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What is Mayamara and sattra?

Answer 1

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While Mayamara is used to indicate the religious sect, Matak is used to denote the people who follow the Mayamara sect of Neo- vaishnavism. The popular explanation of the meaning of Matak is very interesting – i.e., people of one (ek) opinion or principle (mat), and gradually Matek word has evolved into Matak.

Satras (Assamese: সত্ৰ) are institutional centers that are unique and special to the Ekasarana tradition. Numbering in the hundreds, these centers are generally independent of each other and under the control of individual adhikaras (or satradhikars), though they can be grouped into four different Sanghatis (orders). These centers, in the minimum, maintain a prayer house (Namghar), initiate lay people into the Ekasarana tradition and include them as disciples of the Satra from whom taxes and other religious duties are extracted. The mushrooming of Satras in the 17th century and patronage extended to them by first the Koch kingdom and later the Ahom kingdom was crucial in the spread the Ekasarana religion. Many of the larger Satras house hundreds of celibate and non-celibate bhakats (monks), hold vast lands and are repositories of religious and cultural relics and artifacts. The Satras extend control over their lay disciples via village Namghars.

Answer 2

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While Mayamara is used to indicate the religious sect, Matak is used to denote the people who follow the Mayamara sect of Neo- vaishnavism. The popular explanation of the meaning of Matak is very interesting – i.e., people of one (ek) opinion or principle (mat), and gradually Matek word has evolved into Matak.

Satras (Assamese: সত্ৰ) are institutional centers that are unique and special to the Ekasarana tradition. Numbering in the hundreds, these centers are generally independent of each other and under the control of individual adhikaras (or satradhikars), though they can be grouped into four different Sanghatis (orders). These centers, in the minimum, maintain a prayer house (Namghar), initiate lay people into the Ekasarana tradition and include them as disciples of the Satra from whom taxes and other religious duties are extracted. The mushrooming of Satras in the 17th century and patronage extended to them by first the Koch kingdom and later the Ahom kingdom was crucial in the spread the Ekasarana religion. Many of the larger Satras house hundreds of celibate and non-celibate bhakats (monks), hold vast lands and are repositories of religious and cultural relics and artifacts. The Satras extend control over their lay disciples via village Namghars.

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