The Companions Of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
From the Preface to the book itself : “The material for the biographies of the companions of Sri Chaitanya is scanty. No independent biographies of any sort exist on them, except for Nityananda-charity, the biography of Nityananda Prabhu, written by Vrindavana Das and Advaita Prakash of Isana Nagara, of which the authenticity is regarded as doubtful.
But the companions of Sri Chaitanya are completely surrendered to Sri Chaitanya. They know nothing except him, and do nothing except what pleases him. They are his arms, through which he works to fulfill his aims and purposes. Their biographies to a great extent are virtually part and parcel of the biography of Sri Chaitanya. The sources from which material for their biographies can be drawn are to a large extent the same as the sources from which the material for the biography of Sri Chaitanya is drawn. They are, principally, Chaitanya-bhagavata, by Vrindavana Das, Chaitanya-charitamrita, by Krishnadas Kaviraj, Sri Krishna-chaitanya caritamrita or the Kadacha by Murari Gupta and Sri Chaitanya-charitamrita-mahakavya by Kavikarnapura. These have, therefore, been adopted as the main sources for the biographies included in this book.”
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From the Preface to the book itself : “The material for the biographies of the companions of Sri Chaitanya is scanty. No independent biographies of any sort exist on them, except for Nityananda-charity, the biography of Nityananda Prabhu, written by Vrindavana Das and Advaita Prakash of Isana Nagara, of which the authenticity is regarded as doubtful.
But the companions of Sri Chaitanya are completely surrendered to Sri Chaitanya. They know nothing except him, and do nothing except what pleases him. They are his arms, through which he works to fulfill his aims and purposes. Their biographies to a great extent are virtually part and parcel of the biography of Sri Chaitanya. The sources from which material for their biographies can be drawn are to a large extent the same as the sources from which the material for the biography of Sri Chaitanya is drawn. They are, principally, Chaitanya-bhagavata, by Vrindavana Das, Chaitanya-charitamrita, by Krishnadas Kaviraj, Sri Krishna-chaitanya caritamrita or the Kadacha by Murari Gupta and Sri Chaitanya-charitamrita-mahakavya by Kavikarnapura. These have, therefore, been adopted as the main sources for the biographies included in this book.”
Paperback.
Ships from India.
From the Preface to the book itself : “The material for the biographies of the companions of Sri Chaitanya is scanty. No independent biographies of any sort exist on them, except for Nityananda-charity, the biography of Nityananda Prabhu, written by Vrindavana Das and Advaita Prakash of Isana Nagara, of which the authenticity is regarded as doubtful.
But the companions of Sri Chaitanya are completely surrendered to Sri Chaitanya. They know nothing except him, and do nothing except what pleases him. They are his arms, through which he works to fulfill his aims and purposes. Their biographies to a great extent are virtually part and parcel of the biography of Sri Chaitanya. The sources from which material for their biographies can be drawn are to a large extent the same as the sources from which the material for the biography of Sri Chaitanya is drawn. They are, principally, Chaitanya-bhagavata, by Vrindavana Das, Chaitanya-charitamrita, by Krishnadas Kaviraj, Sri Krishna-chaitanya caritamrita or the Kadacha by Murari Gupta and Sri Chaitanya-charitamrita-mahakavya by Kavikarnapura. These have, therefore, been adopted as the main sources for the biographies included in this book.”
Paperback.
Ships from India.