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			{{Short description\|Five aspects of divinity within Gaudiya Vaishnavism}}
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	'''Pancha Tattva''' ([[Devanagari]]: पञ्चतत्त्व; [[IAST]]: ''pañca-tattva'', from [[Sanskrit]] ''pañca'' meaning "five" and ''[[tattva]]'' "truth" or "reality") in the [[Gaudiya Vaishnava]] tradition of [[Hinduism]] refers specifically to the Five aspects of [[God]] or Absolute Truth.

	~~==Background==~~		The '''Pancha Tattva''' ({{langx\|sa\|पञ्चतत्त्व\|pañca-tattva}}, from Sanskrit ''pañca'' meaning "five" and ''[[tattva]]'' "truth" or "reality"), in the [[Gaudiya Vaishnavism]] tradition of [[Hinduism]], are five 15th-century religious figures, venerated as the five aspects of the god [[Krishna]].<ref>{{Cite news \|date=2020-02-14 \|title=West Bengal: Iskcon Mayapur gets ‘biggest’ pujari floor \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/iskcon-mayapur-gets-biggest-pujari-floor/articleshow/74125538.cms \|access-date=2026-03-28 \|work=The Times of India \|issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book \|last=Rosen \|first=Steven \|title=Śrī Pañca Tattva: the five features of God \|date=1994 \|publisher=Folk Books \|isbn=978-0-9619763-7-8 \|edition=1 \|location=New York}}</ref>
	~~In Gaudiya Vaishnavism these five features of God~~ (~~[[Krishna]]) are believed to have incarnated on [[Earth]] as five people in the late 15th century, [[Chaitanya Mahaprabhu]], [[Nityananda]], [[Advaita Acharya]], [[Gadadhara Pandita~~\|~~Gadadhara Pandit]] and [[Srivasa Thakura~~\|~~Srivasa Thakur]]. They famously spread the [[Hare Krishna (mantra)~~\|~~Krishna]] mantra~~ and ~~the practice of devotion (~~[[~~bhakti~~]]) ~~towards Krishna throughout~~ [[~~India~~]].

	~~==The Five Features==~~
	* [[Chaitanya Mahaprabhu\|Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu]] is [[Krishna\|Kṛṣṇa]] Himself ([[Svayam Bhagavan]]).
	* [[Nityananda\|Śrī Nityānānda Rāma Prabhu]] is [[Krishna\|Kṛṣṇa's]] first personal expansion with the combined power of [[~~Balarama~~]].
	* [[Advaita Acharya\|Śrī Advaita Ācārya]] is the ~~combined power~~ of ~~Śri [[Vishnu\|Viṣṇu]] & Śri [[Shiva\|Śiva]] ([[Harihara]]).~~
	* [[Srivasa Thakura\|Śrī Śrīvāsa Thakura]] is Kṛṣṇa's pure devotee and symbolizes devotion ([[Bhakti]]).
	* [[Gadadhara Pandita\|Śrī Gadadhāra Pandita]] is the ~~combined power of Kṛṣṇa's internal energy (~~[[~~Shakti\|Śakti~~]]).

	{{~~quote~~\|
	~~"I offer my obeisances unto the Supreme Lord, Kṛṣṇa, who is nondifferent from His features as a devotee (''bhakta~~-rūpa''; Śrī Caitanya), devotional incarnation (''svarūpakam''; Śrī Nityānānda), devotional manifestation (''bhaktāvatāraṁ''; Śrī Advaita), pure devotee (''bhaktākhyaṁ''; Śrī Śrīvāsa), and devotional energy (''bhakta-~~śaktikam''; Śrī Gadadhāra)."~~
	\|~~[[Chaitanya Charitamrita]] [~~https://~~vedabase~~.~~io/en/library/cc/adi/1/14/ Adi 1~~.~~14][https:~~//~~vedabase.io~~/en/~~library~~/~~cc/adi/7/6/ 7~~.6]}}

	==~~Pancha~~ Tattva ~~mantra==~~
	~~Within the Gaudiya tradition a [[mantra]] formed from the names of~~ the five ~~members~~ of the Pancha Tattva is often spoken or sung as a means of devotional worship or ''[[japa]]''. Often this mantra is sung or chanted prior to the Krishna mantra. It is believed by followers to be the most merciful mantra available in this [[Kali Yuga\|~~age of Kali]].~~

	~~:''śrī~~-~~kṛṣṇa~~-~~caitanya prabhu~~-~~nityānanda,''~~
	~~:''śrī~~-~~advaita gadādhara śrīvāsādi-gaura-bhakta-vṛnda''<ref>[http://www.harekrsna.com/practice/sadhana/morning/mangala-arati/pancha.htm Pancha Tattva mantra]~~</ref>

