| Introduction
We now proceed, to give an account of the
Vaishnava religious centres, the Satras, which owe
their origin to Sankaradeva (1449-1569),- the fountain head of the neo-Vaishnavite
movement in Assam. San -' karadeva has, left a deep impress on Assamese culture and
literature, on Assamese religion and way of life. He was a great genius, prophet and seer
in whom the whole of Assamese culture might be said to be epitomized. With his
encyclopedic knowledge, magnetic personality and brilliant power of exposition he summed
up in his long life of 120 years all that was good in the known past. Even after four
centuries of his passing away the essentials of his teachings are not only not exhausted
but are ever on the increase.
Author - B.K.Barua &
H.V.Sreenivasa Murthy
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