

48.JAGANNATHA DASA BABAJI: (Varsana)

He was born in Burdwan.  As a youth he went to Vraja and embraced vairagya, living in a kutir on the bank of Bhanukunda.  He subsisted on whatever madhukari he collected.  With the help of his disciples, he collected herbs, ginger, old tamarind, jagg
ery and rice for the use of aiding ailing Vaisnava's.  Sometimes he cooked food to serve those devotees who were in need.  At one time there was a famine in Vraja and madhukari became difficult. Jagannatha thought that it  would be sensible to move e
lsewhere since the Vrajavasi's were having difficult times and he did not want to inconvenience them any further. Reasoning in this way he was about to leave the village carrying his belongings with him, when a young Vraja girl appeared before him an
d asked, "Jagannatha dasa! where are you going?"  The reply was, "How to say where to go?"  The girl again asked, "Why?"  Jagannatha said, "Something has to be fed to the stomach and now it is difficult to obtain madhukari in Vraja."  The girl answer
ed back, "Why, what is wrong with madhukari?  Did you visit my home?  Your share of madhukari is kept in store there.  Go now and fetch it.  You need not go anywhere else."  Jagannatha dasa was feeling reluctant to leave Vraja, but felt forced by cir
cumstance to do so. But now he hesitated and decided to check the truth of the girl's statement.  He set his belongings down and proceeded, while chanting the holy name, to the door of that Vrajavasi's home.  The Vrajavasi asked Jagannatha dasa, "Rev
ered father, is this an hour for madhukari?" Jagannatha dasa replied, "Your dear daughter informed me that madhukari was stored for me in the ceiling of your room. The Vrajavasi of Varsana went inside and asked his wife if capatis had been kept for J
agannatha dasa.  His wife knew nothing about it but when she looked in the ceiling they were astonished to find capatis kept there. At that time their daughter was away in her father in-laws house.  The Vrajavasi, however, did not disclose this infor
mation to Jagannatha dasa and handed over the capatis, requesting Jagannatha dasa to collect capatis daily from their house.  From then on Jagannatha dasa daily collected capatis from this house and after his death, his bheka-disciple Pranakrsnadasa
continued to collect capatis from the same house.  This Vrajavasi was a trader by caste and his family descendants are well known by the name "Vanakhandi", they are the wealthiest family in Varsana.

Once Jagannatha dasa's younger brother came to visit from Burdwan.  Jagannatha welcomed his younger brother and offered him thick capatis collected from the house of the Vrajavasi.  As they ate together the younger brother said: "Revered brother, do
you remember the delicious sweet called sitabhoga of Burdwan?  Look what rubbish we are eating now?"  Jagannatha dasa replied, "My brother, I am a pauper for one hour and a king for twenty-three hours."

49.JAGANNATHA GHOSH:
A devotee of Lord Caitanya, Jagannatha was the third brother of the famous Vasudeva Ghosh.  Jagannatha did not leave any descendants.

50.JAGANNATHA GAJAPATI NARAYANA DEVA:

There are wide spread Zemindary estates called Kimedi in the district of Ganjam in south India.  This estate is divided into three parts, namely; Parlakimedi, Peddakimedi and Cinnakimedi.The Zemindars of these three state claim
their origin from one and the same family, declaring themselves as descendants of the royal family known as Kesari-vamsa.  According to the documents available with the Zemindar of Parlakimedi, the genealogical table is described as follow:

        PERIOD      NAME OF RULER

  1227-1245Kapiladeva
  1245-1265Narasimhadeva (First)
  1265-1290Madanadeva
  1290-1309Narayanadeva
  1309-1317Anandadeva
  1317-1325Anantarudradeva
  1325-1367Jayarudradeva
  1367-1392Laksminarasimhabhanudeva
  1392-1423Madhukarnadeva
  1423-1457Mritunjayabhanudeva
  1457-1494Madhavamadanasundarabhanudeva
  1494-1527Candrvetala Bhanudeva
  1527-1566Suvarnalinga Bhanudeva
  1566-1590Sivalinganarayana deva
  1590-1630Savarnakesarinarayana deva
  1630-1656Mukundarudranarayana deva
  1674-1686Ananta Padmanabhadeva
  1686-1702Sarvajnya Jagannathanarayanadeva
  1702-1729Narasimhadeva (second)
  1729-1748Veera Padmanavanarayana deva
  1748-1766Veera Prataparudranarayana deva (had only                                              an adopted son)
  1766-1806Jagannathanarayana deva
  1806-1839Gauracandra Gajapatinarayana deva
  1839-1843Purusottama Gajapatinaryana deva
  1843-1850Jagannatha Gajapatinarayana deva
  1850-        Veera Prataparudra Gajapatinarayana deva
       (Visvakos Vol. VI, p. 598)

51.JAGANNATHA KARA:

A kayastha by caste, Jagannatha belonged to Advaita-sakha (CC. 1.12.60; Namamrtasamudra 174).

