Dvija Madhab or Madhabacharya (c. 16th century) was a Bengali

Bengali people

The Bengali people are an ethnic community native to the historic region of Bengal in South Asia. They speak Bengali , which is an Indo-Aryan language of the eastern Indian subcontinent, evolved from the Magadhi Prakrit and Sanskrit languages. In their native language, they are referred to as বাঙালী...

 poet of the Middle Ages

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 and one of the most significant contributor to Chandimangalkavya

Chandimangalkavya

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 tradition of medieval Bengali literature

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. His work, Sarada Charit , also known as Sarada Mangal Jagaran or Mangalchandir Geet , was probably written in 1579.

Dvija Madhab was born in Saptagram

Saptagram

Saptagram was a major port, the chief city and sometimes capital of southern Bengal, in ancient and medieval times, the location presently being in the Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is about 4 km from Bandel, a major rail junction. By the early twentieth century, the...

-Tribeni

Tribeni

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 region of modern day Hooghly district

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 of India

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n state of West Bengal

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. His father Parashar, as mentioned in the Sarada Charit, was a Brahmin

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. Dvija Madhab is also attributed as the author of Sri Krishna Mangal, another narrative poem popular among the Vaishnavas; but it's authorship is doubted by scholars.

The manuscripts of Dvija Madhab’s work are found in Chittagong

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Chittagong ) is a city in southeastern Bangladesh and the capital of an eponymous district and division. Built on the banks of the Karnaphuli River, the city is home to Bangladesh's busiest seaport and has a population of over 4.5 million, making it the second largest city in the country.A trading...

 region of modern day Bangladesh

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, where the poet probably had migrated from western Bengal in his later years.