

        NAME                                    SOURCE

1.      MADANA                                  GVA
2.      MADANAGOPALA GOSVAMI                    GVA
3.      MADANAMOHANA                            GVA
4.      MADANAMOHANA CAKRAVARTI                 GVA
5.      MADANAMOHANA CAUBE                      GVA
6.      MADANAMOHANA THAKURA                    GVA
7.      MADANAMOHANA THAKURA                    GVA
8.      MADANA RAYA                             GVA
9.      MADANA RAYA CAUDHURI                    GVA
10.     MADANA RAYA THAKURA                     GVA
11.     MADHAVA                                 GVA
12.     MADHAVA                                 GVA
13.     MADHAVA                                 GVA,CCU
14.     MADHAVA                                 GVA
15.     MADHAVA                                 GVA
15a.    MADHAVA                                 GVA
16.     MADHAVA                                 GVA
17.     MADHAVA ACARYA                          GVA,CCU
18.     MADHAVA ACARYA                          GVA
19.     MADHAVA CUDADHARI                       GVA
20.     MADHAVA DASA                            GVA,CCU
21.     MADHAVA DASA BABAJI                     GVJ
22.     MADHAVA GHOSH                           GVA,GPC
23.     MADHAVA GUNAKAR KAVINDRA                GVA
24.     MADHAVA MISRA                           GVA,CCU
25.     MADHAVA MISRA (ACARYA)                  GVA
26.     MADHAVA MISRA                           GVA
27.     MADHAVA PANDITA                         GVA,CCU
28.     MADHAVA PATTANAYAKA                     GVA,CCU,BMO
29.     MADHAVENDRAPURI                         GVA,GPC,CCU
30.     MADHAVI DEVI                            GVA
31.     MADHAVILATA                             GVA
32.     MADHO                                   GVA
33.     MADHO RAYA                              GVA
34.     MADHU BISVAS                            GVA
35.     MADHU SIL                               GVA
36.     MADHUKANTA DVIJA                        GVA
37.     MADHURIJI                               GVA
38.     MADHUSUDANA                             GVA,CCU
39.     MADHUSUDANA                             GVA,CCU
40.     MADHUSUDANA                             GVA
41.     MADHUSUDANA                             GVA
42.     MADHUSUDANA CAKRAVARTI                  GVA
43.     MADHUSUDANA DASA                        GVA
44.     MADHUSUDANA DASA BABA                   GVJ
45.     MADHUSUDANA GHATAK                      GVA
46.     MADHUSUDANA SARASVATI                   GVA
47.     MADHUSUDANA VACASPATI                   GVA
48.     MADHAVACARYA                            GVA
49.     MAHADEVA BHATTACARYA                    GVA
50.     MAHALAKSMI DEVI                         GVA
51.     MAHAMAYA                                GVA
52.     MAHAMAYA                                GVA
53.     MAHAMAYA DEVI                           GVA
54.     MAHANTA                                 GVA
55.     MAHANANDA                               GVA
56.     MAHANANDA CAUDHURI                      GVA
57.     MAHANANDA VIDYABHUSANA                  GVA
58.     MAHAPATRA                               GVA
59.     MAHAPRABHU                              GVA
60.     MAHARASTRIAN BRAHMANA                   GVA,GPC
61.     MAHATTAMA VAISNAVA                      GVA
62.     MAHATTAMA VAISNAVA                      GVA
63.     MAHESA CAUDHURI                         GVA
64.     MAHESA PANDITA                          GVA,GPC,CC
65.     MAHESVARA VISARADA                      GVA
66.     MAHENDRA GIRI                           CCU
67.     MAHIDHARA                               GVA,CCU
68.     MAKARADHVAJA                            GVA,CCU
69.     MAKARADHVAJA DATTA                      GVA
70.     MAKARADVAJA KAR                         GVA,CCU
71.     MAKARADVAJA PANDITA                     GVA
72.     MAKARADVAJA SEN                         GVA
73.     MAKARANDA                               CCU
74.     MALADHAR BASU GUNARAJA KHAN             GVA
75.     MALADHAR BRAHMACARI                     CCU
76.     MALATI                                  GVA
77.     MALATI DEVI                             GVA
78.     MALATI DEVI (THAKURJHI)                 GVA
79.     MALAYA KAJI                             GVA
80.     MALINI DEVI                             GVA
81.     MALINI THAKURANI                        GVA,CCU
82.     MALINI THAKURANI                        GVA
83.     MALINI THAKURANI                        GVA
84.     MAMU GOSVAMI/THAKURA                    GVA,CCU,BMO
85.     MANGALA VAISNAVA                        GVA,CCU
86.     MANGARAJA                               GVA
87.     MANGARAJA MAHAPATRA                     GVA,BMO
88.     MANINDRA CANDRA NANDI                   GVA
89.     MANSINHA                                GVA
90.     MANOHARA                                GVA
91.     MANOHARA                                GVA,CCU
92.     MANOHARA                                GVA,CCU
93.     MANOHARA                                GVA
94.     MANOHARA                                GVA
95.     MANOHARA                                GVA
96.     MANOHARA                                GVA
97.     MANOHARA DASA                           GVA
98.     MANOHARA DASA                           GVA
99.     MANOHARA DASA BABA                      GVJ
100.    MANOHARA GHOSH                          GVA
101.    MANOHARA VISVAS                         GVA
102.    MANORATHA PURI                          GVA
103.    MATHUR                                  GVA
104.    MATHURA DASA                            GVA
105.    MATHURA DASA                            GVA
106.    MATHURA DASA                            GVA
107.    MATHURA DASA                            GVA
108.    MATHURANATHA                            GVA
109.    MIMANSAMANDAN BHATTACARYA               GVA
110.    MINAKETANA GHOSH                        GVA
111.    MINAKETANA RAMDASA                      GVA,CCU
112.    MIRA BAI                                GVA
113.    MISRA PURANDARA                         GVA
114.    MITHI BHANJA                            GVA
115.    MITU HALDAR                             GVA
116.    MOHANA                                  GVA
117.    MOHANA                                  GVA
118.    MOHANA                                  GVA
119.    MOHANA                                  GVA
120.    MOHANA                                  GVA
121.    MOHANA                                  GVA
122.    MOHANA THAKURA                          GVA
123.    MOHANANANDA                             GVA
124.    MUKUNDA                                 GVA,CCU
125.    MUKUNDA                                 GVA,CCU
126.    MUKUNDA                                 GVA,CCU
127.    MUKUNDA                                 GVA
128.    MUKUNDA                                 GVA,CCU
129.    MUKUNDA                                 GVA
130.    MUKUNDA CAKRAVARTI                      GVA
131.    MUKUNDA DASA                            GVA
132.    MUKUNDA DASA GOSVAMI                    GVA
133.    MUKUNDA DATTA THAKURA                   GVA,CCU,GPC
134.    MUKUNDA GHOSH                           GVA
135.    MUKUNDA GOSVAMI                         GVA
136.    MUKUNDA KAVICANDRA                      GVA
137.    MUKUNDA KAVIRAJA                        GVA,CCU
138.    MUKUNDA OHJA                            GVA
139.    MUKUNDA RAYA                            GVA
140.    MUKUNDASANJAY                           GVA,CCU
141.    MUKUNDA SARASVATI                       GVA
142.    MUKUNDA SARKAR DASA                     GVA,CCU
143.    MUKUNDA THAKURA                         GVA
144.    MUKUNDA'S MOTHER                        GVA
145.    MUKTARAMA DASA                          GVA
146.    MUKUTA MAITREYA                         GVA
147.    MUKUTA RAYA                             GVA
148.    MULUK KAJI                              GVA
149.    MURARI                                  GVA
150.    MURARI ACARYA                           GVA
151.    MURARI BRAHMANA                         GVA
152.    MURARI CAITANYA DASA                    GVA,CCU
153.    MURARI DASA                             GVA
154.    MURARI DASA                             GVA
155.    MURARI GUPTA THAKURA                    GVA,CCU,GPC
156.    MURARI MAHITI                           GVA,CCU,BMO
157.    MURARI MISRA                            GVA
158.    MURARI PANDITA                          GVA,CCU
159.    MURARI PANDITA                          GVA
160.    MUSULMAN VAISNAVA POETS                 GVA


