The Neo-Vaiṣṇative [i.e. Vaiṣṇavite] Movement and the Satra Institution of Assam

according adhikāra Ahom amongst Aniruddha Assam Vaiṣṇavism Assamese Ātā Bāpu Barpeta Barua Bhāgavata Bhāgavata-purāṇa Bhakti Bhattadeva Brahma Brahma Samhati Brahmaputra Brahmins Buddhism Buranji Caitanya Carita Caturbhuja celibate century ceremony Cooch-Behar cult Daityari Thakur Damodara Damodaradeva dance Darrang death deity devotees Dihing disciples Dvija eastern Assam esoteric established faith festival followers functionaries Goalpara Gopala Gosains Goswami Govinda Guru Hari Harideva Ibid India initiation jiva Kāla Kāla Samhati Kāmarūpa Kamrup Katha-gurucarita king Kirtana known Koch Koch kingdom Krsna Lakhimpur later Madhavadeva Majuli Māyā Māyāmarā medieval Misra monastic movement nāmaghar names Nārāyaṇa narrated Nowgong observed Padma performed person practices prayer principal satras propagation proselytisers Purusa Purusottama Rāmacaraṇa Rāmānanda Rāmānuja recited reformers religion religious heads rites S. K. Bhuyan saints Samhati Sankaradeva Sankaradeva and Madhavadeva Sanskrit satra institution satras affiliated scriptures sect shrine Sibsagar Simha songs sub-sect tantric tion Vaiṣṇava Vaisnavite Vamsigopāladeva verses village Visnu Vṛndāvana worship