52.JAGANNATHA MAHATI:

A resident of Orissa, Jagannatha was a beloved devotee of Lord Caitanya. According to Namamrtasamudra 171, Lord Caitanya regularly offered His obeisances to Jagannatha on the day of Nandotsava, knowing that Jagannatha was Vrajesvari in his past incar
nation.

53.JAGANNATHA MISRA (PURANDARA):

He was the father of Lord Caitanya.  Jagannatha Misra was the fifth son of Upendra Misra and one of the grandsons of Madhu Misra (Premavilasa 24).  He was Sri Nanda in Vrajalila.  Jagannatha Misra was the embodiment of Sarvavasudeva-tattva or Sarvasu
ddha-tattva.  (See also CBh. 1.2.136-138; 1.3.6-42; 1.4.54-59; 1.5.3-15; 1.5.16-121; 1.6.2-3; 1.6.56-135; 1.7.74-88; 1.7.120-196; 1.8.8-23; 1.8.28-303; 2.22.65-72; CC. 1.13.80-118; 1.14.9-94; 1.15.23; CBh. 1.92-108; 1.8.109)

54.JAGANNATHA MISRA:

He was the son of Madhava Misra.  His other name was Vaninatha (Premavilasa 20).

55.JAGANNATHA MISRA:

He was the teacher of Rasikananda prabhu (Rasikamangala Purva 9.49).

56.JAGANNATHA PANDITA:

A brahmana by caste, Jagannatha belonged to Caitanya-sakha. He was Durvasa in his past incarnation. (Vaisnava-vandana by Daivakinanadana 169)

57.JAGANNATHA PADICHA:

He was a devotee of Lord Gauranga.

58.JAGANNATHA PATHAKA:

The son of Devanava, Jagannatha wrote a tika of the book entitled Svabhavarthadipika based on the Visnupurana.  (Visvakos, Vol. VI, p.601)

59.JAGANNATHA PATTANAYAKA:

He was the elder brother of Rasikananda prabhu (Rasikamangala Daksina 6.19).

60.JAGANNATHA SASTRI:

He composed a book of verses entitled Vrajesvari (Visvakos Vol. VI p.602)

61.JAGANNATHA SENA:

A close associate of Lord Caitanya, Jagannatha was Kamala-sakhi in his past incarnation (Gauraganoddesadipika 194, 200).
62.JAGANNATHA THANESVARI:

He was a parsada of Lord Caitanya.  Due to the sanskara's performed in his previous birth, he was fortunate enough to witness Sri Bhagavan's prakasaman-rupa for three days during his grhastha life.  Later he became a disciple of Lord Caitanya, who ad
dresed him as Krsnadasa.  It is said in Bhaktamala p. 596, that during Lord Caitanya's visit to Kuruksetra He stayed at Jagannatha's house at Thanesvara for three days.  A gadi in memory of Lord Caitanya still exists at Thanesvara.

63.JAGANNATHA RAYA:

He was a disciple of Narottama Thakura. (Narottamavilasa 12)

64.JAGANNATHA TIRTHA:

He belonged to Caitanya-sakha (CC. 1.10.114). He was Jayanteya, one of the nine Yogindras, in his past incarnation.  (Gaurganoddesadipika 98-100)

65.JAGATA SIMHA:

He translated Gita-Govinda (Coochvihar Darbara manuscript no. 26).

66.JAGATESVARA:

A resident of Hariharapura in the district of Midnapur, Jagatesvara was a disciple of Syamananda prabhu.

67.JAGU:

He was a disciple of Rasikananda prabhu. (Rasikamangala Pascima 14.123)

68.JAHNAVA DEVI (MATA):

One of the six sons of Kansari Misra, Suryadasa, resided at Salagrama in the district of Nadia.  Suryadasa was awarded the title of "Sarakhala" by the king of Gauda, under whom he worked as an accountant.  Jahnava devi was one of the two daughters of
 Sarakhala Suryadasa pandita.  Vasudha was the elder of the two daughters. Both Vasudha and Jahnava were given in marriage to Nityananda Prabhu.  While Vasudha had a daughter named Ganga devi, and a son named Veeracandra, Jahnava devi had no issue.
Jahnava devi was Revati and Anangamanjari in Purva-lila (Gauraganoddesadipika 65, 66).