1.MADANA:

He was a composer of padas. (See Pada no. 2304 in Padakalpataru)

2.MADANA RAYA:

He was a disciple of Sri Narottama and his father was Gandharva Raya (Premavilasa 20, Narottamavilasa 13).

3.MADANA RAYA CAUDHURI:

He was the great-grandson of Cakrapani, who was a disciple of Raghunandana Thakura. He translated Govindalilamrta into Bengali metrical verse.

4.MADANA RAYA THAKURA:
He belonged to the family of Sriman Narahari and was the son of Thakura Kanai.

5.MADANAGOPALA GOSVAMI:

He was a scholar and great bhagavata who lived in Santipura. He published Sri Caitanya Caritamrta and translated Laghubhagavatamrta.

6.MADANAMOHANA:

He was a disciple of Syamananda (Rasikamangala Daksina 10.3).

7.MADANAMOHANA CAKRAVARTI:

He was the disciple of Sri Gatigovinda prabhu and the nephew of Krsnaprasada Cakravarti (Karnananda 2).

8.MADANAMOHANA CAUBE:

He was the son of Damodara Caube of Mathura. Sri Sri Madanamohana enjoyed pastimes with him. (See `Damodara Caube')

9.MADANAMOHANA THAKURA:

He belonged to the family of Srinivasa. His Sripata was in Malihati, where his descendants still live.

10.MADANAMOHANA THAKURA:

He was a Vaidya by caste, his father was Kanai Thakura. His grandfather was the famous Raghunandana Thakura, and his great grandfather was Sri Mukunda. He had one brother named Vamsi (Bhaktiratnakara 13.189-194).

11.MADHAVA:

There were two devotees named Madhava in Vrndavana, both of whom migrated from Bengal. Details are not available on them. (CC 2.13.51)

12.MADHAVA:

He was the childhood friend of Sri Pundarika Vidyanidhi (Premavilasa 20). He came from the village of Cakrasala in Cattagram and was an ardent devotee of Lord Gauranga.

13.MADHAVA:

He belonged to the sakha of Nityananda Prabhu (CC. 1.11.48).

14.MADHAVA:

He was a disciple of Rasikananda (Rasikamangala Pascima 14.144).

15.MADHAVA:

He was a composer of padas. There are fifty five padas with the bhanita of Madhava in Padakalpataru.

15.a MADHAVA:

He was an Odisi disciple of Gadadhara Pandita and the author of Sri Caitanyavilasa in the Odiya language.

