Krishnananda Agamavagisha


Krishnananda Agamavagisha was a noted Kulin Bengali Brahmin of Nabadwip, Nadia district origin and a renowned Pandita and Sadhaka of Tantra tradition who lived around 1575 CE. He is the author of the "Tantrasara".
He considered to be one among the four pillars of Shreehatta origin scholars in Nabadwip worked for Sanatana Philosophy, alongside Raghunatha, Raghunandana, and Vishvambhara : Chaitanya.

Life

Krishnananda Agamavagisha was born from Acharya Mahesh Bhattacharya in the year 1650 at Nabadwip. He had four sons - Kashinatha, Mathuranatha, Harinatha and Vishvanath. He had a brother Sahasraksha who was a staunch Vaishnava and a worshipper of Lord Krishna. Krishnananda was ascent from Ramatoshana Vidyalankara, the author of "Pranatoshani".

Contributions

He is considered one of the greatest exponents of Tantric activism in Bengal. He authored "Brihat Tantrasara", one of the most exhaustive worship and sadhana text for Tantra. Aagameshwari Kali puja, the oldest Kali Puja of Nabadwip was started by him.

Death

It is believed that he underwent death in meditative trance at Mallarpur, Birbhum.

Dakshina Kali

The development of worship of the form of Goddess Kali as Dakshinakali, is also often attributed to Krishnananda Agamavagisha.

Influences

Krishnananda Agamavagisha was also the guru of Kali devotee poet Ramprasad Sen.Kali#cite note-32|

Popular culture

In October 2019, a Bengali thriller film of Rajorshi Dey, Purba Paschim Dakshin is about to release based on the Tantra cult of Krishnananda Agamavagisha. The film is based on Ebong Inquisition written by Avik Sarkar. Paran Bandopadhyay played the role of Agamavagisha.