While still alive, Jahnava devi had a deity of herself made, which she placed on the left side of the Gopinatha Deity.  This made Pyariji very unhappy. However, the Maharaja of Jaipura brought about a compromise between the two.  Consequently, the de
ity of Jahnava devi continued to remain on the left side of Gopinatha (Bhaktamala 3).

Important events of Jahnava devi's life may be found in the following places:  Bhaktiratnakara 10.369; 11.298; 11.362-396; 11.397-659; 11.660-786; 13.249-257; 13.268-280;  Premavilasa 19, 24; See also Nityanandasakti Ma Jahnava by Namai Cand gosvami.

69.JAHNAVA DEVI:

She was the wife of Purusottama dasa, who was the son of Sadasiva Kaviraja. Her son was named Kanu Thakura. (See also "Kanurama dasa")

70.JAHNAVA DEVI:

She was the mother of Kasinatha pandita.  She went to meet Lord Caitanya at Jagannatha Puri and returned with her son Kasinatha. (See under "Kasinatha")

71.JALADHARA PANDITA:

A vaidika brahmana, Jaladhara had five sons; Nalina, Srivasa, Srirama, Sripati and Srikanta.  Originally from Srihatta, Jaladhara and his family later settled at Navadvipa.  Nalina pandita was the maternal grandfather of the famous Vrndavanadasa Thak
ura, the author of Caitanya Bhagavata (Premavilasa 24).

72.JALESVARA:

He was the son of Vasudeva Sarvabhauma.  Jalesvara married the daughter of Sudhakara and granddaughter of Kamadeva pandita (the famous kulin of vahinipati Khadadaha mel.)  Jalesvara compiled the book Savdalokoddyota (Kasi Sarasvatibhavana  manuscript
 no. 358).  His title was Mahapatra.  It is quite likely that Jalesvara was foremost among those who wrote tika of Aloka in Bengali, Paksadhara Misra was the author of the original book (Bangey Navyanyayacarca p. 43).

73.JALIA:

He belonged to the fishermen tribe of Orissa.  This Jalia was the fortunate person who rescued Lord Caitanya, when He had plunged into the sea, mistaking it to be the Jamuna (CC. 3.18.31,38,44,46,52,53,54,64,69,71,72).

74.JANAKI:

A pandita, Janaki lived under the shelter of Bhimasri kara of Dharenda in the district of Midnapur. (Rasikamangala Daksina 5.27)

75.JANAKINATHA:

A brahmana by caste, Janakinatha belonged to Caitanya-sakha (CC. 1.10.114)

76.JANAKIVALLABHA CAUDHURI:

He was a disciple of Narottama Thakura. (Premavilasa 20)

77.JANAKI VISVASA:

He was a disciple of Gatigovinda (Karnananda 2).

78.JANAKIRAMA DASA:

A karan by caste and a resident of Vanavisnupura in the district of Bankura, Janakirama was a disciple of Srinivasa Acarya.  His surname was Visvas.  His father was Karunakara dasa, alias Majumdar.  He had a brother named Prasada dasa.  Janakirama an
d Prasada, both had excellent hand-writing and did most of the manuscript work for Srinivasa Acarya (Karnananda 1).

79.JANAMEJAYA MITRA:

He was the father of Raja Rajendralala Mitra. Several padas composed by him have been included within Sankarsanabhanita.  He published his own composition in a book entitled Sangitarasarnava in 1860 AD., wherein some padavali composed by his grandfat
her, Pitamvara Mitra, have been included.

80.JANANANDA CAUDHURI:

A resident of Srikhanda in the district of Burdwan, Janananda belonged to the sakha of Raghunandana Thakura. His father's name was Cakrapani.

81.JANARDANA:

A resident of Orissa, Janardana was a great devotee and a permanent sevaka of Lord Jagannatha in Puri. Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya introduced Janardana to Lord Caitanya when the Lord returned after His pilgrimage of South India (CC. 2.10.41).

82.JANARDANA DASA:

He belonged to the sakha of Advaita Prabhu (CC. 1.12.60).

83.JANARDANA DASA RAYA:

He was a kulina brahmana and a resident of Navadvipa.  His father was Subhananda Raya, and his brother was Raghunatha.  The famous devotees Jagai and Madhai were the sons of Janardana and Raghunatha respectively.