16.MADHAVA ACARYA:

He belonged to Sri Caitanya sakha (CC. 1.10.119).

17.MADHAVA ACARYA:

He was the disciple and son of Sri Nityananda Prabhu. He married Sri Gangadevi. His Sripata was in Jirat Balagada. Because his mother died after giving birth to him, Madhava was brought up by Bhagiratha Acarya and Mahalaksmi devi. He was a brahmana a
nd was Santanu in Krsnalila. (CC. 1.11.52, Premavilasa 19,21)

18.MADHAVA ACARYA:

He was a contemporary of Sri Gauranga and belonged to Gadadhara Pandita sakha. (Premavilasa 19, Sakhanirnayamrta 32, Gauraganoddesadipika 169)

19.MADHAVA CUDADHARI:

He belonged to a Vandyaghati clan and was a Sandilya by caste. Vasudeva Srigala was his guru. When he was serving as the priest of a temple built by a certain king, he was ostracized from the association of devotees by Caitanya Mahaprabhu Himself bec
ause he stole the ornaments of the Deity. He was also known to be a cheater. (Premavilasa 20,24)

20.MADHAVA DASA:

His Sripata was in Phulia. When Mahaprabhu stopped in Gauda on his way to Vrndavana from Nilacala, He stayed in the house of Vidyavascapati and a big crowd gathered there daily to see the Lord. To avoid the crowd, Mahaprabhu shifted to the house of M
adhava and stayed there undisturbed for some days. (CC. 2l16.208)

21.MADHAVA DASA BABAJI:

Near the village of Ramakeli, hallowed with the memory of Sri Rupa and Sanatana, is the confluence of the river Mahananda and the river Padma. On one bank of this river is Nawabgunj and on the other bank is the village of Baradhariya. Sri Madhava das
a was born in this village in 1857 AD. He lost his father when he was a child and, as he was the only child of his mother, he did not receive much education. Due to the influence of Rupa and Sanatana, there were many Vaisnavas in the district of Mald
a. However, fundamentalist Vaisnavas were few in number.

Babaji, though not highly educated, derived great pleasure from the association of saintly persons, reading bhakti literature and listening to sankirtana. This cultivation of the association of devotees evoked within him a growing intense desire for
performing bhajan. At the age of twenty-seven he left his loving and childless wife and went to Vrndavana, where he sought the shelter of Sri Premananda Prabhupada of Srigarvata.

In Vraja he lived by doing madhukari and concentrated on listening to religious discourses and performing kirtana. His charming disposition and affectionate nature soon endeared him to all the residents of Vraja, both young and old. In his guru's fam
ily he was considered like a widowed daughter of the family and on festival occasions the Gosvaminis taught him how to cook.
After some time in Vrndavana he sought the blessings of his guru to visit other areas of Vraja. Thus he visited various places and spent time with Sri Jagadananda, disciple of Siddha Sri Nityananda dasa of Sri Vrndavana, in Sanketa kunja, Varsana, an
d the bank of Bhanu kunda. The two of them did madhukari separately but ate together sitting outside their bhajan kutira.

Later he lived with Jagadananda in Kayavana on the bank of Vimala kunda. During that time he once said, "I have failed to do bhajan in the true sense of the word."  He felt so depressed that he stopped going out for madhukari and laid down within  hi
s hut. It is known that at that time Radharani Herself came as a brahmana girl and fed him.
Thereafter he stayed with Dharmadasa Babaji, the Mahanta of the temple of Sri Madanagopala, who had previously been served by Sri Jaykrsna dasa Baba. From time to time he moved to various places throughout Vraja, such as the temple of Sri Gopala Bhat
ta, the Thaura of Lotana kunja, and Jharumandala. During his travels he had the opportunity to associate with Siddha Nityananda dasa Baba and various other Siromoni Mahasayas.

Once, while living at Jharumandala, he thought, "Sri Sanatana Gosvamipada looks after the mendicant Vaisnavas of Vraja. I will no longer go out to do madhukari at anyone's house, I will simply take that food which comes to me."  Thus he walked throug
h the streets, passing by the houses which he usually begged from. When he reached the monastery of Sri Gopala Bhatta Gosvami, the person in charge came out and said, "Madhava dasa, are you out for madhukari?  I am suffering from fever, please come i
n and offer the puri and curry bhoga to the Deity and then to the others of the temple, then you can take prasadam. Babaji did so, remembering the mercy of Sri Sanatana prabhu.

While living in Varsana he had the company of Sri Ramakrsna dasa Babaji and Sri Haricarana dasa babaji. He also associated with Sri Hansa dasa Babaji, who belonged to the Nimbarka sect and was a great admirer of Sri Gauranga.
One of the outstanding characteristics of Madhava dasa was that he never let a day go by without studying sastra.

One day Madhava heard that his wife had come to Vrndavana. Early the next morning he offered his obeisances to his guru and asked his permission to visit some other villages in Vraja. But his guru said, "Because your wife is here you want to leave th
is place, but this is none of your business. You are not going to support her by doing madhukari, she will do bhajan in her own way and you in your own way. So why should you leave Vrndavana?"  Thus he remained in Vrndavana. His wife stayed there for
 a while and then returned to her home.

When he was in Kamyavana at the temple of Siddha baba, he came to know almost all the Vaisnavas of Vraja. The leading devotees of Sri Vrndavana chose him as the Mahanta of the monastery of Siddha baba. Madhava was more interested in bhajan than in ac
cepting this position and the binding duties which came along with it, but to respect the command of the Vaisnavas he accepted the post for sometime.

