Jahnava Devi Explained

Jahnava Devi
Birth Name:	Janhava
Birth Place:	Ambika Kalna, Bardhaman district, Bengal Sultanate (present-day West Bengal, India)
Death Date:	^[1]
Death Place:	Vrindavan, Mathura, Mughal Empire
Resting Place:	Vrindavan, India
Religion:	Hinduism
Nationality:	Indian
Spouse:	Nityananda
Children:	Birchandra (stepson), Ram Chandra (adopted son)
Mother:	Bhadrabati Devi
Father:	Pandit Suryadas Sarkhel
Denomination:	Vaishnavism
Lineage:	Brahma-Madhva-Gaudiya
Sect:	Gaudiya Vaishnavism
Known For:	Codifying Gaudiya Vaishnavism
Relatives:	Gouridas Pandit
Philosophy:	Achintya Bheda Abheda
Guru:	Nityananda
Location:	Vrindavan, India

Jahnava Devi (Sanskrit: জাহ্নবী দেবী);), also called Jahnava Mata, was the wife of Nityananda^[2] and a philosopher and saint from the Gaudiya Vaishnava school of Hindu Vedanta.^[3] She became a leading figure in Gaudiya Vaishnavism and a diksa guru and sampradaya head.^{[4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]}

Life

Janhava Devi was born in Ambika Kalna (modern-day Bardhaman district of West Bengal, India) and spent her childhood there. She is mentioned in Janhaba Astakam: Sri Jiva Goswami, confirming that she was widely known and a cherished figure in the Bhakti movement by about 1600 CE.^{[15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20]}

See also

• Nityananda
• Gaudiya Vaishnavism
• Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
• Pancha Tattva (Vaishnavism)

Further reading

• Jiva Goswami's Tattva-Sandarbha: Sacred India's Philosophy of Ecstasy, by Swami B.V. Tripurari
• Aleksandar Uskokov, "The Long and Short of It: Mahā-vākya from Mīmāmsā to Jīva Gosvāmin, from the Veda to the Bhāgavata," The Journal of Hindu Studies 11 (2018):38–52.
• Sri Chaitanya: His Life & Associates" by Srila Bhakti Ballabh Tirtha Maharaj
• HOOGLY JELAR ITIHAS BY SUDHIR KUMAR MITRA
• উদ্ধারণ দত্ত কথামৃত: বৈদ্যনাথ ভৌমিক
• দীননাথ ধর (1904): উদ্ধারণ দত্ত ঠাকুর [সংস্করণ-২].
• Bhakti Ratnakar by Srila Narahari Chakravarti Thakura
• Vrindavan Das Thakur (2001), Chaitanya Bhagavata.
• Gaura-ganoddesha-dipika : Kavi Karnapura
• Murali Vilasa : Rajavallabha Gosvami
• "পাট পর্যটন" : অভিরাম দাস
• উদ্ধারণপুরের ঘাট : কালিকানন্দ অবধূত
• Murali Vilasa : Rajavallabha Gosvami
• Prem Bilash : Nityananda Das
• Nityananda Prabhur Bongshobistar: Vrindavan Das Thakur
• Sri Narottama Vilasa : Srila Narahari Chakravarti
• Anangamanjuri Samputica : Ramchandra Goswami
• Janhabatatwa Mormartho: Goti Gobinda
• Ananga Kodombaboli : Subhadra Devi
• Janhaba Astakam: Sri Jiva Goswami

External links

• • http://ebooks.iskcondesiretree.info/index.php?q=f&f=/pdf/Gaudiya_Books%20 (iskcondesiretree.info)
• Gaudiya Grantha Mandira (Sanskrit Texts)
• https://bn.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0:4990010054167_Uddharan_Dutta_Thakur_Ed._2nd,_Dhar,_Dinanath,_94p,_LANGUAGE._LINGUISTICS._LITERATURE,_bengali_(1924).pdf
• https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.354768
• https://archive.org/details/BhaktiRatnakar/page/n5/mode/2up

Notes and References

1. Web site: বৈষ্ণব আন্দোলনে জাহ্নবা দেবীর অবদান . srisaradamath.org.
2. Web site: Sri Jahnava Devi . krsnakatha.com . 27 September 2017.
3. Women and Goddess Traditions: In Antiquity and Today Karen L. King, p. 68 1997
4. Web site: Jahnava Mata . stephen-knapp.com.
5. Web site: Jahnava-devi . vaniquotes.org.
6. Web site: sri-jahnava-devi . bhaktivinoda.com . 26 August 2011.
7. Web site: JAHNAVA DEVI (CONSORT OF SRI NITYANANDA) – HISTORY – DIARY . krishnatoday.com . 10 May 2022.
8. Web site: Was-Jahnava-Devi-the-expansion-of-Mata-Revati-Balrams-consort-Can-you-elaborate-about-her . bhaktivinoda.com.
9. Web site: Sri Nityananda-Sakti, Sri Jahnava Devi. i . scsmath.com.
10. Web site: Śrī Jāhnavā Devī . bhaktivinodainstitute.org . 16 May 2021.
11. Web site: 2022 Shrimati Jahnava Devi Appearance date for New Delhi, NCT, India . drikpanchang.com.
12. Web site: Srimati Jahnava Devi Appearance (consort of Lord Nityananda) . gopinathmath.wordpress.com . 11 May 2011.
13. Web site: srimati-jahnava-devi-appearance-day-today . padmanabhdas.wordpress.com . 11 May 2011.
14. Book: Diptiman Gaurahari das . Nitai-Jahnava Pada-kalpa-Taru . Diptimayi Vishnupriya devi dasi . 1874 . Kolkata.
15. Book: SRILA NARAHARI CHAKRAVARTI THAKUR . ভক্তি-রত্নাকর . Generic . 2015 . Kolkata . 662.
16. Book: SRILA NARAHARI CHAKRAVARTI THAKUR . Bhakti-ratnakara (The Jewel-filled Ocean of Devotional Service) . KUSAKRATHA DASA . RAS BIHARI LAL AND SONS . 2006 . 9788184030006 . Kolkata . 635.
17. Web site: Sri Narottama Vilasa . archive.org . 7 April 2018.
18. Book: Srila Narahari Chakravarti . Sri Narottama Vilasa . Shri Kishori Das Babaji . 2018-04-07 . Kolkata . 160.
19. Book: Vrindavan Das Thakur . Nityananda Prabhur Bongshobistar . Nabin Chandra Adhya . 1874 . Kolkata.
20. Web site: Murali Vilasa . archive.org . 11 November 2019.