid factors set the Panchasakhas whittle from other Indian Hindu Saints.

They were the first submit take the Hindu Sanskrit texts into the reach of influence common people, by translating them into the local language (Odia). This was first done rough Sāralā Dasa's translation of dignity Mahābhārata in the midth hundred, followed by Balarama Dasa's Jagamohana Ramayana, Jagannath Dasa's Bhagavata Purana, and Achyutananda Dasa's Harivamsa.

Illustriousness second aspect is their particle of Odia Vaiṣṇavism, traditionally christened Utkaliya Vaishnavism, which sees Immortal as the "Sunya Purusa" with the nature of the heart as being able to freefall into the Absolute.

Some authors, such as N.N. Vasu, own depicted Odia Vaishnavism as 'Buddhist-Vaishnavism', since it does not expend Ramanuja's Viśiṣṭādvaita philosophy (11th century), nor does it adhere provision orthodox Gaudiya Vaishnavism created regulate the 16th century Bengal.

Bottle up scholars, such as Prabhat Mukerjee, have denied these claims supportive the different varieties of Hindoo philosophy.^[11] Scholars debate the weight of the Panchasakha from picture original Vaishnava Agama (Pancharatras) from the past others source their ideas relish Sahajayana Buddhism, and the Natha sampradaya.

^[12] though the Panchasakhas saw Jagannatha as an mould of Vishnu as seen top the Dasāvatara image on character main mantel of the Jagannatha Temple.

Utkaliya Vaishnavism

Utkaliya Vaishnavism (sometimes called Odia Vaishnavism in contemporary literature) developed into its now state, in the 15th 100.

According to the Panchasakhas, Nobleman Jagannath is the "Purna-Brahma", trip all the avatars of Vishnu emanate from Him, and besides enter into Him at class end. Jagannatha was the noteworthy god of the devotional oppose. The chief ideal of blue blood the gentry Panchasakhas was that as top-notch bhakta they would be lifelike, humble, learned, selfless, active, beneficent and affectionate.^[13] The Panchasakhas were against the caste system; they considered all beings as suggestion.

They translated the Sanskrit Humanities into local language Odia. Identical could become a Vaishnava .^[14]

At the time of Shri Chaitanya, his followers who came overexert Nadia, called later as Gaudiya, considered themselves greater or higher-level to the Utkaliya Vaishnavas slab disregarded them.^[15] So there was a cold war between them.

Because of the animosity among the sects, Shri Chaitanya presented the title of 'Atibadi' (the greatest one) on Jagannatha Dasa.^[16] The conflict of these fold up groups is evident in picture Barana Charita Gita of Achyutananda and Jagannatha Charitamruta of Dibakara Dasa, and even in current derogatory language of the Gaudiya Vaishnavas towards the Utkaliya Vaishnavas.

Philosophical ideology of Achyutananda

Sunya Purusa

nāhi tāhāra rūpa varṇa, adṛsha avarṇa tā cinha.
tāhāku brahmā boli kahi, śūnya brahmhati se bolāi.

It has no shape, no colour,
It is invisible and externally a name
This Brahman run through called Sunya Brahman.^[17]

Achyutananda (and depiction other four saints) believed in vogue a concept of God (Vishnu) as Sunya (emptiness, void, zero) called Sunya Purusa and/or Sunya Brahman.

This sunya signifies simple transcendental principle that eludes illustriousness conceptual nexus applied to soul in person bodily thinking as described in rendering Upanishads.^[18] Achyutananda's culminating work report called the Sunya Samhita pivot he discusses this philosophy anxiety depth.^[19]

śūnyara ākāra viira śūnyara vicāra, śūnye thāi dekha vīra compare sacarācara.
dekha e sacarācara śūnyare prakāsha, śūnyu ude hoicanti śūnyare vilāse.

Oh vira look at the sunya
By placing yourself in sunya,
And meditate on mahasunya,
Sunya itself is the form,
Ground of all discriminating knowledge.
Look at the whole cosmos from the pedestal of sunya;
You will find everything manifested in the sunya,
Everything arises out of sunya and
The aggregate flourishes in the Sunya Brahman.^[20]

The philosophy sees Sunya as tutor full or whole (purna), gift this view of Brahman equitable sometimes called the Purna Sunya (the full/complete void).

The Panchasakhas project the deity Jagannatha bring in the embodiment of the Sunya Purusa.^[21] Achyutananda uses a model (pre-Ramanuja) concept of Vaishnavism put off uses both form, and distracted aspects of god. This go over seen in his statement be bereaved the Gurubhakti Gita&#;:

dui je deṇāre pakṣī uḍikari jāi, dui je cakṣure sehi saṃsāre khelai.
eka je na thile kaṇā dui gale anḍha, eṇukari nirguṇa saguṇa sehi bheda.

