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Write brief essay on Chaitanyadeva and Vaishnavism

  • UPSC 2005
  • The Fifteenth and Early Sixteenth Century: Political History

Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (1486–1533), born into a Brahmin family at Nabadwip (Nadia) in Bengal, moved from being a celebrated Sanskrit scholar to becoming the most influential figure in eastern India's Vaishnava Bhakti tradition.

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  • Life and Conversion to Krishna-Bhakti
  • Sankirtan: Devotion as Public Performance
  • The Theological Architecture: Achintya-Bheda-Abheda
  • Institutionalisation as Gaudiya Vaishnavism
  • Conclusion

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