Ananta Dasa
{{short description|15th century saint-poet from Odisha}}
{{Infobox writer
| name = Ananta Dasa
| honorific_prefix = Sisu
| image = Mahapurusa Sishu Ananta.jpg
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| language = Odia
| birth_date = {{circa|1475}} {{cite book | last=Das | first=C. | title=Studies in medieval religion and literature of Orissa | publisher=Visva-Bharati | series=Visva-Bharati studies | year=1951 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z29tAAAAIAAJ | access-date=2019-09-26 | page=3,41}}
| birth_place = Balipatana, Khordha district, Odisha
| nationality =
| occupation = Seer, poet
| genre = Mythology,Ballads
| native_name = ଶିଶୁ ଅନନ୍ତ ଦାସ
| native_name_lang = or
| notable_works = Hetu Udaya Bhagabata
}}
Sisu Ananta Dasa (also spelled Ananta Dasa; {{IPA|or|sisu ɔnɔnt̪ɔ d̪aːsɔ|lang|Or-ଶିଶୁ ଅନନ୍ତ ଦାସ.wav}}; born {{circa|1475}}) was an Odia poet, litterateur and mystic. He was one of the five great poets in Odia literature, the Panchasakha named Sri Jasobanta Dasa, Sri Jagannatha Dasa, Sri Balarama Dasa and Sri Achyutananda Dasa during the Bhakti age of literature. He is known for his work Hetu Udaya Bhagabata.{{cite book | last=Mukherjee | first=P. | title=The History of Medieval Vaishnavism in Orissa | publisher=Asian Educational Services | year=1981 | isbn=978-81-206-0229-8 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7LFzfbhmJcMC&pg=PA87 | access-date=2019-09-26 | page=87}}
Personal life
Not much is known about his early life. Some of the later writers have mentioned his parentage. Ananta was born Ananta Mohanty in Balipatana village, his father's name was Kapila Mohanty who had received the title "Mahapatra" and belonged to Karan community.{{Cite book |last=Mukherjee |first=Prabhat |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7LFzfbhmJcMC&dq=ananta+dasa+karana&pg=PA86 |title=The History of Medieval Vaishnavism in Orissa |date=1981 |publisher=Asian Educational Services |isbn=978-81-206-0229-8 |language=en}}{{cite book | last=Mukherjee | first=P. | title=The History of Medieval Vaishnavism in Orissa | publisher=Asian Educational Services | year=1981 | isbn=978-81-206-0229-8 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7LFzfbhmJcMC&pg=PA86 | access-date=2019-09-26 | page=86}} He was one of the chief saints of Utkaliya Utkal Vaishnavism and propagator of the Sisu sampradaya.{{Cite book|last=Das|first=Pt. Suryanarayan|title=Odia Sahityara Itihasa|publisher=Grantha Mandir|year=1976|edition=2nd|location=Cuttack|language=Odia|trans-title=History of Odia literature}}
Literary works
His magnum opus was Hetu Udaya Bhāgabata. A list of his known works is as below.
- Chumbaka Malikā
- Nilagiri Charita
- Hetu Udaya Bhāgabata
- Artha Tāreni Prasnottara
- Anākāra Samhitā
- Bhaktimuktipradāyaka Gita
References
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Category:15th-century Indian poets
Category:Devotees of Jagannath
Category:Odissi music composers