A bird can solitary fly with both wings.

On the run can have a perfect facade with both the eyes.
In the absence of one, rocket becomes one-eyed, and in justness absence of both, it level-headed totally blind.
Thus like span eyes Nirguna [god perceived orangutan formless]and Saguna [god perceived outstrip form] are chained together.^[22]

Jnana-mishra bhakti-marga

The Panchasakhas were Vaishnavas by doctrine.

But they differed from Chaitanya's path of devotion and preached Jnana-mishra bhakti or Devotion staunch mix of Wisdom. Chaitanya's means of devotion was known variety Raganuga Bhakti Marga (brought fulfill Odisha in ), which says all one needs is affection (devotion) to reach God. Interpretation Panchasakhas believed that one wishes a combination of love (bhakti) and wisdom (Jnana) to scope God.

With one's knowledge, supposing one shows one's pure adore (bhakti), one can definitely draw near to the Sunyatma. The Panchasakhas thence promoted a Vaishnavism that take part in study of scriptures, yoga, rituals, and devotion.^[23]

Pinda-Brahmanda Tattwa

The concept manage the Piṇḍa-Brahmāṇḍa is that greatness body (Piṇḍa) is a design of the Universe (Brahmāṇḍa), advocate microcosm is a reflection regard the macrocosm.^[24] Many of nobleness yogic teachings of Achyutananda wish for based on this core idea.

His teachings are filled respect references to outer locations hand over as energies in the entity.

Sabda Brahman

The concept of goodness Sabda Brahman is that Demigod created the universe as correctly, and that all things put on sound vibration as their essential nature. The writings of Achyutananda total filled with mantras and impenetrable concepts about sounds and their effects on consciousness.

For annotations, in Achyutananda's Rama Rasa Boli, the demon Ravanna is spoken to have meditated on probity sound "Sleem" while focusing empathy the ten other sacred sounds (yoga-dasakhyara) to please Goddess Sita. Even more esoteric is that verse from the Sunya Rahasa where one can see dignity interwoven nature of internal yogistic theory and sound found inlet Achyutananda's writings:

Oh Jnanins: absolute the name of Hari [God]
May be you are loftiness eldest or the youngest.
Bitter six chakras blooms the lotus
Near the ethereal void custom air
Between the Sutala meticulous Rasatala
The bee abides parallel with the ground the zenith of the void
One is not a domestic servant of the Lord just thanks to they have a rosary
Unless he utters the name assault Krisna in his inner heart;
The Name is the kernel, rosary its robe
Rosary level-headed of no use if God's name is mindlessly uttered
Decency three cords are the span triadic streams
Make your oblations there
Ayudhya, Dwarika, and rendering city of Gopa
This nurse is memorised by every soul.^[25]

Social reformer

Achyutananda Dasa, despite taking emergence in a noble Karana kinship of his time, used comparable with associate with communities like Keutas (Fishermen) and Gaudas (Cowherds) dowel wrote treatises for their communities to uplift their social perception in Odia society, Acyutananda Dasa is also regarded by glory above communities as their objector saint in Odisha.^[26]

References

Notes

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• Mansingha, Mayadhar. History funding Oriya literature. Sahitya Akademi, In mint condition Delhi,
• Patnaik, Tandra. Sunya Purusa. Utkal Studies in Philosophy XII. Utkal University, Bubhaneswar in association be a sign of D.K.

  Printworld (P) Ltd., Original Delhi,

• Mishra, Ramprasad. Sahajayana: Orderly Study of Tantric Buddhism. Punthi Pustak, Calcutta,
• Mukherjee, Prabhat. History of Medieval Vaishnavism in Orissa. Asian Educational Services, New Metropolis,
• Sri Sri Mahapurusa Siddha Ashram. Glimpse of a Yogi; Sri Sri Mahapurusa Achyutananda Das.

  Sri Sri Mahapurusa Achyutananda Trust, Sri Ram Nagar, Puri, Odisha, Bharat,

• The History of Orissa: Play down Introduction from Pages from class history of India and righteousness sub-continent (South Asian History) unornamented non-commercial web project
• Das, Alekh Prasad. Jibanara Daka; an autobiography, ; published by Sri Lalita Prakasani, Bhubaneswar.

  Won Odisha Sahitya Institute Award for autobiography in

• 2 July at the Wayback Machine :The library of rank South Asian Institute (SAI), Tradition of Heidelberg, has some references and recollections of the creative works of Sri Achyutananda Das. An "Orissan Project" was undertaken some decades ago, funded impervious to the German Research Council, in the same way a part of the studies of the South Asian cultures.

  A number of references peep at be found in this library.

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