Panchasakhā
Panchasakhā
Acyutānanda was part of the famous Panchasakhā (five friends of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu), who lived between 1450 to 1550 AD. The contemporaneous five saints- Acyutānanda Das, Ananta Das, Jasovanta Das, Jagannātha Das, and Balarāma Das, shaped Vaiṣṇava philosophy, spiritualism and literature of Orissa.
Two important factors set the Panchasakhas apart from other Indian saints. They were the first to take the Hindu Sanskrit texts of the Brahmins into the ears and hearts of the common people by translating them into the common language (Oriya). This was first done by Sāralā Dasa’s translation of the Mahābhārata in the mid-fifteenth century, followed by Balarama Dasa’s Jagamohana Ramayana, Jaganath Dasa’s Bhagavata Purana, and Acytananda Dasa’s Harivamsa. The second aspect is their form of Oriya Vaiṣṇavism which sees God as the "Shunya Purusha" and the nature of the soul as being able to merge into the Absolute.
Some authors, such as N.N Vasu, have depicted Orissan Vaisnavism as ‘Buddhist-vaisnavism’ since it does not accept Ramanuja’s Viśiṣṭādvaita philosophy (11th century) nor does it adhere to orthodox Gaudiya Vaisnavism created in the 16th century. Other scholars, such as Prabhat Mukerjee, have denied these claims supporting the different varieties of Vaisnava philosophy.[6] Scholars debate the influence of the Panchasakha from the original Vaisnava agama (Pancharatras) while others source their ideas in sahajayana Buddhism and the Natha sampradaya. Both the Sahajayana Buddhists and the Panchasakha worshiped the image of Jagannath as the Buddha,[7] though the Panchasakha saw Jagannath as an incarnation of Visnu as seen in the dasāvatar image on the main mantel of the Jagannath temple.
Acyutānanda was part of the famous Panchasakhā (five friends of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu), who lived between 1450 to 1550 AD. The contemporaneous five saints- Acyutānanda Das, Ananta Das, Jasovanta Das, Jagannātha Das, and Balarāma Das, shaped Vaiṣṇava philosophy, spiritualism and literature of Orissa.
Two important factors set the Panchasakhas apart from other Indian saints. They were the first to take the Hindu Sanskrit texts of the Brahmins into the ears and hearts of the common people by translating them into the common language (Oriya). This was first done by Sāralā Dasa’s translation of the Mahābhārata in the mid-fifteenth century, followed by Balarama Dasa’s Jagamohana Ramayana, Jaganath Dasa’s Bhagavata Purana, and Acytananda Dasa’s Harivamsa. The second aspect is their form of Oriya Vaiṣṇavism which sees God as the "Shunya Purusha" and the nature of the soul as being able to merge into the Absolute.
Some authors, such as N.N Vasu, have depicted Orissan Vaisnavism as ‘Buddhist-vaisnavism’ since it does not accept Ramanuja’s Viśiṣṭādvaita philosophy (11th century) nor does it adhere to orthodox Gaudiya Vaisnavism created in the 16th century. Other scholars, such as Prabhat Mukerjee, have denied these claims supporting the different varieties of Vaisnava philosophy.[6] Scholars debate the influence of the Panchasakha from the original Vaisnava agama (Pancharatras) while others source their ideas in sahajayana Buddhism and the Natha sampradaya. Both the Sahajayana Buddhists and the Panchasakha worshiped the image of Jagannath as the Buddha,[7] though the Panchasakha saw Jagannath as an incarnation of Visnu as seen in the dasāvatar image on the main mantel of the Jagannath temple.
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