SANKARDEVA: A CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF HIS PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION

SANKARDEVA: A CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF HIS PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION IS AN UNBIASED CRITICAL STUDY ON “SRIMANTA SANKARDEVA”, SAINT PHILOSOPHER OF ASSAM. UP TILL NOW THERE IS NO MONOGRAPHIC ACCOUNT OF HIS LIFE AND PHILOSOPHY IN ENGLISH.

SANKARDEVA IS A LESS KNOWN VAISNAVA SAINT IN INDIA. MANY ACCOUNTS FURNISHED IN ALL ALL-INDIA PERSPECTIVES ON VAISNAVISM HAVE LEFT OUT SANKARDEVA. IT IS DUE TO THE INEXCUSABLE IGNORANCE OF THE AUTHORS ABOUT THE RELIGIOUS AND INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENTS IN THE NORTHEASTHERN PART OF INDIA. THEY LAY NO OR LITTLE IMPORTANCE ON THE EVENTS OF HIS REGION EITHER IN THE ANCIENT AGE OR IN THE MODERN ONE. THE PRESENT AUTHOR, THEREFOR, OFFERS A BUMBLE ATTEMPT TO PRESENT THE SAINT TO THE ENGLISH KNOWING PUBLIC BOTH WITHIN THE COUNTRY AND ABROAD.