Naam Ghosa ( as, নামঘোষা) is a Vaishnavite scripture of verses in praise of Lord
Krishna
Krishna (; sa, कृष्ण ) is a major deity in Hinduism. He is worshipped as the eighth avatar of Vishnu and also as the Supreme god in his own right. He is the god of protection, compassion, tenderness, and love; and is on ...
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Madhabdev
Madhavdev (1489–1596) (Pron: ˈʃrɪ ˈʃrɪ ˈmɑ:dəbˌdeɪv) is an important preceptor of the Ekasarana Dharma known for his loyalty to his guru, Srimanta Sankardev as well as his artistic brilliance. Initially a sakta worshipper, he w ...
in
Assamese
Assamese may refer to:
* Assamese people, a socio-ethnolinguistic identity of north-eastern India
* People of Assam, multi-ethnic, multi-linguistic and multi-religious people of Assam
* Assamese language, one of the easternmost Indo-Aryan language ...
in about 1568–1596.
It extols the practice of chanting the name of the deity as the most efficacious means of devotion.
The English version of this book subtitled as The Divine Verses translated by Soroj Kumar Dutta in 1997. The second paperback edition of the book with an enriched glossary is available since 2017.
A bilingual version of the Namghosha (translated by Haramohan Das) was published in 1957 by the Vaishnava theological university ,Vrindavan .
References
External links
The Sources of the Nām Ghosāat atributetosankaradeva.org.
Assamese literature
Bhakti movement
Books from Assam
Ekasarana Dharma
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