In (?) Sri Radhikanatha Gosvamipada came to Sri Vrndavana and Madhava dasa was enchanted by his beautiful dissertations on Hari katha. Radhikanathaj was also fascinated by Madhava's attentive interest in hearing topics related to Krsna. They quickly
became extremely close friends. Though Madhava dasa accepted Radhikanatha as his siksa guru, nevertheless, Radhikanatha considered him an intimate friend and not as a student. Sri Radhavallava Gosvami of Sri Gopinatha temple also listened attentively
 while this Hari katha was narrated.

In 1894 AD. Rajarsi Vanamali Bhadura came to Vrndavana and met Radhikanatha. Thus he also came to know Sri Madhava dasa and they became such close friends that they appeared to be one in mind and body. At that time Madhava dasa lived in the Thaura of
 the monastery of Gopalakrsna Gosvami prabhu. For more than twenty years Madhava dasa and Rajarsi Bahadur stayed in each others association, but Madhava never asked any financial assistance from him. Madhava dasa always begged from Radhikanatha. Sidd
ha Jagadisa baba of Kali daha also loved Madhava very much.

When Sri Radharamanacarana dasa babaji came to Vrndavana he was also pleased with Madhava dasa's behavior. From that time on Sri Ramadasa babaji, disciple of Radharamana began to consider Madhava dasa as his guru. In 1904 AD. Rajarsi Bahadura again c
ame to Vrndavana and made a temple there where he could associate with Srila Radhikanatha. In 1905 AD. Sri Radhikanatha and Sri Rajarsi Bahadura had to leave Vrndavana for Plague, but Madhava dasa remained there.

In 1895 AD., while Madhava dasa was staying in Sri Kunda, his Gurudeva fell ill and went to Agra to be treated by Dr. Roybahadura Navin. Hearing this Madhava also went to Agra. His guru, and all the ladies of the household, were extremely happy to se
e Madhava. Madhava stayed there and nursed his guru in every respect.
Once at his guru's place a festival of Vaisnava seva was held. Like a true Vaisnava, Madhava did not sit in the same line as the other Vaisnavas. He never voluntarily shared the same row as the Vaisnavas when taking prasadam. In this way he practiced
 humility. Whenever any devotee became ill, Madhava took care of him very attentively. Once in Varsana Sri Jagadananda babaji became seriously ill and could not digest anything. Madhava dasa stayed with him and nursed Jagadananda until his last momen
t. Madhava was also expert at foot massage, etc. which brought him the grace of many Vaisnavas.

In 1911 AD. Srila Radhikanatha Gosvami prabhu departed. Some time before that he erected a secluded bhajan kutir in Keyari vana, where his samadhi now stands. That place was near Rajarsi Bhagura's temple and so it was a proper place for Hari katha, w
hich was Radhikanatha's intention. Also for that reason Madhava dasa came to stay in Dillira Bagan, which was near that place. All the Vedic brahmanas who came to Vrndavana use to stay in Dillira Bagan. During that time a great Vedantic sannyasi name
d Narayana Muni came there. He was held in high esteem by the other sannyasis. Very often he observed the vow of silence. Although Madhava dasa did not know Sanskrit he very enthusiastically studied Bengali translations of CC., CBh., Parthana, and Pr
emabhakticandrika. Observing Madhava's great love for scriptures, Narayana Muni began to associate with him. Seeing Narayana Muni's eagerness to hear, Madhava dasa began discussing the way of bhajan and the essence of Caitanya Caritamrta. Within a fe
w days Muni learned Bengali and began reading CC.

After a few days when another sannyasi named Krsnananda came in contact with Madhava dasa, he also became very attached to Madhava and asked his advice regarding Krsna bhajan. Madhava dasa sent him to a prominent scholar of Vraja but Krsna dasa was n
ot satisfied. Madhava then advised him to read CC. When Srila Panagopala Gosvamipada went to Vrndavana, Krsnananda Swami took diksa from him and understanding the greatness of the Vaisnava sect, gave up the Gairik (saffron) robe. He considered Madhav
a dasa as his guru and began practicing bhajan under Sakha rasa.

When the king of Munger, Sri Raghunandana Prasad Singha, was a prince of 18/19 years old he came to Vrndavana guided by his devotional feelings. He had previously met Sri Haricanran dasa babaji and through him he came in contact with Siddha Jagadisa
baba, Sri Ramakrsna Pandita baba, Rajarsi Bahadura, Sri Dayala dasa babaji and Sri Madhava dasa babaji and was blessed by them. Gradually he became very intimate with Madhava dasa. Later when he became the king, he came to see Madhava dasa who said t
o him, "Raghunandana, when I die, Kamini babu won't let you go, they will surely ask you for the money for my funeral. Do not give them anything. Give me some money now and I will spend it to listen to kirtana and Krsna katha."  Immediately the king
gave him Rs. 500.

Madhava dasa lived for about 20 years in the Thaura of Gopala Cahdidar of Gopinatha Bag. The Maharaja of Munger arranged many festivals there for the pleasure Madhava dasa and all the devotees. Thus this place came to be known as Siddha-pitha. In 193
3 AD. Madhava dasa, with his head rested on the lap of Prana Gopala and listening to kirtana, departed from this world and entered into eternal Vrndavana.

