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{{Short description|Odia poet and philosopher (born 1487)}}
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| name = Jasobanta Dasa
| honorific_prefix = Mahapurusha
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| native_name = ଯଶୋବନ୍ତ ଦାସ
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| birth_date = 1487<ref name="Das 2010 p. 26">{{cite book | last=Das | first=S. | title=Lord Jagannath | publisher=Sanbun Publishers | year=2010 | isbn=978-93-80213-22-4 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gFn8wSDfSxEC&pg=PA26 | access-date=2019-10-09 | page=26}}</ref><ref name="Lal1992">{{cite book|author=Mohan Lal|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: sasay to zorgot|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KnPoYxrRfc0C&pg=PA4628|access-date=19 December 2012|year=1992|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-1221-3|pages=4628–}}</ref>
| birth_place = Adhanga, [[Jagatsinghpur]], [[Odisha]]<ref name="Praharaj 2016 P.6782">{{cite web | last=Praharaj | first=Gopal Chandra | title=Purnachandra Odia Bhashakosha by Gopal Chandra Praharaj (Preface + All 7 Volumes) : Gopal Chandra Praharaj : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive | website=Internet Archive | date=2016-10-23 | url=https://archive.org/details/Purnachandra.Odia.Bhashakosha.Complete | access-date=2019-10-09|pages=6782}}</ref>
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| occupation = Poet
| language = [[Odia Language|Odia]]
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| period = [[Bhakti movement|Bhakti age]]
| genre = Poetry,Ballads 
| subject = Mythology,Philosophy 
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| notableworks = Gobindachandra Tika, Prema Bhakti Brahma Gita<ref name="Paniker Sahitya Akademi 1997 p. 409">{{cite book | last=Paniker | first=K.A. | author2=Sahitya Akademi | title=Medieval Indian Literature: Surveys and selections | publisher=Sahitya Akademi | year=1997 | isbn=978-81-260-0365-5 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KYLpvaKJIMEC&pg=PA409 | access-date=2019-10-09 | page=409}}</ref><ref name="Mukherjee 1981 p. 85-86">{{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=PA85 | access-date=2019-10-09 | pages=85–86}}</ref>
| spouse = Anjana Devi
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''Mahapurusa'' '''Jasobanta Dasa''' ({{IPA|or|d͡ʒɔsobɔnt̪ɔ d̪aːsɔ|lang|LL-Q33810 (ori)-Prateek Pattanaik-ଯଶୋବନ୍ତ ଦାସ.wav}}; born {{circa|1487}}) was an [[Oriya poetry|Odia poet]], [[litterateur]] and mystic, best known as the author of the treatise ''Premabhakti Brahmagita''. He was one of the five great poets in [[Odia literature]], the ''Panchasakha'' named [[Ananta Dasa]], [[Jagannatha Dasa (Odia poet)|Jagannatha Dasa]], [[Balarama Dasa]] and [[Achyutananda Dasa]] during the [[Bhakti movement|Bhakti age]] of literature.<ref name="Mukherjee 1981 p. 85-86" />

== Early life ==
Early life of Jasobanta is mainly sourced from the work ''Jasobanta Dasanka Chaurashi Agyan'' (Eighty-four arts of Jasobanta Dasa) by one of his disciples Sudarshan Das.<ref name="Mukherjee 1981 p. 85-86" /> He was born at village Nandigrama of Adhangagarh, [[Jagatsinghpur]], part of undivided [[Cuttack District]] in a [[Khandayat (caste)|Khandayat kshatriya]] family.<ref name="Lal1992" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Pancha Sakha Poets {{!}} Balarama Dasa |url=https://www.amarchitrakatha.com/history_details/the-pancha-sakha-poets/?srsltid=AfmBOopFBPaZCptZ_Yht2ANF_RcCxQB2NmmCdPukXvqaDQ3kL6K6GSI0 |access-date=2025-04-02 |website=Amar Chitra Katha |language=en-US}}</ref> His father's name was Ballabhadra Mahanayak and his mother's name was Rekha Devi.<ref name="Mukherjee 1981 p. 85-86" /> He wed Anjana Devi, the sister of Adhangagarh’s king Raghunath Champattiray. He later took sannyasa and travelled to numerous holy places throughout [[India]], where he attained mystic powers and gained the ability to change his form at will. He chanted and taught the Shyama mula mantra.

Govinda chandra, Shiva sarodaya, Sasti mala, Prema bhakti, Brahma gita, Atma pariche gita, a Malika, and several bhajans were among his works. Govinda chandra became extremely popular in Assam, Bengal, and northern India; it is primarily associated with traditional dance and dance instruction, both of which are associated with the Vaishnava tradition. Lohi Das was his most devoted disciple. He dismembered himself on Margasira sukla Sasti.

== Literary works ==
A list of his known works is as below.

* Gobinda Chandra
* Prema Bhakti Brahma Gita
* Siba Swarodaya
* Bhavishya [[Maalika]] (being one of the Panchasakhas)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bhavishya Malika Articles |url=https://en.bhavishyamalika.com/ |website=Bhavishya Maalika}}</ref>

== References ==
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