Volume : III, Issue : VIII, August - 2013
The Carit Puthis: an Evaluation
Arani Saikia
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The Carit Puthis of Assam constitute a remarkable legacy of the bhakti movement initiated by Sankaradeva (1449–1568). Carit Puthis literally mean narration of celeated characters. The Guru Carita Katha is the biographical record of twenty five Vaishnava saints. These puthis distantly resemble the Christian hagiographies of the Middle Age. In spite of the hagiographical features of the Guru Carita Katha and other Carit Puthis , they are important as historical texts. This paper proposes to relook at the text to see what extent they are useful as sources for construction of medieval history
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Arani Saikia The Carit Puthis: an Evaluation Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.III, Issue.VIII August 2013
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