The History and Literature of The Gaudiya Vaishnavas and Their Relation to other Medieval Vaishnava Schools

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Item Code: IDC397
Author: DR. SANBIDANANDA DAS
Publisher: Sree Gaudiya Math, Chennai
Language: English
Edition: 2007
Pages: 860
Cover: Hardcover
Other Details 8.7" X 5.6"
Weight 930 gm
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Book Description

Preface

 

Dr. Sambidananda Das was an affectionate family disciple of Prabhupad Srila Bhakti Siddhanta saraswati Goswami Thakur, the illustrious founder of Sri Chaitanya Math and its branches Sree Gaudiya Maths. After his post-graduation he was sent by the founder along with a preaching party to London in the year 1934 where at the behest of the founder he made research on the comparative study of ‘Gaudiya Vaishnava Movement and its relation’. He submitted his thesis to the London University and got doctorate.

Somehow during his life time he could not publish his thesis in book form, now we could have the original manuscripts at our hands earlier. Anyhow after his demise his wife Smt. Mira Das handed over the Manuscript for publishing them as Math publication.

She also donated Rs. 15,000/- for this work for the 1st edition and now we bring out the 2nd edition.

Although this is a posthumous publication, it supplies very substantial material about the history & literature of the Gaudiya Vaishnavism and their relation to other Medieval Vaishnava Schools.

 

Content

 

1 A General Conception of Bhakti 13
2 Difference between Karma, Jnana and Bhakti 15
3 The Object of Gaudiya Vaishnavite Devotion 27
4 Krishna’s Lila 29
5 A Broad outline of the experience of Bhakti 30
6 The conception of Radha 34
7 History of Radha Krishna cult 38
8 The Representation of Radha-Krishna in Sculptural Art 40
9 An outline of the early history of the Vaishnavas before the time of Sri Chaitanya 42
10 Introduction of Krishna cult 44
11 Sources and background of Gaudiya Vaishnavism 53
12 Sources of Ecstatic Devotional Aspects of Gaudiya Vaishnavism 53
13 Krishnakarnamrita by Bilvamangala Lilashuka 54
14 Krishnakarnamrita & Gaudiya Vaishanavism 60
15 Subject matter of Krishnakarnamrita 60
16 Some Gaudiya commentaries on Krishnakarnamrita 63
17 Gita Govinda by Jayadeva 64
18 Vidyapati Thakura 69
19 His Date 69
20 Chandidas 74
21 Vadu Chandidasa 76
22 Socio-religious ritualistic background of Gaudiya Vaishnavism 79
23 Pancharatra Literature 79
24 The Gaudiya Vaishnavas and The Pancharatra Literature 81
25 Narada Pancharatra 82
26 Philosophical Background 82
27 Literature, Upanishadas and the Vedanta 82
28 The Gita 83
29 Data of the Gita 84
30 The Puranas 89
31 The Bhagavata Purana 90
32 Its Commentaries 90
33 The Gaudiya Commentaries 91
34 Data of Bhagavata 92
35 Vishnu Purana 92
36 Brahma Samhita 92
37 Its Commentaries 93
38 Philosophical background: Medieval Vaishnava Schools 95
39 The Madhva Sect 96
40 Sri Madhva’s Philosophical Teaching 101
41 The world in Madhva’s Philosophy 104
42 Madhva’s View on the caste of a Vaishnava 107
43 The Sri Vaishnava Sect of Ramanuja 107
44 Alvars 109
45 The age of the Sri-Vaishnav Acharyas 110
46 Ramanuja 112
47 The Philosophy 118
48 The Vishnusvami Sect 125
49 Vishnusvami’s Philosophical System 134
50 The Nimbarka Sect 139
51 Nimbarka’s Philosophy 144
52 Sridharaswami 146
53 Socio-Religious condition of Bengal in the 15th Century 149
54 Madhvendra Puri 154
55 Activities of the Disciples of Madhavendra Puri in Bengal 158
56 Biographies of Sri Chaitanya 159
57 Sri Chaitanya Charita Mahakavya by Murari Gupta 160
58 I Prakarana 166
59 Second Prakarana 167
60 Paramanandadasa Kavikarnapura and His Book Chaitanya Charita Mahakavya 169
61 Source of the Book 174
62 Its Summary 175
63 Chaitanya Chandrodaya Nataka 177
64 Gaura Ganoddesha Dipika 180
65 Alamkara Kaustubha 180
66 Its Commentaries 180
67 Ananda Vrindavana Champu 181
68 Sri Chaitanya Bhagavata by Sri Vrindavanadas Thakur 181
69 Chaitanya Charitamrita by Krishnadas Kaviraj Goswami 195
70 Date of its Composition 203
71 Arrangement of the Book 205
72 Its Commentaries 206
73 Sri Chaitanya Mangal by Sri Lochandas 207
74 Date of Commentaries 209
75 The Source of Chaitanya Mangal 210
76 Sri Chaitanyodayavali by Pradyumna Mishra 213
77 Gaura Kirshnodaya by Govindadeva 213
78 An Odiya Biography : Chaitanya Vilasa by Madhavadasa 214
79 The Source of the Book 215
80 Chaitanya Chandramrita by Prabodhananda Saraswati 217
81 Sri Nityananda Prabhu and His activities 219
82 Abhirama Dasa Thakura 234
83 Sundarananda Thakura 234
84 Kamalakara Pippalai 235
85 Gauridas Pandit 236
86 Paramesvaridas 237
87 Dhananjaya Pandit 238
88 Mahesh Pandit 238
89 Purushottam Pandit 238
90 Kala Krishnadas 239
91 Purushottam Nagar 239
92 Uddharana Datta Thakur 240
93 Sridhar 240
94 Sri Advaita 240
95 Advaita and Haridasa 242
96 Achyutananda 248
97 Krishna Mishra 249
98 Gopala 249
99 Schism among Advaita’s sons 249
100 Srivasa Pandit 253
101 Thakur Haridasa 261
102 Chandrasekhara Acharya 270
103 Pundarika Vidyanidhi 270
104 Satyaraj Khan and Ramananda Basu 273
105 Gadadharadas 274
106 Narahari, Madhava and Raghunandana of Srikhanda 275
107 Narahari Thakur 275
108 Narahari’s Literary Works 277
109 Namamrita Samudra 277
110 Bhajanamrita 278
111 Raghunandan 278
112 Govinda, Madhavan and Vasudeva Ghosh and their other brothers 280
113 Jagadananda Pandit 282
114 Vasudeva Datta and Mukunda 282
115 Sivananda Sen 283
116 Vasudeva Sarvabhauma 284
117 Gopinath Acharya 286
118 Kasi Mishra 286
119 Bhavanana Raya and his five sons 287
120 Ray Ramananda 288
121 Emperor Pratap Rudra of Orissa 292
122 Sikhi Maiti, Murari Maiti and their sister Madhavi 295
123 Chandrasekhar Vaidya 295
124 Svarupa Damodar 296
125 Gadadhara Pandit 300
126 Bhagavatacharya 302
127 Vallabha Bhatta 303

 

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