Sweta Bata

Siali Lata

The Pancha Sakhaa are the direct disciples of Shri Chaitanya. Along with another great seer Shri Arakhsita Das, they are called also as sada-goswami (six Lords). These five saints believed in Vaishnavism and also cultured and developed other beliefs about the body, the mind, the soul, and the "Parambrahman" (the supreme Soul). They have composed numerous manuscripts, maalikas, devotional poems, sadhana descriptions, and other religious scriptures for the welfare of the mankind. Additionally, many prohecies about the yuga karma, the devotees, and the disciples are described by these seers in there numerous literature. Most of the literature were written in hand on palm-leaves using the Devanagari or the Oriya script.

The two prime works from the five writers are the Bhâgavata by Jagannath Das and the Jagamohana Râmâyana by Balarâm Das. Till today Jagannath Das’s Bhâgavata is the most valued book in Oriya literature. Besides this great work he (Jagannath Das) also composed Artha Koili, Darubrahma Geetâ, Shunya Bhâgabata, Dhruba Stuti etc.

Balaram Das, apart from Jagamohana Râmâyana, has also composed various works such as the Lakshmi Purâna, Vendântasâra Guptagitâ, Nâma-mâhatmya, Bhâva samudra,  Anâkâra Samhitâ, Sisu Veda, Kamalalochana Chautisâ,  Kânta Koili etc.

Shri Ananta Das, also known as Shishu Ananta Das has composed various devotional literature, e.g., Chumbaka malikâ, Nilagiri charita, Hetu Udaya Bhâgabata, Artha Târeni Prasnottara, Anâkâra Samhitâ, Bhaktimuktipradâyaka Geetâ etc.

Similarly, Shri Jasovanta Das composed Shiba Shirodaya, Premabhaktibrahma Geetâ, Âtmaparatey Geetâ, Gobindachandra etc.

Shri Achyutananda Das was the most prolific writer of the Panchasakhas and has written numerous books (called as pothi's), believed not in one life but in many successive lives. He is known as the Mahapurusha, which means - a great man. Mahapurusha Achyutânanda was a shunya sadhak and had acquired immense knowledge about almost every aspect, i.e. spiritualism, ayurveda (Indian healing medical science that uses only natural resources & herbs), various other sciences, and social regulations. Out of the all high-valued literature, depicting mysterious occult as well as simple explanations for noble life, to name a few are: Shunya Samhitâ, Chaurâshi Yantra, Guru bhakti Geetâ, Khila Haribamsa, Gupta Bhâgabata, Kaivarta Geetâ, Kâla Nirghanta, Tera Janma Sharana, Brahma Ekahshara Geetâ, Gopâla Ogâla, Bhâva Samudra, Garuda Geetâ, Brahma Shankuli, Ananta Bata Geetâ, Kali Kalkpa Geetâ, Asta Gujjari, Gujjari Râsa, Brahma Kundali, Mahagupta Padmakalpa, Chausathi Patala, Chayalisha Patala, Chabisa Patala, Dasa Patala, Neetya Râsa, Manmatha Chandrika, Shiva Kalpa, Achyutananda Janma Sharana, Chitta Bodha, Râsa Mâla, Pancha Sakhaa Bhajana etc. The Shunya Samhita (unfortunantely its hard to get the Original which is lost ! ) dealt with high spiritual mysteries and Physical sciences like solar science, atomic and molecular concepts, and aerospace concepts. The term Chaurâshi Yantra means "84 Yantras", which specifically is related to the '84 yantras' embedded within the Human Body, the later itself is ~84 fingers in length and each yantra is located for each finger-length space. However, the most popular one is an "Oracle of Prophecies" named as Bhavishya Malikâ, which reveals the major events of the future partly for the whole world. Among prophecies also are Âgata bhabishya lekhanâ, which literally means "Writings about the coming (i.e. future)" and Bhavishya Parârdha which literally means "Chapter after the coming". To the astonishment of many, many important predictions given in Bhavishya Malikâ, some 500-600  years before, have actually matched the reality in recent years and in the last century. About the crucial Yuga-Karma and the "Identification of his Disciple and the primary devotees", he has given the Jaiphula Malikâ. In this manuscript (written some 500 years before), he has given description about his disciple Ram Das who will fulfill his work now as Buddhanath Das. Also have been identified many other eternal devotees including the Pundit at the Kaktpur who operates the Tamrapothi, and the disciples of Baba Shri Buddhanath Das. In his Chakadâ Madâna (this he calls Bhakta GanthiDhana or Gem for Devotees), he describes briefly the identification of his devotees and the upcoming YugaKarma, and has repeatedly referred to follow the Jaiphula Malikâ for more details about identification of the prime devotees and his disciples.

