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Jahnava Devi (); ), also called Jahnava Mata, was the wife of Nityananda and a philosopher and saint from the Gaudiya Vaishnava school of Hindu Vedanta. She became a leading figure in Gaudiya Vaishnavism and a diksa guru and sampradaya head.

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.

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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