22.MADHAVA GHOSH:

He belonged to Caitanya sakha (CC. 1.10.115), although later he was counted under Nityananda sakha also. He was the brother of the famous poet Vasudeva Ghosh (CC.1.11.18). Both Madhava and Vasudeva accompanied Nityananda Prabhu on His preaching tour
of Gauda (CC. 1.10.117-118). Madhava composed twelve padas. In his past incarnation he was Rasollasa.

23.MADHAVA GUNAKARA/KAVINDRA:

He was the compiler of Uddhava Duta. Whether he was a Gaudiya Vaisnava is not known for certain. His name is mentioned in Bangabhasa O Sahitya.

24.MADHAVA MISRA:

He belonged to Caitanya sakha and was the son of Vilasa Acarya. He was a Varendra brahmana and the father of Sri Gadadhara Pandita. Pundarika Vidyanidhi was his close friend. Madhavendra Puri was Madhava's guru and his wife was Ratnavati devi. Madhav
a was Vrsabhanu in his past incarnation (Premavilasa 20,22,24; Gauraganoddesadipika 56-57. His Sripata was at Beleti village in Chittagong (Bangladesh).

25.MADHAVA MISRA (ACARYA):

He was a Vaidika brahmana. His father was Kalidasa and mother was Vidhumukhi devi (CC. 1.12.64, 1.10.119; Bhaktiratnakara 9.394, 10.373). Madhava studied at Lord Gauranga's Sanskrit school for sometime. When his widowed mother attempted to get him ma
rried, Madhava fled to Vrndavana. He returned only after his mother's death. It is possible that during his second pilgrimage to Vrndavana he was accompanied by Nityananda (Balarama dasa), the author of Premavilasa.

26.MADHAVA MISRA:

He was a contemporary of Lord Caitanya. His Sripata was at Saptagrama. He moved from Saptagrama to Nanyapur village on the bank of the river Meghna in the southern part of the Mymensing district (Bangladesh). That place is now known as Gosainpur. In
1501 (?AD) he wrote Candilila. He later became a Vaisnava.

27.MADHAVA PANDITA:

He belonged to Advaita sakha (CC. 1.12.64).

28.MADHAVA PATTANAYAKA:

He was a Gaura-devotee and an Odiya Karana by caste (Vaisnava Vandana). It is said that he wrote on Caitanyavilasa. B.B. Majumdar is of the opinion that Locanadasa's Caitanyamangala was influenced by Caitanyavilasa. A copy of the manuscript of Caitan
yabilasa is preserved in the Orissa State Museum (No. O.L. 616 (C) and O.L. 945). In this work Madhava states that he was a disciple of Gadadhara (Bhakti Movement in Orissa p. 86)

29.MADHAVENDRAPURI:

Once, Sri Madhavendra Puri traveled to Vrndavana, where he came upon the hill known as Govardhana. Madhavendra Puri was almost mad in his ecstasy of love of Godhead, and he did not know whether it was day or night. Sometimes he stood up, and sometime
s he fell to the ground. He could not discriminate whether he was in a proper place or not. After circumambulating the hill, Madhavendra Puri went to Govinda-kunda and took his bath. He then sat beneath a tree to take his evening rest. While he was s
itting beneath a tree, an unknown cowherd boy came with a pot of milk, placed it before Madhavendra Puri, and, smiling, addressed Him as follows: "Please drink the milk I have brought. Why don't you beg some food to eat?  What kind of meditation are
you undergoing?" When he saw the beauty of that boy Madhavendra Puri became very satisfied. Hearing His sweet words, he forgot all hunger and thirst. Madhavendra Puri said:  "Who are You?  Where do you reside?  And how did You know that I was fasting
?"

The boy replied:  "Sir, I am a cowherd boy, and I reside in this village. In My village, no one fasts. In this village a person can beg food from others and thus eat. Some people drink only milk, but if a person does not ask anyone for food, I supply
 him all eatables. The women who come here to take water saw you, and they supplied Me with this milk and sent Me to you. I must go very soon to milk the cows, but I shall return and take back this milk pot from you."  Saying this, the boy left the p
lace. Indeed He suddenly could be seen no more, and Madhavendra Puri's heart was filled with wonder.

After drinking the milk, Madhavendra Puri washed the pot and put it aside. He looked toward the path, but the boy never returned. Madhavendra Puri could not sleep. He sat and chanted the Hare Krsna maha-mantra, and at the end of the night he dozed a
little, and his external activities stopped. In a dream Madhavendra Puri saw the very same boy. The boy came before him and, holding his hand, took him to a bush in the jungle. The boy showed Madhavendra Puri the bush and said: "I reside in this bush
, and because of this I suffer very much from severe cold, rain showers, winds and scorching heat. Please bring the people of the village and get them to take Me out of this bush. Then have them situate Me nicely on top of the hill. Please construct
a temple on the hill and install Me in that temple. After this, wash Me with large quantities of cold water so that My body may be cleansed. For many days I have been observing you, and I have been wondering, `When will Madhavendra Puri come here to
serve Me?'  I have accepted your service due to your ecstatic love for Me. Thus I shall appear, and by My audience all fallen souls will be delivered. My name is Gopala. I am the lifter of Govardhana Hill. I was installed by Vajra, and here I am the
authority. When the Mohammedans attacked, the priest who was serving Me hid Me in this bush in the jungle. Then he ran away out of fear of the attack. Since the priest went away, I have been staying in this bush. It is very good that you have come he
re. No just remove Me with care. After saying this, the boy
disappeared.

