Editing Sankardev (section)

{{short description|Indian polymath (1449–1568)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2014}}

{{Infobox Hindu leader
| name               = Sankardev
| native_name        = 
| image              = Sankaradeva.jpg
| alt                = Sankardeva
| caption            = Imaginary portrait of Srimanta Sankardev by [[Bishnu Prasad Rabha]]<ref>This portrait, created by [[Bishnu Rabha]] in the 20th-century, is generally accepted as the "official" portrait of Sankardev, whose likeness in pictorial form is not available from any extant form {{cite news |title=Portrait of a poet as an artist  |author=A Staff Reporter |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1031014/asp/northeast/story_2457557.asp |newspaper=The Telegraph |date=14 October 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031101083706/https://www.telegraphindia.com/1031014/asp/northeast/story_2457557.asp |access-date=8 May 2013|archive-date=1 November 2003 }}</ref>
| religion           = [[Hinduism]]
| birth_date         = 1449,
| birth_place        = [[Bordowa Than|Bordowa]], old name is Alipukhuri, Tembuani<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bhuyan |first=Jogendra Nath |title=মহাপুৰুষ শ্ৰীমন্ত শংকৰদেৱ |trans-title=Mahapurush Srimanta Sankardev |year=1980 |publisher=Jogendra Nath Bhuyan |location=Guwahati |language=as |pages=18-22 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.452732/page/n1/mode/2up}}</ref>
 [[Nagaon district]], [[Assam]], [[India]])
| birth_name         = <!-- name before becoming a religious teacher -->
| death_date         = 7 September 1568<ref>"His eventful career came to an end on Thursday, the 7th or the 21st Bhadra (September), the 2nd day of the bright half of the lunar month, 1490 Saka/1569 AD; and his last physical remains were consigned to fire on the banks of the small river, Toroca." {{harvcol|Neog|1980|pp=120–121}}</ref><ref>{{harvtxt|Burman|1999|p=56}}</ref>
| death_place        = Bheladonga<br/> (Today [[Cooch Behar]], [[West Bengal]], India)
| successor          = [[Madhavdev]]
| philosophy         = [[Ekasarana Dharma#Worshipful God and salvation|Ekasarana]]
| honors             = Venerated as ''Mahapurusha''
| founder            = [[Ekasarana Dharma]]
| literary_works     = <!-- Preferably having pages on wikipedia and wikisource-->
| footnotes          = 
| father             = Kusumbar Siromani Bhuyan<ref>{{cite journal |title=Golap Saikia, Srimanta Sankardev, the Pioneer of the Socio-Religious Reform Movement of Medieval Assam |pages=44 |url=http://www.socialresearchfoundation.com/upoadreserchpapers/5/34/150419060954english.pdf}}</ref>
| mother             = Satyasandhya
}}
{{Culture of Assam}}
{{quote box|width=22em|title=Quotation|quote=Do, therefore, regard all and everything as though they were God Himself!? Seek not to know the caste of a [[Brahmin|Brahmana]] nor of a [[Chandala]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Kirttana Ghosa – Translations|url=http://atributetosankaradeva.org/kirttana_selecns.htm|access-date=27 October 2012}}</ref> }}
'''Srimanta Sankardev'''<ref>The name is spelt variously as '''''Sankardev''''', '''''Sankardeva''''' and '''''Sankaradeva'''''. Further discussion may be seen at [[Talk:Sankardev|relevant talk page]].</ref> ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|s|r|ɪ|ˌ|m|æ|n|t|ə| |ˈ|s|æ|n|k|ə(r)|ˌ|d|eɪ|v}}, {{IPA|as|sɹimɔntɔ xɔŋkɔɹdeβ}}; 1449–1568) was a 15th–16th century [[Assamese people|Assamese]] [[polymath]]; a saint-scholar, poet, playwright, dancer, actor, musician, artist social-religious reformer and a figure of importance in the cultural and religious history of the [[Bhakti movement]] in [[Assam]]. He is credited with building on past cultural relics and devising new forms of music ([[Borgeet]]), theatrical performance ([[Ankia Naat]], [[Bhaona]]), dance ([[Sattriya]]), literary language ([[Brajavali]]).  Besides, he has left a literary oeuvre of trans-created scriptures ([[Bhagavat of Sankardev]]), poetry and theological works written in Sanskrit, Assamese and [[Brajavali]].  The [[Bhagavatism|Bhagavatic]] religious movement he started, [[Ekasarana Dharma]] and also called Neo-Vaishnavite movement,<ref>{{cite web|title=Sankardev's Religion – Mahāpurusism|url=http://www.atributetosankaradeva.org/mahapurusiya.htm|access-date=27 October 2012}}</ref> influenced two medieval kingdoms – [[Koch Kingdom|Koch]] and the [[Ahom kingdom]] – and the assembly of devotees he initiated evolved over time into monastic centers called [[Sattra]]s, which continue to be important socio-religious institutions in Assam and to a lesser extent in [[North Bengal]].

His literary and artistic contributions are living traditions in Assam today. The religion he preached is practised by a large population, and [[Sattra]]s (monasteries) that he and his followers established continue to flourish and sustain his legacy.