     NAME                              SOURCE

1.   RADHACARANA                       GVA
2.   RADHADAMODARA                     GVA
3.   RADHAGOVINDA                      GVA
4.   RADHAKANTA BAIDYA                 GVA
5.   RADHAKRSNA ACARYA                 GVA
6.   RADHAKRSNA ACARYA (THAKURA)       GVA
7.   RADHAKRSNA ACARYA                 GVA
8.   RADHAKRSNA ACARYA (GOSVAMI)       GVA
9.   RADHAKRSNA ACARYA                 GVA
10.  RADHAKRSNA BHATTACARYA            GVA
11.  RADHAKRSNA DASA                   GVA
12.  RADHAKRSNA DASA                   GVA
13.  RADHAKRSNA DASA                   GVA
14.  RADHAKRSNA DASA                   GVA
15.  RADHAKRSNA DASA GOSVAMI           GVA
16.  RADHAKRSNA DEVA                   GVA
17.  RADHAMADHAVA                      GVA
18.  RADHAMADHAVA GHOSH                GVA
19.  RADHAMOHANA                       GVA
20.  RADHAMOHANA                       GVA
21.  RADHAMOHANA                       GVA
22.  RADHAMOHANA GOSVAMI               GVA
23.  RADHAMOHANA MITRA                 GVA
24.  RADHAMOHANA THAKURA               GPC
25.  RADHAMOHANA VIDYAVACASPATI        GVA
26.  RADHAMUKUNDA DASA                 GVA
27.  RADHANANDA                        GVA
28.  RADHANANDA CAUDHURI               GVA
29.  RADHANANDA DEVA                   GVA
30.  RADHRAMANACARANA DASA DEVA        GVJ
31.  RADHARAMANA GHOSH BHAGAVATBHUSANA GVJ
32.  RADHARAMANA GOSVAMI               GVA
33.  RADHARANI DEVI                    GVA
34.  RADHAVALLABHA                     GVA
35.  RADHAVALLABHA CAKRAVARTI          GVA
36.  RADHAVALLABHA CATTARAJA           GVA
37.  RADHAVALLABHA CAUDHURI            GVA
38.  RADHAVALLABHA DASA                GVA
39.  RADHAVALLABHA DASA                GVA
40.  RADHAVALLABHA DASA                GVA
41.  RADHAVALLABHA DASA THAKURA        GVA
42.  RADHAVALLABHA DATTA               GVA
43.  RADHAVALLABHA GOSVAMI             GVJ
44.  RADHAVALLABHA MANDAL              GVA
45.  RADHAVALLABHA SINHA               GVA
46.  RADHAVALLABHA THAKURA             GVA
47.  RADHAVINODA                       GVA
48.  RADHAVINODA CAKRAVARTI            GVA
49.  RADHAVINODA CAKRAVARTI            GVA
50.  RADHAVINODA DASA                  GVA
51.  RADHAVINODA GOSVAMI               GVA
52.  RADHIKANATH GOSVAMI               GVJ
53.  RAGHAVA GOSVAMI                   GVA,CCU
54.  RAGHAVA PANDITA                   GVA,CCU,GPC,CC
55.  RAGHAVA PURI                      GVA,CCU
56.  RAGHAVENDRA RAYA                  GVA
57.  RAGHU                             GVA
58.  RAGHUDASA                         GVA
59.  RAGHU MISRA                       GVA,CCU
60.  RAGHU NILAMVAR                    CCU
61.  RAGHUDASA THAKURA                 GVA
62.  RAGHUDEVA BHATTACARYA             GVA
63.  RAGHUNANDANA                      GVA
64.  RAGHUNANDANA                      GVA
65.  RAGHUNANDANA                      CCU
66.  RAGHUNANDANA                      CCU
67.  RAGHUNANDANA BHATTACARYA          GVA
68.  RAGHUNANDANA CAKRAVARTI           GVA
69.  RAGHUNANDANA DASA GHATAK          GVA
70.  RAGHUNANDANA GOSVAMI              GVA
71.  RAGHUNANDANA THAKURA              GPC
72.  RAGHUNATHA                        GVA
73.  RAGHUNATHA                        GVA
74.  RAGHUNATHA                        GVA
75.  RAGHUNATHA BHATTA GOSVAMI         GVA,CCU,GPC,BMO
76.  RAGHUNATHA BIPRA                  CCU,BMO
77.  RAGHUNATHA CAKRAVARTI             GVA
78.  RAGHUNATHA DASA                   GVA
79.  RAGHUNATHA DASA                   CCU
80.  RAGHUNATHA DASA BHUINYA           GVA
81.  RAGHUNATHA DASA GOSVAMI           GVA,GPC,CC
82.  RAGHUNATHA KAR                    GVA
83.  RAGHUNATHA MISRA                  GVA
84.  RAGHUNATHA PURI/TIRTHA            GVA,CCU
85.  RAGHUNATHA RAYA                   GVA
86.  RAGHUNATHA SIROMANI               GVA
87.  RAGHUNATHA VAIDYA                 GVA,CCU,BMO
88.  RAGHUNATHA VAIDYA                 GVA,CCU
89.  RAGHUNATHA VAIDYA UPADHYAY        GVA,CCU
90.  RAGHUPATI UPADHYAYA               GVA,CCU
91.  RAJA MITRA                        GVA
92.  RAJA NRSIMHADEVA                  GVA
93.  RAJANI PANDITA                    GVA
94.  RAJANI KAR PANDITA                GVA
95.  RAJAVALLABHA                      GVA
96.  RAJAVALLABHA CAKRAVARTI           GVA
97.  RAJENDRA BANDYOPADHYAY            GVA
98.  RAJENDRA GOSVAMI                  GVA,CCU
99.  RAJIV PANDITA                     GVA,CCU
100. RAKHALANANDA THAKURA              GVA
101. RAMA                              GVA
102. RAMA                              GVA
103. RAMA ACARYA                       GVA
104. RAMABHADRA                        GVA
105. RAMABHADRA                        CCU
106. RAMABHADRA                        GVA
107. RAMABHADRA                        GVA
108. RAMABHADRA                        GVA
109. RAMABHADRA                        GVA
110. RAMABHADRA                        GVA
111. RAMABHADRA                        GVA
112  RAMABHADRA ACARYA                 GVA,CCU,BMO,
113. RAMABHADRACARYA                   GVA
114. RAMABHADRA RAYA                   GVA
115. RAMACANDRA                        GVA
116. RAMACANDRA                        GVA
117. RAMACANDRA                        GVA
118. RAMACANDRA                        GVA
119. RAMACANDRA DASA                   GVA
120. RAMACANDRA DASA BABAJI            GVJ
121. RAMACANDRA DVIJA                  CCU,BMO
122. RAMACANDRA GOSVAMI                GVA,GPC
123. RAMACANDRA GUHA                   GVA
