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Jahnava Devi

Jahnava Devi (); ), also called Jahnava Mata, was the wife of Nityananda and a philosopher and saint from the Gaudiya Vaishnava school of Hindu Vedanta. She became a leading figure in Gaudiya Vaishnavism and a diksa guru and sampradaya head.

Life

Janhava Devi was born in Ambika Kalna (modern-day Bardhaman district of West Bengal, India) and spent her childhood there. She is mentioned in Janhaba Astakam: Sri Jiva Goswami, confirming that she was widely known and a cherished figure in the Bhakti movement by about 1600 CE.

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References

Further reading

  • Jiva Goswami's Tattva-Sandarbha: Sacred India's Philosophy of Ecstasy, by Swami B.V. Tripurari
  • Aleksandar Uskokov, "The Long and Short of It: Mahā-vākya from MÄ«māmsā to JÄ«va Gosvāmin, from the Veda to the Bhāgavata," The Journal of Hindu Studies 11 (2018):38–52.
  • Sri Chaitanya: His Life & Associates" by Srila Bhakti Ballabh Tirtha Maharaj
  • HOOGLY JELAR ITIHAS BY SUDHIR KUMAR MITRA
  • উদ্ধারণ দত্ত কথামৃত: বৈদ্যনাথ ভৌমিক
  • দীননাথ ধর (1904): উদ্ধারণ দত্ত ঠাকুর [সংস্করণ-২].
  • Bhakti Ratnakar by Srila Narahari Chakravarti Thakura
  • Vrindavan Das Thakur (2001), Chaitanya Bhagavata.
  • Gaura-ganoddesha-dipika : Kavi Karnapura
  • Murali Vilasa : Rajavallabha Gosvami
  • "পাট পর্যটন" : অভিরাম দাস
  • উদ্ধারণপুরের ঘাট : কালিকানন্দ অবধূত
  • Murali Vilasa : Rajavallabha Gosvami
  • Prem Bilash : Nityananda Das
  • Nityananda Prabhur Bongshobistar: Vrindavan Das Thakur
  • Sri Narottama Vilasa : Srila Narahari Chakravarti
  • Anangamanjuri Samputica : Ramchandra Goswami
  • Janhabatatwa Mormartho: Goti Gobinda
  • Ananga Kodombaboli : Subhadra Devi
  • Janhaba Astakam: Sri Jiva Goswami

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