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popularly known as Buddha (Buddhist), was a 16th century poet. He was the legendary leader of a group of Buddhist monks living on the banks of the river Prachi at the time of the fusion of Buddhism with the Brahmanic faith, characterized by Lord Jagannatha. Birasimha composed many Chautisas (poems of 34 verses), of which the most celebrated is the Birasimha Chautisa (1932). It describes the mystic cult of body worship featuring in the later Mahayana Tantric practices as adapted to a similar cult of the Hatha-Yoga pattern depicted by the five contemporary Odia saint-poets. A work on medicine is also ascribed to him.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Bamshidhara Mahanti, Orisare Bauddha-dharma (1956), Radhacharana Panda, Prachi Nadira Itihasa.

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