Gopaldev

Gopaldev (1540–1611) was an Indian poet, dramatist and chief preacher of the Vaishnava sect in eastern Assam. He was belonged from Bhabanipur, Assam so people called him as Bhabanipuria Gopal Ata. He is also a disciple of Mahapurush Shrimanta Sankardev.

Ancestry Ramananda Dvija's Sri Sri Bansigopal Devar Charitra describes Harivara, an ancestor of Gopaldev, as being “of the Kundil gusthi”. The work describes Harivara Vipra as “a noble man born of the Kundil gusthi, the village lord and foremost scholar of Byaghrapinda.” (as in “Kuṇḍila goṣṭhīta jāta puruṣa sundara / Byāghrapiṇḍā grāmeśvara mukhya paṇḍitara”). In other words, he is identified as a native of Kundil, or the Sadiya region and as the village head of Byaghrapinda.

Brief life Gopaldev was born in 1540 at Nazira in Sivasagar district of Assam to father Kameswar and mother Bajrangi. Their family later shifted to Bhabanipur in Kamrup. He did his early education there under a Brahmin scholar. Gopaldev had a son Kamaleswardev and daughter Padmapriya. Padmapriya was said to be the first female Assamese poet belonging to the 16th century.

Literary works Gopaldev composed some plays like Janmajatra, Nandutsav and Uddhabjan or Gopi-Uddhab Sambad and Sitar Patal Proves written in Early Assamese language.