MAHAPURUSA SRI ACHYUTANANDA ABOUT
Achyutananda Das (or Achutānanda) was a 16th century poet seer and Vaisnava saint from Orissa, India. He was considered to have the power to see the past, present and future. He was a prolific author and one of a group of five that led a revolution in spirituality in eastern India started by translating sanskrit texts into the local language for common people.
He was one of the famous five friends of spirituality and literature Panchasakhā who transcribed ancient Hindu Sanskrit texts into easily understandable colloquial Odiya for the people of Udra Desha (Orissa). Shri Achyutananda Das was the most prolific writer of the Panchasakhas and wrote numerous books, many of whom could be loosely translated as the Book of Prophecies. He is known as the Mahapurusha (Great Man) for his vast knowledge on many subjects such as spirituality, yoga, ritual, Buddhist tantra, Ayurveda (science of life, longevity and medicine), and other various science and social regulations.
Early life
As Acyutānanda became a popular figure much of his life began to become legend. He is famous for being one of the few who wrote about the social situation of his time and this is a scholarly reason many study his writings. His poetry was often cryptic about himself and written in code or analogies. Achyutananda belonged to Karana caste by birth but some claim he was Khandayata. His surname Das means servant (shudras) to god.
Birth
Achyutānanda was born in a village by the name Nemala or some say 'Tilakana',where two distributaries of the Mahanadi, Luna(Labana Dhara) and Chitrotpala bifurcated, of Cuttack district of Orissa, during the twenty first anka (year of region) of the Gajapati (king) Purushottam Deva. This is thought to be somewhere between 1480 and 1505 by different scholars.
His mother was Padmavati and his father was Dinabandhu Khuntia and his grandfather was Gopinath Mohanty, a scribe in the Jagannath Temple (Puri). He was born after his mother prayed at the pillar in front of the Jagannath Temple and his father had a dream that the divine bird Garuda brought him a child. In legend he is believed to be an incarnation of Garuda.
jai jagannath, jai Achyutananda,
He was one of the famous five friends of spirituality and literature Panchasakhā who transcribed ancient Hindu Sanskrit texts into easily understandable colloquial Odiya for the people of Udra Desha (Orissa). Shri Achyutananda Das was the most prolific writer of the Panchasakhas and wrote numerous books, many of whom could be loosely translated as the Book of Prophecies. He is known as the Mahapurusha (Great Man) for his vast knowledge on many subjects such as spirituality, yoga, ritual, Buddhist tantra, Ayurveda (science of life, longevity and medicine), and other various science and social regulations.
Early life
As Acyutānanda became a popular figure much of his life began to become legend. He is famous for being one of the few who wrote about the social situation of his time and this is a scholarly reason many study his writings. His poetry was often cryptic about himself and written in code or analogies. Achyutananda belonged to Karana caste by birth but some claim he was Khandayata. His surname Das means servant (shudras) to god.
Birth
Achyutānanda was born in a village by the name Nemala or some say 'Tilakana',where two distributaries of the Mahanadi, Luna(Labana Dhara) and Chitrotpala bifurcated, of Cuttack district of Orissa, during the twenty first anka (year of region) of the Gajapati (king) Purushottam Deva. This is thought to be somewhere between 1480 and 1505 by different scholars.
His mother was Padmavati and his father was Dinabandhu Khuntia and his grandfather was Gopinath Mohanty, a scribe in the Jagannath Temple (Puri). He was born after his mother prayed at the pillar in front of the Jagannath Temple and his father had a dream that the divine bird Garuda brought him a child. In legend he is believed to be an incarnation of Garuda.
jai jagannath, jai Achyutananda,
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