Then Madhavendra PUri woke up and began to consider his dream. He began to lament:  "I saw Lord Krsna directly, but I could not recognize Him!"  Thus he fell down on the ground in ecstatic love. Madhavendra Puri cried for some time, but then he fixed
 his mind on executing the order of Gopala. Thus he became tranquil.

After taking his morning bath, Madhavendra Puri entered the village and assembled all the people. Then he spoke as follows:  "The bushes are very dense, and we will not be able to enter the jungle. Therefore take choppers and spades to clear the way.

After hearing this the people accompanied Madhavendra with great pleasure. According to his directions, they cut down bushes, cleared a path and entered the jungle. When they saw the Deity covered with dirt and grass, they were all struck with wonder
 and pleasure.

They cleansed the body of the Deity and the stronger men assembled to carry Him to the top of the hill and the Deity was installed their. All the brahmana priests of the village gathered together there and nine hundred pots of water were brought from
 Govinda-kunda to bathe the Lord. Gopala was elaborately bathed, rubbed with scents, and dressed with beautiful garments. After the bathing ceremony was finished bhoga arati was performed and all kinds of food was offered before the Deity. Finally ev
eryone offered prayers and obeisances, falling flat before the Deity in full surrender.

The villagers all brought their entire stocks of rice, dahl and wheat flour and an enormous feast was prepared. In this way the Annakuta ceremony was performed, and Madhavendra Puri personally offered everything to Gopala. Although Sri Gopala ate eve
rything offered, still, by the touch of His transcendental hand, everything remained as before. This was perceived by Madhavendra Puri.

Madhavendra Puri then brought a new cot and a new bedspread and made a bed and invited the Lord to take rest. After this, Sri Madhavendra Puri ordered everyone to take prasada. All the brahmanas and their wives were fed first.

Seeing the influence of Madhavendra Puri, all the people gathered there were struck with wonder. They saw that the Annakuta ceremony, which had been performed before during the time of Krsna, was now taking place again by the mercy of Sri Madhavendra
 Puri. Sri Madhavendra Puri did not eat anything throughout the day, but at night, after laying the Deity down to rest, he took a milk preparation.

The next morning, the rendering of service to the Deity began again, and people from one village arrived with all kinds of food grains. The inhabitants of the village brought to the Deity of Gopala as much food grains, ghee, yogurt and milk as they h
ad in their village. Thus, the next day there was an Annakuta ceremony. After this, everyday the same type of ceremony was followed. The devotees offered ten thousand cows for the service of Gopala. Seeing this service to the Gopala Deity, Puri's min
d was filled with joy. Madhavendra Puri initiated two brahmanas from Gauda and engaged them in the service of Lord Gopala.
In this way the Deity worship in the temple was very gorgeously performed for two years. Then one day Madhavendra Puri had a dream. In his dream, he saw Gopala, who said:  "My bodily temperature still has not decreased. Please bring a sandalwood from
 the Malaya province and smear the pulp over My body to cool Me. Bring sandalwood pulp from Jagannatha Puri. Kindly go quickly. Since no one else can do it, you must."

After having this dream, Madhavendra Puri Gosvami became very glad due to ecstasy of love of Godhead, and in order to execute the command of the Lord, he started east toward Bengal. When he arrived at the house of Advaita Acarya in Santipura, the Aca
rya became very pleased upon seeing the ecstatic love of Godhead manifest in Madhavendra Puri. Advaita Acarya begged to be initiated by Madhavendra Puri. After initiating Him, Madhavendra Puri spent a few days with Sri Advaita discussing topics of Kr
sna. One day Sri Jagannatha Misra invited Madhava Puri to his house. On his arrival Jagannatha washed his feet and fed him sumptuously. Seeing the great devotion of Saci and Jagannatha, Sri Puri Gosvami blessed them profusely. As a result of his bles
sings, Sri Mahaprabhu was later born in that family.

After a few days in Navadvipa, Sri Madhavendra Puri started for Odissa. Within a few days he arrived at Remuna where Gopinatha is situated. Upon seeing the beauty of the Deity, Madhavendra Puri was overwhelmed. In the corridor of the temple, from whi
ch people generally viewed the Deity, Madhavendra Puri chanted and danced. Then he sat down there and asked a brahmana what kinds of foods they offered to the Deity. From the excellence of the arrangements, Madhavendra Puri understood by deduction th
at only the best food was offered. Madhavendra Puri thought:  "I shall inquire from the priest what foods are offered to Gopinatha so that by making arrangements in our kitchen, we can offer similar foods to Sri Gopala."

When the brahmana priest was questioned in this matter, he explained in detail what kinds of food were offered to the Deity of Gopinatha. The brahmana priest said: "In the evening the Deity is offered sweet rice in twelve earthen pots. Because the ta
ste is as good as nectar, it is named amrta-keli. This sweet rice is celebrated throughout the world as gopinatha-ksira. It is not offered anywhere else in the world."

