Jahnava Devi

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Jahnava Devi
Nityananda with his wives Vasudha Devi and Jahnava Devi at Sribas Angan temple, Nabadwip
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Janhava

c. 10 May1509 (1509-05-10)
Ambika Kalna, Bardhaman district, Bengal Sultanate (present-day West Bengal, India)
Diedc. 1594(1594-00-00) (aged 84–85)[1]
Vrindavan, Mathura, Mughal Empire
Resting placeVrindavan, India
ReligionHinduism
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SpouseNityananda
ChildrenBirchandra (stepson), Ram Chandra (adopted son)
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  • Pandit Suryadas Sarkhel (father)
  • Bhadrabati Devi (mother)
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Jahnava Devi (Sanskrit: জাহ্নবী দেবী); c. 1481 – c. 1541), also called Jahnava Mata, was the wife of Nityananda[2] and a philosopher and saint from the Gaudiya Vaishnava school of Hindu Vedanta.[3] She became a leading figure in Gaudiya Vaishnavism and a diksa guru and sampradaya head.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10] [11][12][13][14]

Life[edit]

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.[15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20]

See also[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • 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 [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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References[edit]

  1. ^ "বৈষ্ণব আন্দোলনে জাহ্নবা দেবীর অবদান" (PDF). srisaradamath.org.
  2. ^ "Sri Jahnava Devi". krsnakatha.com. 27 September 2017.
  3. ^ Women and Goddess Traditions: In Antiquity and Today Karen L. King, p. 68 1997
  4. ^ "Jahnava Mata". stephen-knapp.com.
  5. ^ "Jahnava-devi". vaniquotes.org.
  6. ^ "sri-jahnava-devi". bhaktivinoda.com. 26 August 2011.
  7. ^ "JAHNAVA DEVI (CONSORT OF SRI NITYANANDA) – HISTORY – DIARY". krishnatoday.com. 10 May 2022.
  8. ^ "Was-Jahnava-Devi-the-expansion-of-Mata-Revati-Balrams-consort-Can-you-elaborate-about-her". bhaktivinoda.com.
  9. ^ "Sri Nityananda-Sakti, Sri Jahnava Devi. i". scsmath.com.
  10. ^ "Śrī Jāhnavā Devī". bhaktivinodainstitute.org. 16 May 2021.
  11. ^ "2022 Shrimati Jahnava Devi Appearance date for New Delhi, NCT, India". drikpanchang.com.
  12. ^ "Srimati Jahnava Devi Appearance (consort of Lord Nityananda)". gopinathmath.wordpress.com. 11 May 2011.
  13. ^ "srimati-jahnava-devi-appearance-day-today". padmanabhdas.wordpress.com. 11 May 2011.
  14. ^ Diptiman Gaurahari das (1874). Nitai-Jahnava Pada-kalpa-Taru. Kolkata: Diptimayi Vishnupriya devi dasi.
  15. ^ SRILA NARAHARI CHAKRAVARTI THAKUR (2015). ভক্তি-রত্নাকর. Kolkata: Generic. p. 662.
  16. ^ SRILA NARAHARI CHAKRAVARTI THAKUR (2006). Bhakti-ratnakara (The Jewel-filled Ocean of Devotional Service). Translated by KUSAKRATHA DASA. Kolkata: RAS BIHARI LAL AND SONS. p. 635. ISBN 9788184030006.
  17. ^ "Sri Narottama Vilasa". archive.org. 7 April 2018.
  18. ^ Srila Narahari Chakravarti (7 April 2018). Sri Narottama Vilasa. Kolkata: Shri Kishori Das Babaji. p. 160.
  19. ^ Vrindavan Das Thakur (1874). Nityananda Prabhur Bongshobistar. Kolkata: Nabin Chandra Adhya.
  20. ^ "Murali Vilasa". archive.org. 11 November 2019.


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