Shantidas Adhikari, also known as Shantidas Gosai or Shantidas Goswami, was a Hindu preacher from Sylhet, Bengal, who converted King Pamheiba of Manipur from Sanamahi(not religion just a identity god of meitei), the traditional Meitei identity god , to mix ofRamandi darma in pluralism (meitei god and hindu religion)1717 CE.
He composed the Vijay Panchali (also spelt Bijoy Panchali), in which he projected the land of Manipur in northeast India as the Manipur of the Mahabharata and claimed Babruvahana (Arjuna's son) as the father of Meitei king Nongda Lairen Pakhangba. His work identified Nongda Lairen Pakhangba as "Yavistha".[1][2][clarification needed]