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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Tankapani Dasa''', also referred to as '''Kayastha Tankadasa''' was a scion of the ancient [[Bengali Kayastha|Barendra Kayastha]] Das family, which later became famous as the Munshi family since his descendant [[Munshi Balaram Das]] was appointed as the court Munshi by [[Raja Sitaram Ray]] during 17th century.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite book|title='বঙ্গের জাতীয় ইতিহাস' (কায়স্থ কাণ্ড) (Banger Jatiya Itihasa, Kayastha Kanda)|last=[[Nagendranath Basu]]|date=1937 |publisher=[[Uttarpara Public Library]]|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.353523|page=220}}</ref><ref name="auto3">{{cite book |last=Ghosh |first=Santanu |title=মুন্সীয়ানায় চল্লিশ পুরুষ |language=bn |publisher=Kamalini |location=Kolkata |year=2016 |page=22}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Jashor Khulnar Itihash|last=Satish Chandra Mitra|date=2001 |publisher=Dey's Publishing|isbn=81-7612-766-3|page=637}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Jashor Khulnar Itihash|last=Satish Chandra Mitra|date=2001 |publisher=Dey's Publishing|isbn=81-7612-766-3|page=639}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Raja Sitaram Ray|last=Jadunath Bhattacharya|date=1910 |publisher=Nagendranath Seal|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.317009/page/n83/mode/2up|page=69}}</ref> He was the son of Mankhadasa, the earliest documented patriarch of the Das family, and the father of the 9th century Bengali poet [[Chakrapani Dasa]].<ref name="auto1">{{Cite book|title='বঙ্গের জাতীয় ইতিহাস' (কায়স্থ কাণ্ড) (Banger Jatiya Itihasa, Kayastha Kanda)|last=[[Nagendranath Basu]]|date=1937 |publisher=[[Uttarpara Public Library]]|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.353523|page=220}}</ref> According to [[Nagendranath Basu]], his name is mentioned in [[Tibetan Buddhist canon|''Tibetan Buddhist text'']] along with his son Chakrapani.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite book|title='বঙ্গের জাতীয় ইতিহাস' (কায়স্থ কাণ্ড) (Banger Jatiya Itihasa, Kayastha Kanda)|last=[[Nagendranath Basu]]|date=1937 |publisher=[[Uttarpara Public Library]]|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.353523|page=220}}</ref> Kashidasa has detailed his life in ''Varendrakaranabarnana''.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite book|title='বঙ্গের জাতীয় ইতিহাস' (কায়স্থ কাণ্ড) (Banger Jatiya Itihasa, Kayastha Kanda)|last=[[Nagendranath Basu]]|date=1937 |publisher=[[Uttarpara Public Library]]|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.353523|page=220}}</ref> He moved from [[Rarha]] to [[Pataliputra]], one of the capitals of the [[Pala Empire]], due to Brahmin intrigue. Tankadasa was appointed as the chief [[scribe]] in the royal court of the second [[Pala Emperor]] [[Dharmapala of Bengal]].<ref>{{Cite book|title='বঙ্গের জাতীয় ইতিহাস' (কায়স্থ কাণ্ড) (Banger Jatiya Itihasa, Kayastha Kanda)|last=[[Nagendranath Basu]]|date=1937 |publisher=[[Uttarpara Public Library]]|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.353523|page=222}}</ref><br />
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==Family tree==<br />
*Mankhadasa <br />
**Tankapani Dasa<br />
***[[Chakrapani Dasa]]<br />
****Dhiradasa <br />
****Suradasa (settled in [[Barendra]])<br />
*****Sridhara<br />
******Bhudhara<br />
******Gadadhara<br />
*******Rajyadhara (Cooch Behar)<br />
********Arya Sridhara ([[Samanta|Samantapradhana]] at [[Kamrupa]])<br />
*********Dharadhara (also known as Lakshmikara Thakur)<br />
**********Sulapani (also known as Bangsadhara Thakur)<br />
***********Pinakapani<br />
************Tankapani<br />
*************Ratnapani<br />
**************Narasimha Das (also known as Narahari Das, Naradev Das, and Naradasa Thakur, contemporary of [[Sena dynasty|Sena Emperor]] [[Ballal Sena]])<br />
***************Mahasamanta Vatudasa<br />
****************Mahamandalik [[Shridharadasa]]<br />
***************Patudas (childless)<br />
***************Bhuvanadi<br />
***************Sridharadas (revered in [[Barendra]] society)<br />
***************Hayagriva<br />
***********Chakrapani (also known as Bangsadhara Thakur)<br />
************Devadhara (also known as Sridhara Thakur, [[Mantri]] of [[Nanyadeva]], founder of the [[Karnats of Mithila|Karnat dynasty of Mithila]])<ref>{{Cite book|title='বঙ্গের জাতীয় ইতিহাস' (কায়স্থ কাণ্ড) (Banger Jatiya Itihasa, Kayastha Kanda)|last=[[Nagendranath Basu]]|date=1937 |publisher=[[Uttarpara Public Library]]|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.353523|page=244}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Ghosh |first=Santanu |title=মুন্সীয়ানায় চল্লিশ পুরুষ |language=bn |publisher=Kamalini |location=Kolkata |year=2016 |page=7}}</ref><br />
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