Murari Gupta
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Murari Gupta (fl. 16th century) was born in a Baidya family in Sylhet. He was a physician and noted Bengali Vaishnava poet. He became a devotee of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and moved to Nabadwip.He is incarnation of hanuman
In 1513, he composed in Sanskrit the Shri Krishna Chaitanya Charanamrita ({{IAST|Śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya-caraṇāmṛta}} {{aka}} murāri-gupta-kaṛchā), a poetic biography of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. This work is the earliest source for Chaitanya's life. Later hagiographies are based on this work such as the Chaitanya Charitamrita.
External links
- {{cite book |last=Ray |first=Kanailal |year=2012 |chapter=Murari Gupta |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Murari_Gupta |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last=Jamal |editor2-first=Ahmed A. |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=Asiatic Society of Bangladesh}}
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Category:Bengali-language poets
Category:16th-century Bengalis
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Category:16th-century Indian poets
Category:People from Sylhet Division
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