While Madhavendra Puri was talking with the brahmana priest, the sweet rice was placed before the Deity as an offering. Hearing this Madhavendra Puri thought as follows: "If, without my asking, a little sweet rice is given to me, I can then taste it
and make a similar preparation to offer my Lord Gopala."  Madhavendra Puri became greatly ashamed when he desired to taste the sweet rice, and he immediately began to think of Lord Visnu. Puri Gosvami thought, "I have committed an offence. I have des
ired to taste the preparation before it was offered to the Lord."  Thinking in this way Puri Gosvami left and went to a near-by vacant marketplace. Sitting there he began to chant.
In the meantime, the temple priest laid the Deity down to rest, finished his daily duties, and went to take rest. In  a dream he saw the Gopinatha Deity come to talk to him, and He spoke as follows:  "Please get up and open the door of the temple. I
have kept one pot of sweet rice for the sannyasi Madhavendra Puri. This pot of sweet rice is just behind My cloth curtain. You did not see it because of My tricks. A sannyasi named Madhavendra Puri is sitting in the vacant marketplace. Please take th
is pot of sweet rice from behind Me and deliver it to him."  The priest immediately got up, took his bath and went into the temple where he found the condensed milk concealed behind the curtain. Immediately he took the pot and went to market and bega
n searching, calling out the name of Madhavendra Puri. Then he saw a sannyasi chanting with his eyes filled with tears. As soon as the priest saw him, he could understand that he was Madhavendra Puri. After asking his name, the priest gave him the po
t of sweet rice and told him everything about the dream.

Hearing this story Sri Madhavendra Puri was filled with ecstatic love. Seeing the ecstatic loving symptoms manifest in Madhavendra Puri, the priest was struck with wonder. He could understand why Krsna had become so much obliged to him, and he saw th
at Krsna's action was befitting. The priest offered his obeisances and returned to the temple.

Then, in ecstasy, Madhavendra Puri ate the sweet rice offered to him by Krsna. After this, he washed the pot and broke it into pieces. He then bound all the pieces in his outer cloth and kept them nicely. Each day, Madhavendra Puri would eat one piec
e of that earthen pot, and after eating it he would immediately be overwhelmed with ecstasy.

Afterwards Madhavendra Puri began to think, "The Lord has given me a pot of sweet rice, and when the people hear of this tomorrow morning, there will be great crowds."  Thinking this, he offered his obeisances to Gopinatha on the spot and left Remuna
 before morning.

Sri Madhavendra Puri went to Nilacala and saw Lord Jagannatha. At that time various symptoms of loving ecstasy appeared on his body. When he arrived in Puri people were aware of this transcendental reputation. Therefore crowds of people came and offe
red him all sorts of respect in devotion. Even though one may not like it, reputation, as ordained by providence, comes to him. Indeed one's transcendental reputation is known throughout the entire world. Being afraid of his reputation (pratishtha),
Madhavendra Puri fled from Remuna. But the reputation brought by love of Godhead is so sublime that it goes along with the devotee as if following him.

Sri Madhavendra Puri told all the residents there about the appearance of Sri Gopala. When all the devotee of Jagannatha Puri heard that the Gopala Deity wanted sandalwood, in great pleasure they all endeavored to collect it. Those who were acquainte
d with government officers met with them and begged for camphor and sandalwood, which they collected. The king gave a strong servant to Madhava Puri to carry the sandal and camphor and also gave all the documents and clearance certificate for crossin
g the boundary of the estate.

In this way Madhavendra Puri started for Vrndavana with the sandalwood, and after some days reached the village of Remuna and the Gopinatha temple there. When the priest of Gopinatha saw Madhavendra Puri again, he offered all respects to him ad, givi
ng him the sweet rice prasada, made him eat.

Madhavendra Puri took rest that night in the temple, but toward the end of the night he had another dream. He dreamed that Gopala came before him and said:  "O Madhavendra Puri, I have already received all the sandalwood and camphor. Now just grind a
ll the sandalwood together with the camphor and then smear the pulp on the body of Gopinatha daily until it is finished. There is no difference between My body and Gopinatha's body. They are one and the same. Therefore if you smear the sandalwood pul
p on the body of Gopinatha, you will naturally also smear it on My body. Thus the temperature of My body will be reduced. You should not hesitate to act according to My order. Believing in Me, just do what is needed."  After giving these instructions
 Gopala disappeared, and Madhavendra Puri awoke. He immediately called for all the servants of Gopinatha and they came before him. Madhavendra Puri said, "Smear the body of Gopinatha with this camphor and sandalwood I have brought for Gopala in Vrnda
vana. Do this regularly every day."

The servants of Gopinatha became very pleased to hear that in the summer all the sandalwood pulp would be used to anoint the body of Gopinatha. In this way Gopinathaji was supplied ground sandalwood pulp daily. At the end of the summer, Madhavendra P
uri returned to Jagannatha Puri.

Srimad Krsnadasa Kaviraja has described Sri Madhavendra Puri as the root of all transcendental joy. When Lord Caitanya was absorbed in his childhood pastimes, Sri Madhavendra Puri was quite an old man. There is no mention of any meeting between Mahap
rabhu and Sri Madhavendra Puri in CC. or CBh. But in CBh., when Sri Vrndavana dasa Thakura describes the pilgrimage of Sri Nityananda Prabhu, he mentions that Nityananda Prabhu did meet Madhavendra Puri. He also states that Nityananda Prabhu spent a
few days serving Sri Madhavendra Puri and accepted him as His spiritual master. Vrndavana dasa was also described Madhavendra Puri's delight upon having the company of Sri Nityananda.

After spending a few days with Madhava Puri, Sri Nityananda returned to Vrndavana, and Madhava Puri left on pilgrimage for South India. Generally Madhavendra Puri was accompanied by Sri Isvara Puri, Sri Ranga Puri and Paramananda Puri and some other
sannyasis.