124. RAMACANDRA KAVIRAJA               GPC,CCU,CC
125. RAMACANDRA KAVIRAJA               CCU
126. RAMACANDRA KHAN                   GVA,CCU,CC
127. RAMACANDRA DHAN (BENAPOL)         GVA
128. RAMACANDRA PURI                   GVA,CCU
129. RAMACARANA                        GVA
130. RAMACARANA CAKRAVARTI             GVA
131. RAMADASA                          GVA
132. RAMADASA                          GVA,CCU
133. RAMADASA                          GVA
134. RAMADASA                          GVA
135. RAMADASA                          GVA
136. RAMADASA                          CCU
137. RAMADASA                          GVA
138. RAMADASA                          GVA
139. RAMADASA                          GVA
140. RAMADASA                          GVA
141. RAMADASA (SRI RAMACANDRA)         GVA
142. RAMADASA BABAJI (VARSANA)         GVJ
143. RAMADASA BABAJI (NAVADVIPA)       GVJ
144. RAMADASA BALAKA                   CCU
145. RAMADASA BIPRA                    CCU,CC
146. RAMADASA VISVAS                   GVA,CCU
147. RAMADASA BRAHMAN                  GVA
148. RAMADASA DVIJA                    GVA
149. RAMADASA GHOSAL                   GVA
150. RAMADASA KAVIVALLABHA             GVA
151. RAMADASA PATHAN                   GVA,CCU
152. RAMADASA RAYA                     GVA
153. RAMADASA THAKURA                  GVA
154. RAMADASA VATUA                    GVA
155. RAMADEVA DATTA                    GVA
156. RAMA DEVI                         GVA
157. RAMA DEVI                         GVA
158. RAMAGOPAL DASA                    GVA
159. RAMAHARIJI                        GVA
160. RAMAHARI DASA BABA                GVJ
161. RAMAHARI DASA SARKARA             GVJ
162. RAMAI                             GVA,CCU,BMO,CC
163. RAMAI                             GVA
164. RAMAJAYA CAKRAVARTI               GVA
165. RAMAJAYA MAITRA                   GVA
166. RAMAKANTA                         GVA
167. RAMAKANTA                         GVA
168. RAMAKANTA DATTA                   GVA
169. RAMAKRSNA                         GVA
170. RAMAKRSNA                         GVA
171. RAMAKRSNA                         GVA
172. RAMAKRSNA ACARYA                  GVA
173. RAMAKRSNA CATTARAJ                GVA
174. RAMAKRSNA DASA                    GVA
175. RAMAKRSNA DASA BABAJI             GVJ
176. RAMANA DASA                       GVA
177. RAMANANDA                         CCU
178. RAMANANDA BASU                    GVA,CCU,CC
179. RAMANANDA BASU                    GVA
180. RAMANANDA DASA BABAJI             GVJ
181. RAMANANDA MANGARAJA               GVA
182. RAMANANDA MISRA                   GVA
183. RAMANANDA RAYA                    GVA,CC,GPC,BMO
184. RAMANANDA SVAMI                   GVA
185. RAMANARAYAN MISRA                 GVA
186. RAMANARAYAN VIDYARATNA            GVA
187. RAMANATHA                         GVA
188. RAMANATHA                         CCU
189. RAMANATHA BHADUDI                 GVA
190. RAMANIYA                          GVA,ENCYCLOPEDIA
191. RAMAPRASANNA GHOSH                GVA
192. RAMA RAYA                         GVA
193. RAMA RAYA                         GVA
194. RAMA SARAN                        GVA
195. RAMASARAN CATTARAJA               GVA
196. RAMA SEN                          GVA,CCU
197. RAMATANU MUKHOPADHYAYA            GVJ
198. RAMA TIRTHA                       GVA
199. RAMI/RAMAMANI                     GVA
200. RANGAPURI                         GVA,GPC
201. RANGAVASI VALLABHA                GVA
202. RANA KUMBHA                       GVA
203. RASAJANI VAISNAVA DASA            GVA
204  RASAMANJARI                       GVA
205. RASAMAYA DASA                     GVA
206. RASAMAYA DASA                     GVA
207. RASAMAYA DASA                     GVA
208. RASAMAYA DASA                     GVA
209. RASAMAYA DASA                     GVA
210. RASAMAYA DASI                     GVA
211. RASIKA DASA                       GVA
212. RASIKA DASA                       GVA
213. RASIKA DASA                       GVA
214. RASIKA DASA                       GVA
215. RASIKAMOHANA VIDYABHUSANA         GVA
216. RASIKANANDA                       GVA
217. RASIKANANDA DASA                  GVA
218. RASIKANANDA DEVA GOSVAMI          GVA,GPC
219. RASIKARAYA JIU                    GVA
220. RASIKASEKHARA                     GVA
221. RASIKOTTANSA                      GVA
222. RATIKANTA THAKURA                 GVA
223. RATNAGARBHA                       GVA
224. RATNAGARBHA ACARYA                GVA,CCU
225. RATNAKAR PANDITA                  GVA,CCU
226. RATNAMALA                         GVA
227. RATNAVATI DEVI                    GVA
228. RATNAVATI DEVI                    GVA,CCU
229. RATNESVAR                         GVA
230. RAUTRA                            GVA
231. RAVI RAYA                         GVA
232. RAVINDRA NARAYANA                 GVA
233. RAYASEKHARA                       GVA
234. REVATI                            GVA
235. RODANA                            GVA
236. RUDRA PANDITA                     GVA,CCU
237. RUDRARI KAVIRAJA                  GVA
238. RUPA GHATAK                       GVA
239. RUPA GOSVAMI                      GVA,GPC,CCU,CC
240. RUPA KAVIRAJA                     GVA
241. RUPA RAYA                         GVA
242. RUPACAND ADHIKARI                 GVA
243. RUPACANDRA SARASVATI              GVA
244. RUPAMALA                          GVA
245. RUPANARAYAN                       GVA
246. RUPESVAR                          GVA


