Madhavdev biography of george w

Srimanta Madhabdeva is an important preceptor of the Mahapuruxiya Dharma known for his loyalty to his guru, Srimanta Sankardeva as well as his artistic brilliance. Initially a sakta worshipper, he was converted to Mahapuruxiya Dharma by the Sankardeva and became his most prominent disciple. He is known particularly for his book of hymns, the Naam Ghoxa , as well as a large selection of songs called Borgeets.

But he established his family a son and wife in Banduka, a place in Rangpur District in Bangladesh , where he became a Majinder to the ruler. On the death of his wife, he migrated to Bardowa, and married Manorama of the Bara Bhuyan clan there. But due to warfare he became homeless, and he and his wife were given shelter at Letekupukhuri by Harasinga Bora, an officer of the Ahom kingdom where Madhabdev was born.

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Letekupukhuri, situated between Narayanpur and Bihpuria. A famine induced the family to move again, and the family was given shelter by a boatman named Ghagari Maji at Habung. After about 10 years at Habung, the family rowed down the Brahmaputra river to Rauta-Tembuwani, where Urvasi was married off to Gayapani, a Bhuyan. Soon after, Madhabdev accompanied his father back to Banduka, where he continued his education under a teacher named Rajendra Adhyapaka.

Here, Madhabdev became well versed in the Tantra s, Tarka-shastra , Purana and other literature associated with Saktism.