When Sri Madhavendra Puri left this material world, the following sloka was uttered by him:

ayi dinadayadaranatha hey mathuranatha kadavalokyase,
hrdayam tvadlokakataram dayita bhramyati kim karomyayam
(CC. 2.17)

The people of Gauda have accepted this stanza as the sum and substance of the mood of separation. Lord Caitanya was overwhelmed with joy upon remembering this sloka.

Outwardly, Madhava Puri was a sannyasi belonging to the Dasanami Sankara sect. But in fact, he was the root of the tree of prema bhakti. Before the Lord appeared in this world he sent His personal associates beforehand, Sri Madhava Puri was one of th
em. Krsnadasa Kaviraja and Sri Vrndavana dasa Thakura have not mentioned anything regarding Madhavendra Puri's caste or creed.

Sri Madhavendra Puri lived for many years, and taught love and devotion throughout the world. He visited many places throughout India, and the exact number of his disciples is not known. Some of his prominent disciples were Sri Advaita Acarya, Sri Pu
ndarika Vidyanidhi, Sri Paramananda Puri, Sri Ranga Puri, Sri Brahmananda Puri, Sri Brahmananda Bharati, Sri Kesava Bharati, Sri Krsnananda Puri, Sri Ramacandra Puri, Sri Nrsimha Tirtha, Sri Nityananda Prabhu, Sri Isvara Puri, Sri Raghupati Upadhya a
nd Sri Sukhananda Puri etc. (Bhaktiratnakara 5.2272-2274, 5.2330,2332;  CBh. 1.9.158-188, 1.9.160, 1.9.175, 1.11.125, 3.3.59, 3.3.172, 3.4.433-507). Five padas composed by Madhavendra Puri have been included in Padyavali (nos. 79,96,164,286,330)

30.MADHAVI DEVI:

Sri Madhavi devi was the youngest sister of Sri Sikhi Mahiti, who lived in Odissa. Sri Krsnadasa Kaviraja described her in CC. as an elderly lady who always performed austerities and was a great Vaisnavi. Sri Mahaprabhu accepted her as a former assoc
iate of Srimati Radharani. In the entire world, three and a half persons who were His intimate devotees. They were Svarupa Damodara Gosvami, Ramananda Raya, Sikhi Mahiti and the half was Madhavi devi (CC. 3.2.104-106).

Kavi Karnapura Gosvami described her as an exalted lady of great intelligence. By her influence her two brothers, Sikhi Mahiti and Sri Murari, became attracted to Sri Gaurasundara.

Sri Madhavi devi established the worship of the Deity of Sri Gopinatha in the village of Bentpur, near the residence of Sri Bhavananda Roy, which was near Alalnatha. This Deity is still being worshiped there. Sri Sikhi Mahiti was the son of Bhavanand
a Roy's brother. It is said that Sri Madhavi devi was the author of the Sanskrit drama Sri Purusottamonatakadeva. Some say that Madhavi devi was appointed by King Prataparudra to write the Panja which was known as Madla Panji in Jagannatha temple.
In order to serve Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Choto Haridasa collected fine rice from Sri Madhavi devi.

In her past incarnation she was a maid-servant to Sri Radha named Kalakeli (Gauraganoddesadipika 189, CC. 1.10.137). She was a follower of Sudhamargi. Some of her Bengali poems are found in Padakalpataru. She is also mentioned in Krsnadasa Kaviraja's
 Caitanyaganoddesadipika, this manuscript is preserved in the Orissa State Museum, Catalogue no. L470 (B)

31.MADHAVI DEVI:

She was the wife of Ragava (Raghu Cakravarti). Her daughter, Laksmipriya, was the second wife of Srinivasa Acarya (Bhaktiratnakara 13.206). (See `Raghunatha Cakravarti')

32.MADHAVILATA:

She was the sister of Panua Gopala of Mangaldihi. She and her brother were engaged in the service of Sri Sri Syamacand.

33.MADHO:

He was the companion of Sri Syamananda and a disciple of Rasikananda (Rasikamangala Pascima 14.137).

34.MADHO RAYA:

He was a Vaisnava poet. Four padas composed by him in Vrajbhasa are included in the Padakalpataru.

35.MADHU BISVAS:

He was the disciple of Sri Hemalata devi, daughter of Srinivasa Acarya (Karnananda 2).

36.MADHU SIL:

He belonged to a barber clan. Some say that he was the barber who shaved Lord Caitanya's head when He took sannyasa.

37.MADHUKANTA DVIJA:

He was the compiler of Jagannathamangala and a composer of padas (Bangiya sahityasevak).

38.MADHURIJI:

He was the disciple of Sri Rupa Gosvami. His Madhurivani is a gem amongst Gaudiya Vaisnava literature. His padavali is divided into seven volumes; 1. Vansivata Vilasamadhuri, 2. Utkantha Madhuri, 3. Keli-madhuri, 4. Vrndavanaviharamadhuri, 5. Danamad
huri, 6. Manamadhuri, 7. Horimadhuri. These padavali where composed around Samvat 1678.
39.MADHUSUDANA:

He belonged to Caitanya sakha. His name is mentioned in Sakhavarnana (CC. 1.10.111).

40.MADHUSUDANA:

He was a disciple of Sri Syamananda (Premavilasa 20).
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