84.JANARDANA MISRA:

He was a sevaka of Lord Jagannatha in Puri (CC. 2.10.41).

85.JANARDANA MISRA:

He was the sixth son of Upendra Misra, the grandfather of Lord Caitanya (CC. 1.3.58).

86.JANARDANA VIPRA:

A resident of Olamba village in Punjab, Janardana received diksa from Krsnadasa of Gunjamali and later became the mahanta of the Gadi of that place.  Afterwards he initiated his younger brother, Syamaji, and after handing over the charge of the Gadi
to him, Janardana went on pilgrimage to Sindhu and other places to propagate namaprema (Bhaktamala 21.6).

87.JANU RAYA:

He was a disciple of Advaita Prabhu's wife Sita devi.  Janu Raya is mentioned in the Sitacaritra by Lokanatha dasa (Bangabhasa O Sahitya).

88.JANGLIPRIYADASI (JANGLI):

She was a disciple as well as an attendant of Sita devi, wife of Advaita Prabhu (Premavilasa 24).  In course of time, Janglidasi attained great miraculous power. Once Jangli was worshiping Lord Krsna within a dense forest infested with tigers and bea
rs.  The Badsaha of Gaudadesa happened to come across her in the course of his "sikara" rounds and being overwhelmed by her beauty he attempted to seduce her.  Suddenly he realized that Janglipriya was not a woman but a man.  To satisfy his curiosity
 he asked, "Are you a purusa or a nari?"  Jangli said, "Women see me as a female and men see me as a male."  In order to verify the truth, Badsaha sent one of his female attendants, who came back after meeting Janglipriya and confirmed that the she w
as a female. Immediately afterwards the Badsaha sent a male attendant who returned to confirm that Jangli was a man. Badsaha then realized his foolishness and went back to Janglipriya to beg for her pardon.  Janglipriya forgave the
 Badsaha and showered her mercy upon him.  In token of his respect, the Badsaha constructed a house there and offered it to Janglipriyadasi.  The place later came to be known as "Janglitota".  (Premavilasa 24)

However, the book entitled Sitacaritra by Lokanatha dasa and CCU. state that Janglipriya was not a woman. Jangli was a resident of Hariharapura near Santipura and his real name was Jagnesvara Cakravarti (alias Rajakumara).  After receiving diksa from
 Sita devi, he came to be known as Janglipriya, because he did his sadhana at a place called Jangli-tota in the district of Maldaha.  Nandarama, who was a disciple of Janglipriya, was also known as Haripriya and was the author of the book entitled Kr
snamisra Caritra.  According to Gauraganoddesadipika 89, Janglipriya was Vajaya-sakhi in his past incarnation (Buchanon Hamilton's Purnea report, p. 273; and Uttara radhiya kayastha kanda, Vol. III, p.185-187).

89.JAYADEVA:

He was born at Kenduvilva (presently Kenduli) village in the district of Birbhum around the 11th century.  According to Vanamali dasa, the author of Jayadevacaritra, and a disciple of Srinivasa Acarya, Jayadeva was alive in the 15th century.  It woul
d therefore, seem that the author was not aware of the contemporary historical events during Jayadeva's lifetime.  It is recorded (Ancient manuscript of Gita Govinda) that Jayadeva was a court pandita during the reign of Raja Laksmana Sena of Gauda.
 Evidently, Jayadeva was of a much earlier period.

Alamkarasekhara, which was written at the command of Raja Manikyacandra, the last ruler of Gauda before the Muslims conquered Delhi, mentions that Jayadeva was a court poet of the Raja of Utkaladesa.

Bhaktimahatmya in sanskrit and also Bhaktamala provide information on Jayadeva as follows:  At an early age Jayadeva embraced vairagya and migrated to Purusottama ksetra, where he lived by offering seva to Purusottama.  Lord Jagannatha was pleased by
 Jayadeva's bhakti-bhava.  The ruler of Orissa was also extremely fond of him.  Jayadeva gave diksa to some of his disciples there.

