II. Madhavadeva

This is the Cover Page of the Madhavadeva section of this site. After Sankaradeva, the next outstanding figure in Assamese literature is Madhavadeva (1489-1596) who was, in many respects, complementary to his Guru. Like his Guru, Madhavadeva too was a prolific writer. He wrote a number of books in different literary forms and completed the religious exegesis of the Bhaktic system. The following pages are included within this section:-

Table of Contents

• Madhavadeva—Introduction
• The Literary Output of Madhavadeva
• Nama Ghosa—The Proclamation of Pure Devotion
• The Nama Ghosa as Literature
• The Guru Bhatima of Madhavadeva
• The Lyrical Effusion of Madhavadeva
• The Bhakti Ratnavali of Madhavadeva
• Madhavadeva: Biography [1]
• Madhavadeva: Biography [2]
• Madhavadeva: Biography [3]
• Madhavadeva: Biography [4] : Madhavadeva’s Great Debate with Sankaradeva

Documents and Articles Related to this Section

The following documents and articles are related to this section:-

• A Tribute to Madhavadeva (Sonaram Chutiya)
• The Nām-Ghosā and Its Place in Literature (Rameswar Barooah)
• The Tenets of Bhakti in Madhavadeva’s Works (Karabi Deka Hazarika)
• The Translation of Madhavadeva’s Pimparā Gucuwā Nāta (Satyendranath Sarma)
• Excerpts from the Caritas (Sri Guru Carita, Ramananda Dvija,): Madhavadeva’s Great Debate with Sankaradeva _{[Translation]} (Arunava Gupta)
• The Rhetorical Strategy of the Nāma Ghosā (Hiren Gohain)