SRI SARVABHAUMA BHATTACARYA

Sri Vasudeva Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya was the very dear associate of Sri
Caitanya Mahaprabhu. His birthplace is a few miles from Campahati, which is
just near the present town of Navadwipa; it was formely known as Kulia. His
father's name was Maheswara Visarada, and his brother's name was Vidya
Vacaspati.

Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya was at that time the foremost logician in all of India.
He had travelled to Mithila where he studied logic under Sri Pakkadhar Misra,
his guru. He was not able to bring any of the manuscripts from which Sri
Pakkadhar Misra taught logic, therefore it was necessary for him to memorize
all of the verses in entirety before he could return to Navadwip. After his
return, Navadwipa very quickly became the foremost center for the study of
logic (it was the Oxford of India).

At that time the foremost student of the Bhattacarya was Raghunath Siromani,
who wrote a commentary on logic entitled Didhiti. In order not to damage the
pride of this Raghunatha Siromani, Mahaprabhu (Nimai Pandita) threw his own
commentary into the river Ganges.

Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya was also a renowned scholar of the Vedanta of
Sankaracarya, which he taught to thousands of his students. Due to the earnest
desire of Sri Prataparudra Deva, the king of Orissa, he came to Jagannatha Puri
to teach the Vedanta.

