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This Paper is about the Literary Works of Aniruddhadeva, a Neo-Vaishnavite Saint of Assam. Aniruddhadeva wrote plenty of Literary work in relation with Eak Saran Nam Dharma of Sankardeva,which is also known as Neo-Vaishnavite Movement of Assam,his Literary work include the translation of the fifth skandha of the Bhagavata as well as of the twentieth to the thirty-first chapter of its fourth skandha under the tittle puranjan Upakhyan and composition of 182 divine songs. Besides, he composed a work on the principles and philosophy of Bhakti called Bhakti Mangal Ghosa which is the holy text of his disciples and another called Nij-sastra. The recitation of the last which in done in secret is, however, confined to the disciples of superior rank only. Bhakti-Mangal Ghosa is based mainly on Madhavdeva’s Namghosa which contains the essence of all Nigama Sastras. The text of the Bhakti Mangal Ghosa contains 805 verses of six different meters - 167 verses of Chabi meter, 176 of Dulari meter, 139 of Lechari, 236 of Pada, 74 of Chanda and 13 of Namghosa metre. The 805 verses cover 36 subheadings (bhag) or topics. On these 36 sub-headings, the verses on Ninda, Prasamsa and Upadesa are found to be repeated thrice in different places. In a like way verses pertaining to Ndm-Mahima, Mahima-Yukta Upadesa, Atmaninda, Atma upadesa, Prarthana, Mahima and Sarana are found to be repeated twice. This paper is only a humble attempt to discuss the main teachings of the Bhakti Mangal Ghosa in its general literary from. |