A certain brahmana, who had no issue, worshiped Lord Jagannatha and was blessed with a daughter.  After the daughter, who was named Padmavati, grew up, the brahmana took her to Purusottama and offered her to the Lord.  The brahmana then received a co
mmand from the Lord:  "One of my sevaka named Jayadeva has renounced home and has dedicated himself to My service.  Go and offer your daughter to him."  The brahmana went to Jayadeva's place along with Padmavati and after explaining the command of Lo
rd Purusottama requested Jayadeva to accept Padmavati as his wife.  Although Jayadeva refused to marry her, the brahmana left Padmavati with Jayadeva and returned home. Jayadeva was very embarrassed and asked Padmavati, "Where do you wish to go?  Com
e with me and I shall take you there, because you cannot stay here."  With a pathetic voice the girl answered, "At the command of Lord Jagannatha my father has offered me to you, you are my husband, my life.  Even if you forsake me, I shall not leave
 you but serve at your feet to the best of my ability."  Jayadeva had no other alternative but to marry Padmavati and become a householder again.  He then installed a Deity of Narayana in the house.

With the passage of time Jayadeva's attachment for Krsna increased and while floating on the waves of Krsna-prema he composed the book of verses entitled Gitagovinda.  While Jayadeva was writing this book he had described various rasa's and bhava's w
ithin his writings yet it still lacked the touch of khandita-madhura-rasa. However, at one point he did not have the courage to depict Lord Krsna, the Jagatpati, Paramapurusa, touching the feet of Radhika, the Prakriti.  One day, while Jayadeva had g
one out for his routine bath in the sea, Lord Jagannatha Himself, taking the form of Jayadeva, came into the room and wrote down the verse "Dehipadapallavamudaram" in Jayadeva's manuscript book. Padmavati, who was surprised to see Jayadeva (Lord Jaga
nnatha) had returned so quickly from taking his bath, said, "What is the matter?  You just left a few minutes ago, why have you returned so soon?"  Lord Krsna, in the guise of Jayadeva said, "While on my way to the sea, a thought occurred to me, I di
dn't want to forget it so I came back to note it down."  Soon after Lord Krsna had disappeared, Jayadeva returned from his bath. Padmavati was shocked to see Jayadeva return again so quickly and in her confusion said, "You went for your bath and soon
 came back to write something down in your book and left again just a few minutes ago.  How could you finish your bath within such a short time and return home?  I would like to know who was that person who came here to write something down in your b
ook and who are you actually?" Jayadeva, understanding the significance of the incident narrated by Padmavati, at once went inside and quickly opened the book and the divine writing revealed the presence of his Lord Krsna.  He felt such ecstasy of lo
ve that tears rolled down over his chest.  He then called his wife and said, You are the most fortunate person because you have attained the goal of your birth.  You had the darsana of Lord Krsna, and I am such a fallen soul that I have been deprived
 of the darsana of His manifested Self."

The fame of Gitagovinda spread far and wide. Bhaktas and Bhavukuas, all became overjoyed to hear the song recitals from Gitagovinda.  It is said (Visvakos), that one day a woman gardener was singing verses from Gitagovinda while seated in her garden,
 when Lord Jagannatha, charmed by the music, arrived there to listen to it.  As a result the Lord's body was covered with dirt and thorns.  When Utkalaraja went into the temple he noticed the marks of dirt etc. on the Deity of Lord Jagannatha and imm
ediately called for an explanation from the attendants.  The Lord explained the episode of His going to the garden to hear the music of the malini.  The Raja at once sent his men to bring the malini before him. The Raja then listened to the musical v
erses of Gitagovinda rendered by her.  The descendants of this malini recite verses from Gitagovinda regularly in the temple of Lord Jagannatha-Puri even today.
Greatly appreciating Jayadeva's work, the Utkalaraja wrote a book himself under the same title and offered it at the lotus feet of Lord Jagannatha.  However, Lord Purusottama picked up the book written by the Raja and threw it away, leaving Jayadeva'
s Gitagovinda as it is. The incident hurt the Raja so deeply that he decided to jump into the sea and commit suicide.  However, Lord Jagannatha appeared on the scene and prevented him from doing so.  The Lord pacified the Raja, assuring him that 12 s
lokas composed by the Raja would be included at the beginning of the book Gitagovinda written by Jayadeva. Since then, verses from Gitagovinda are recited daily at the temple of Lord Jagannatha-Puri.

Radhamadhava always took great care of His Jayadeva. It is recorded in Bhaktamala that once Jayadeva was repairing the roof of his cottage during a hot summer afternoon.  Lord Hari took pity upon him and to minimized the sufferings of His devotee Jay
adeva, The Lord Himself began to drill holes in the covering sheets and pass them to Jayadeva, who was happily thinking that it was his wife Padmavati helping him.  However, when he came down after finishing the job he did not find anyone there. Jaya
deva realized that he must have been helped by his ever merciful Lord Hari and thus he offered humble prayers to the Lord with renewed devotion.  On another occasion Radhamadhava, in the guise of Jayadeva, partook of rice bhoga prepared by Padmavati.