Shri Ram Das, the disciple of the Pancha Sakhaa (five friends) and Sada Goswami (Sada Goswami) and the previous incarnation of Baba Shri Buddhanath Das, had composed Bhagavat Chandrikâ, Dadhyatâ Bhakti Rasâmruta etc. The relatively unknown unpublished Bhagavat Chandrika is a deep spiritual manuscript where Yogi Ram Das had explained the Sharira-Tatva (the body principles), including the 49 winds inside the body, the 25 properties of human, the properties of the bones including the sola-dambaru (spinal bones) and veins, evolution of the human body in the womb and entry of the soul, and many mantras.

It is not overly an easy task to interprete the meanings intended in these "Samhita"s, "Malika"s, and the future-prohecies, as the statements are cryptic in nature, and also it requires some Oracular capabilities to analyze the statements. However, some work has been done to that respect :

From inside India, you may contact local publishers in Cuttack (e.g., Dharmagrantha Store) for copies of the interpretations in Oriya language.

• Manuskript Nr. 408 "des Orissa Research Projects", Bhubanesvara, Orissa, Indien. 265 mss 16/408
   (Sunya Samhita by Achyutananda Das) - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [circa 1970]. - 254 Bl.

• Manuskript Nummer 833 "des Orissa Research Projects", Bhubanesvar, Orissa, Indien. 265 mss 16/833
  (Bhavishya malikâ by Acyhuta Das)

• Manuskript Nummer 220 "des Orissa Research Projects", Bhubanesvar, Indien.265 mss 16/220
  (Agata bhabisya lekhana by Acyhuta Das)

• Manuskript Nummer 182 "des Orissa Research Projects", Bhubanesvar, Indien. 265 mss 16/182
  (Guptagitâ by Balaram Das)

• Manuskript Nummer 193 "des Orissa Research Projects", Bhubanesvar, Indien. 265 mss 16/193
  (Bhagavaccandrika  by Ram Das)

• Manuskript Nummer 288 "des Orissa Research Projects", Bhubanesvar, Indien. 265 mss 16/288
  (Balabhadra boli by Ram Das)

• Manuskript Nummer 697 "des Orissa Research Projects", Bhubanesvar, Orissa. 265 mss 16/697
  (Chumbaka malikâ by Ananta Das)

• Manuskript Nummer 823 "des Orissa Research Projects", Bhubanesvar, Orissa, 265 mss 16/823
  (Dardhyata bhakti by Ram Das)

• Manuskript Nummer 645 "des Orissa Research Projects", Bhubanesvar, Orissa. 265 mss 16/645
  (Dardhyatabhakti Rasamruta by Ram Das)

• Manuskript Nummer 187 "des Orissa Research Projects", Bhubanesvara, Orissa. 265 mss 16/187
  (Nilagiri carita / by Ananta Das)

• Manuskript Nummer 372 "des Orissa Research Projects", Bhubanesvar, Orissa. 265 mss 16/372
  (Sisuveda by Balaram Das)

University of Heidelberg Info-Source: http://www.ub.uni-heidelberg.de

Other references of Oriya literature: http://www.sai.uni-heidelberg.de/abt/IND/index/material/orissa.htm

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In the present day, unfortunately, many of the original manuscripts (handwritten in Devanagari or Oriya script) are either lost, or destroyed, or confined, or are somewhere with non-related entities. However, luckily some of them still exist and partly has been interpreted for general people, e.g., Chaurâshi Yantra . The most valuable and important Samhita missing in its original version is the original "Shunya Samhita". Only some parts of this knowledge-full volume been interpreted and translated in local language.