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THE SATRAS - I |
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Soon after his
return, Sankara married again and removed his residence from Alipukhuri to a nearby
village, Bardowa. Now his mission of life took a definite shape; he started with fresh
impetus and
vigorous enthusiasm his religious movement for mass conversion. At Bardowa, he set up a
Satra (monastery), erected a Namghar and held religious discourses. Around him, he
collected a group of devout disciples, and held daily devotional recitations known as
Namakirtana.During this time, he received a
complete text of the Bhagavata-Purana from Puri through Jagadish Mishra of Tirhhut. A
miraculous story is told about his coming across with the Bhagavata-Purana. The Brahmana
Pundit Jagadish Misra went to Puri to read out the Bhagavata in the temple of Jagannatha.
In a dream, the Brahmana received a mandate from Jagannatha to the effect that he should
proceed to Kamarupa and read out the Bhagavata to Sankaradeva. |
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