	==See also==		==See also==
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	* [[Panchatattva (Tantra)]]		* [[Panchatattva (Tantra)]]
	* [[Six Goswamis of Vrindavan]]		* [[Six Goswamis of Vrindavan]]
	* [[~~Vaishnava~~]]		* [[Vaishnavism]]

	==References==		==References==
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	[[Category:Medieval Hindu religious leaders]]		[[Category:Medieval Hindu religious leaders]]
	~~[[Category:Indian Hindu spiritual teachers]]~~
	[[Category:Vaishnavism]]		[[Category:Vaishnavism]]
	~~[[Category:Bengali people]]~~
	[[Category:Bengali Hindus]]		[[Category:Bengali Hindus]]
	~~[[Category:History of West Bengal]]~~
	[[Category:People from West Bengal]]		[[Category:People from West Bengal]]
			[[Category:16th-century Indian people]]
			[[Category:Chaitanya Mahaprabhu]]

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{{italic title}}
{{Other uses|Pancha Tattva (disambiguation){{!}}Pancha Tattva}}
{{Pancha-Tattva deities}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2017}}
'''Pancha Tattva''' ([[Devanagari]]: पञ्चतत्त्व; [[IAST]]: ''pañca-tattva'', from [[Sanskrit]] ''pañca'' meaning "five" and ''[[tattva]]'' "truth" or "reality") in the [[Gaudiya Vaishnava]] tradition of [[Hinduism]] refers specifically to the Five aspects of [[God]] or Absolute Truth.

==Background==
In Gaudiya Vaishnavism these five features of God ([[Krishna]]) are believed to have incarnated on [[Earth]] as five people in the late 15th century, [[Chaitanya Mahaprabhu]], [[Nityananda]], [[Advaita Acharya]], [[Gadadhara Pandita|Gadadhara Pandit]] and [[Srivasa Thakura|Srivasa Thakur]]. They famously spread the [[Hare Krishna (mantra)|Krishna]] mantra and the practice of devotion ([[bhakti]]) towards Krishna throughout [[India]].

==The Five Features==
* [[Chaitanya Mahaprabhu|Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu]] is [[Krishna|Kṛṣṇa]] Himself ([[Svayam Bhagavan]]).
* [[Nityananda|Śrī Nityānānda Rāma Prabhu]] is [[Krishna|Kṛṣṇa's]] first personal expansion with the combined power of [[Balarama]].
* [[Advaita Acharya|Śrī Advaita Ācārya]] is the combined power of Śri [[Vishnu|Viṣṇu]] & Śri [[Shiva|Śiva]] ([[Harihara]]).
* [[Srivasa Thakura|Śrī Śrīvāsa Thakura]] is Kṛṣṇa's pure devotee and symbolizes devotion ([[Bhakti]]).
* [[Gadadhara Pandita|Śrī Gadadhāra Pandita]] is the combined power of Kṛṣṇa's internal energy ([[Shakti|Śakti]]).

{{quote|
"I offer my obeisances unto the Supreme Lord, Kṛṣṇa, who is nondifferent from His features as a devotee (''bhakta-rūpa''; Śrī Caitanya), devotional incarnation (''svarūpakam''; Śrī Nityānānda), devotional manifestation (''bhaktāvatāraṁ''; Śrī Advaita), pure devotee (''bhaktākhyaṁ''; Śrī Śrīvāsa), and devotional energy (''bhakta-śaktikam''; Śrī Gadadhāra)."
|[[Chaitanya Charitamrita]] [https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/adi/1/14/ Adi 1.14][https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/adi/7/6/ 7.6]}}

==Pancha Tattva mantra==
Within the Gaudiya tradition a [[mantra]] formed from the names of the five members of the Pancha Tattva is often spoken or sung as a means of devotional worship or ''[[japa]]''. Often this mantra is sung or chanted prior to the Krishna mantra. It is believed by followers to be the most merciful mantra available in this [[Kali Yuga|age of Kali]].

:''śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya prabhu-nityānanda,''
:''śrī-advaita gadādhara śrīvāsādi-gaura-bhakta-vṛnda''<ref>[http://www.harekrsna.com/practice/sadhana/morning/mangala-arati/pancha.htm Pancha Tattva mantra]</ref>

==See also==
* [[Bhakti Yoga]]
* [[Chaitanya Charitamrita]]
* [[Panchatattva (Tantra)]]
* [[Six Goswamis of Vrindavan]]
* [[Vaishnava]]

==References==
{{reflist}}
* Rosen, Steven J. ''Sri Pancha Tattva: The Five Features of God'' 1994 {{ISBN|0-9619763-7-3}} Folk Books, New York

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