Krishnananda Agamavagisha

Krishnananda Agamavagisha (কৃষ্ণানন্দ আগমবাগীশ) (a.k.a. Mahamahopadhyaya Krishnananda Bhattacharya) was a noted Kulin Bengali Brahmin of Nabadwip, Nadia district origin and a renowned Pandita (Scholar) and Sadhaka of Tantra tradition who lived around 1575 CE. He is the author of the "Tantrasara".

He (being the introducer of Navya Tantric-scripture, "Tantrasara") considered to be one among the four pillars of Shreehatta origin scholars in Nabadwip worked for Sanatana Philosophy, alongside Raghunatha (introducer of Navya Nyaya), Raghunandana (introducer of Navya Smriti), and Vishvambhara : Chaitanya (introducer of Navya Vaishnava).

Life

Krishnananda Agamavagisha was born from Acharya Mahesh Bhattacharya in the year 1650 at Nabadwip. He had four sons - Kashinatha, Mathuranatha, Harinatha and Vishvanath. He had a brother Sahasraksha who was a staunch Vaishnava and a worshipper of Lord Krishna. Krishnananda was ascent from Ramatoshana Vidyalankara, the author of "Pranatoshani".

Contributions

He is considered one of the greatest exponents of Tantric activism in Bengal. He authored "Brihat Tantrasara", one of the most exhaustive worship and sadhana text for Tantra. Aagameshwari Kali puja, the oldest Kali Puja of Nabadwip was started by him.

Death

It is believed that he underwent death in meditative trance at Mallarpur, Birbhum.

Dakshina Kali

The development of worship of the form of Goddess Kali as Dakshinakali, is also often attributed to Krishnananda Agamavagisha.

Influences

Krishnananda Agamavagisha was also the guru of Kali devotee poet Ramprasad Sen.[32]

In October 2019, a Bengali thriller film of Rajorshi Dey, Purba Paschim Dakshin is about to release based on the Tantra cult of Krishnananda Agamavagisha.[1] The film is based on Ebong Inquisition written by Avik Sarkar. Paran Bandopadhyay played the role of Agamavagisha.[2]

gollark: The PotatOS Institute of Keansia will likely be bigger, but it's the Overworld.
gollark: Okay.
gollark: Easy resource supplies are becoming depleted but we should be okay in the longer term
gollark: I calculated that we had millions of iron ore. We should be okay.
gollark: Though Terra may have shut it down recently.

See also

References
  1. "Poila Baishak Celebration with "Purbo Pashchim Dakkhin Uttor Asbei" Team. - The Times Of Bengal English". Dailyhunt. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
  2. Sarkar, Roushni. "Rajorshi Dey announces next film Purba, Pashchim, Dakshin (Uttor Asbei)". Cinestaan. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
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