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Jahnava Devi (); ), also called Jahnava Mata, was the wife of
Nityananda Nityananda (, ; c. 1474-c. 1540), also called Nityananda Prabhu and Nitai, was a primary religious figure within the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition of Bengal. Nityananda was Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's friend and disciple. Chaitanya and Nityananda are ...
and a philosopher and
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from the
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school of Hindu
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. She became a leading figure in Gaudiya Vaishnavism and a '' diksa''
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and ''
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'' head.


Life

Janhava Devi was born in Ambika Kalna (modern-day
Bardhaman district Bardhaman (, ), or sometimes Burdwan and Barddhaman, is a former district in the Indian state of West Bengal, headquartered in Bardhaman. On 7 April 2017, the district was bifurcated into two separate districts namely Purba Bardhaman and Pas ...
of
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,
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) and spent her childhood there. She is mentioned in ''Janhaba Astakam: Sri
Jiva Goswami Jiva Goswami (; ) was an Indian philosopher and saint from the Gaudiya Vaishnava school of Vedanta tradition, producing a great number of philosophical works on the theology and practice of Bhakti yoga, Vaishnava Vedanta and associated discip ...
'', confirming that she was widely known and a cherished figure in the
Bhakti movement The Bhakti movement was a significant religious movement in medieval Hinduism that sought to bring religious reforms to all strata of society by adopting the method of Bhakti, devotion to achieve salvation. Originating in Tamilakam during 6t ...
by about 1600 CE.


See also

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Nityananda Nityananda (, ; c. 1474-c. 1540), also called Nityananda Prabhu and Nitai, was a primary religious figure within the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition of Bengal. Nityananda was Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's friend and disciple. Chaitanya and Nityananda are ...
*
Gaudiya Vaishnavism Gaudiya Vaishnavism (), also known as Chaitanya Vaishnavism, is a Vaishnavism, Vaishnava Hindu denominations, Hindu religious movement inspired by Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (1486–1534) in India. "Gaudiya" refers to the Gaura or Gauḍa region o ...
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Chaitanya Mahaprabhu Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (; ), born Vishvambhara Mishra () (18 February 1486 – 14 June 1534), was an Indian Hindus, Hindu saint from Bengal and the founder of Gaudiya Vaishnavism. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's mode of worshipping Krishna with bha ...
*
Pancha Tattva (Vaishnavism) The Pancha Tattva (, from Sanskrit ''pañca'' meaning "five" and ''tattva'' "truth" or "reality"), in the Gaudiya Vaishnavism tradition of Hinduism, are five 15th-century religious figures, venerated as the five aspects of the god Krishna. B ...


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 Mīmāmsā to Jīva 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 ংস্করণ-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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1509 births 1594 deaths 16th-century Bengalis 16th-century Hindu philosophers and theologians 16th-century Indian philosophers Bengali Hindus Bengali philosophers Devotees of Krishna Gaudiya religious leaders Indian Vaishnavites Kirtan performers People from Purba Bardhaman district Scholars from West Bengal Vaishnava saints {{Hindu-bio-stub