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{{Infobox Hindu leader<br />
| name = Harivansh Mahaprabhu<br />
| title = Mahaprabhu<br />
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| religion = [[Hinduism]]<br />
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| birth_place = [[Baad, Uttar Pradesh]], India<br />
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| spouse = Rukmini<br />
| known_for = Devotional poetry<br />
| founder = [[Radha Vallabh Sampradaya]]<br />
| guru = [[Srimati Radha Rani]] <br />
| philosophy = [[Bhakti]]<br />
| honors = ''[[Sant (religion)|Sant]]''<br />
| literary_works = ''Hita-Caurāsī'', ''Sfut Vāñī'', ''Yamunāshtak'' and 2 Letters to his disciple in [[Junagadh]]<br />
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'''Shri Hita Harivansh Mahaprabhu''' (another spelling, '''Hita Harivaṃśa''') was a [[Braj Bhasha|Braj]] language [[bhakti]] poet-[[sant (religion)|sant]] and the founder of [[Radha Vallabh Sampradaya]].{{sfn|Beck|2005|p=66}} His principal work is the hymnal ''Hita-Caurāsī''.{{sfnm|1a1=White|1y=1977|1p=|2a1=Snell|2y=1991|2p=|3a1=Beck|3y=2005|3pp=67–68}}<br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Born in [[Baad, Uttar Pradesh|Baad]] near [[Mathura]] on the 11th Day of the Hindu month of Vaishakh ([[Ekadashi]]). He is considered by his followers to be the [[avatar|incarnation]] of Krishna's flute.{{sfn|Beck|2005|p=67}}<br />
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A follower of Prema Bhakti and devotee of [[Srimati Radha Rani]] as the ultimate Supreme Power.{{sfn|Beck|2005|p=76}} He was the Guru of [[Jaimal Rathore]], ruler of [[Merta City|Martha State]] and brother of [[Mirabai]].<ref>Shree Bhaktmal, Geeta Press, Gorakhpur, P.437</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Packert |first=Cynthia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SyTgMt4AQl4C&dq=gaur+brahmin+saharanpur&pg=PA80 |title=The Art of Loving Krishna: Ornamentation and Devotion |date=2010-07-07 |publisher=Indiana University Press |isbn=978-0-253-22198-8 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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His father Vyasa Mishra was a [[Gaur Brahmin]] and court astrologer in the court of the then emperor, some say it was [[Sikandar Khan Lodi]] and others believe that it was [[Humayun]]<ref name=":0" /><br />
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==Works==<br />
Harivansh Mahaprabhu's principal work is the ''Hita-Caurāsī'' (''Caurāsī Pad'') — the eighty-four verses in [[Braj Bhasha]] praising [[Radha]].{{sfnm|1a1=White|1y=1977|1p=|2a1=Snell|2y=1991|2p=|3a1=Beck|3y=2005|3pp=67–68}}<br />
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==References==<br />
===Footnotes===<br />
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===Bibliography===<br />
* {{cite book|surname=Beck |given=Guy L. |chapter=Krishna as Loving Husband of God: The Alternative Krishnology of the Rādhāvallabha Sampradaya |pages=65–90 |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=0SJ73GHSCF8C&pg=PA65 |title=Alternative Krishnas: Regional and Vernacular Variations on a Hindu Deity |url= {{Google books|0SJ73GHSCF8C|page=|keywords=|text=|plainurl=yes}} |editor= Guy L. Beck |place=Albany, NY |publisher=SUNY Press |year=2005 |isbn=978-0-7914-6415-1}}<br />
* {{cite journal|last=Brzezinski |first=J. K. |year=1992 |title=Prabodhānanda, Hita Harivaṃśa and the Rādhārasasudhānidhi |journal=[[Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies]] |volume=55 |issue=3 |pages=472–497 |jstor=620194 |doi=10.1017/S0041977X00003669|s2cid=161089313 }}<br />
* {{cite book|surname=Snell |given=Rupert |title=The Eighty-four Hymns of Hita Harivaṃśa: An Edition of the Caurāsī Pada |url={{Google books|jOs-G0-VIWQC|page=|keywords=|text=|plainurl=yes}} |year=1991 |place=Delhi; London |publisher=[[Motilal Banarsidass]]; School of Oriental and African Studies |isbn=81-208-0629-8}}<br />
* {{cite book|surname=White |given=Charles S. J. |title=The Caurāsī Pad of Śri Hit Harivaṃś: Introduction, Translation, Notes, and Edited Braj Bhaṣa |series= Asian studies at Hawaii, 16 |url={{Google books|X8Q_zgEACAAJ|page=|keywords=|text=|plainurl=yes}} |year=1977 |publisher=University Press of Hawaii |place=Honolulu |isbn=9780824803599 |issn=0066-8486}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.radhavallabh.com/harivansh.html About Shri Hit Harivansh Mahaprabhu] by ''Radhavallabh.com''<br />
* [https://app.box.com/s/2sv5o1754x7cwlw2vu9op18n6tto1nrk Sri-Harivansh-Vilasa]<br />
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