Once Jayadeva set out for raising funds for seva and utsava of Radhamadhava from different states.  Some dacoits waylaid him and, after looting all his belongings, cut off his limbs and threw Jayadeva's body in a well.  A certain Raja, during his sik
ara rounds, happened to pass that way, when he heard someone chanting the name of Lord Krsna from inside a well.  The Raja then rescued Jayadeva and took him in his own palanquin to the palace.  At the advice of Jayadeva, the Raja introduced daily Va
isnava-seva at his palace.  One day, the gang of dacoits that had robbed Jayadeva, arrived at the palace disguised as Vaisnavas.  Jayadeva recognised them, yet made special arrangements to look after their comfort. Fearing that Jayadeva would take re
venge on them and have them killed, the dacoits attempted to escape without success because the royal guards would not allow them to leave the palace without the permission of Jayadeva. However, Jayadeva, having read their minds, made arrangements to
 pay them sufficient money and had them escorted to a safe place. After traveling some distance, the dacoits took leave of the royal guards saying, "We were employed by a certain Raja to kill Jayadeva.  We had cut off his limbs and threw him in a wel
l.  He has now come to your palace and become a fraud mahanta.  To avoid being detected, Jayadeva paid us money to get rid of us. The dacoits had hardly finished their statement when all of them dropped flat on the ground as if hit by some unseen for
ce.  On their return to the palace, the guards narrated the episode before the Raja.  Jayadeva then explained the factual incident involving the dacoits and added, "One should be kind even towards evil souls.  That is why I showed respect to the daco
its by offering money instead of doing harm to them."

The Maharani and Padmavati had developed a close friendly relationship through constant association.  One day the Rani, while discussing the subject of shamarana with Padmavati, began to lament thinking of her ownself. Padmavati explained that after
the death of a husband, the wife becomes lifeless.  The Rani remembered this remark and in order to test the truthfulness of Padmavati, the Rani one day arranged to circulate a false rumor that Jayadeva was dead.  Padmavati, true wife that she was, p
assed away as soon as she heard the news of her husband's death.  Later, Jayadeva brought Padmavati back to life by chanting the holy name in her ear.  At that point Jayadeva felt a desire to visit Vrndavana.  Taking his Deity Radhamadhava with him h
e went to Vrndavana and stayed at Kesighata for sometime.  A certain wealthy devotee, charmed by Radhamadhava, constructed a temple at Kesighata, where the Deity of Radhamadhava was installed. After Jayadeva passed away, the Maharaja of Jaipur took R
adhamadhava away with him and had it re-installed at a place called Ghati in Jaipur.

During the last stage of his life, Jayadeva returned to his home at Kenduli village and lived there till the end.  It is said (Visvakos) that Jayadeva used to go for a bath in the Ganges daily about 36 miles away from Kenduli.  One day he was unable
to go and felt disturbed about it.  However, to alleviate the distress of her devotee, Gangadevi, came roaring in a stream up to Kenduli village.

Jayadeva breathed his last at Kenduli village and in his memory a mela is held every year on the day of Magha-sankranti.  More than fifty thousand devotees attend this mela yearly.

Jayadeva's Gitagovinda is considered an invaluable asset by one and all.  The book has been translated into Hindi, Bengali, Odiya, Assamese and also in many other foreign languages.  The following persons have written tika's on Gitagovinda:  1) Udaya
nacarya, 2) Kamalakara,     3) Kumbhakarna Mahendra, 4) Krsnadatta, 5) Krsnadasa, 6) Gopala, 7) Caitanyadasa, 8) Narayana Bhatta, 9) Narayanadasa, 10) Pitamvara, 11) Bhagavad dasa, 12) Bhavacarya, 13) Mananka, 14) Ramatarana, 15) Ramadatta, 16) Rupad
eva Pandita, 17) Laksmana Bhatta, 18) Laksmana Suri, 19) Vanamali Bhatta, 20) Viththala Diksita, 21) Visvesvara Bhatta, 22) Sankara Misra, 23) Sriharsa, 24) Hridayavarana and others.  Besides this, two books of tika entitled Valavodini and Vacanamali
ka by some unknown authors are also available on Gitagovinda. (Visvakos Vol. VI p. 663-665)
 
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