1.RADHACARANA:

He was a disciple of Rasikananda prabhu.  (Rasikamangala Pascima 14.152)

2.RADHADAMODARA:

He was born at Kanauj in a brahmana caste.  He was the guru of Baladeva Vidyabhusana and a disciple of Nayanananda, the grandson of Rasikananda prabhu.  Through his association Baladeva was inspired to write Vedanta-syamantaka, which is mentioned in
the concluding Sanskrit verse of the book. Radhadamodara was the author of Chandahkaustubha.

3.RADHAGOVINDA:

He was a disciple of Rasikananda prabhu.  (Rasikamangala Pascima 14.114)

4.RADHAKANTA BAIDYA:

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

5. RADHAKRSNA ACARYA:

He was the second son and disciple of Srinivasa Acarya. His wife was named Candramukhi devi.  (Karnananda 1)

6.RADHAKRSNA ACARYA (THAKURA):

He was a disciple of Gatigovinda, the son of Srinivasa Acarya.  (Karnananda 2)

7.RADHAKRSNA ACARYA:

He was the son and disciple of Ramakrsna Acarya.  He belonged to the sakha of Narottama Thakura.  (Also see "Krsnacarana Cakravarti")

8.RADHAKRSNA ACARYA (GOSVAMI):

He was a brahmana by caste of the Barendra clan. A disciple of Ramakrsna Acarya, he belonged to the sakha of Narottama Thakura and was the nephew of Ganganarayan Cakravarti.  Descendants of Radhakrsna's family settled at the village of Betila in Dhak
a (Bangladesh).  (Premavilasa 20, P. 207, Narottamavilasa 12)

9.RADHAKRSNA ACARYA:

He was the disciple of the famous Krsnadasa from Multan. (See "Krsnadasa Punjabi")

10.RADHAKRSNA BHATTACARYA:

He was from Navadvipa and was a brahmana disciple of Narottama Thakura.  (Premavilasa 20, Narottamavilasa 12)

11.RADHAKRSNA DASA:

He was a disciple of Srinivasa Acarya.  (Karnananda 1)

12.RADHAKRSNA DASA:

He was the son of Rasikananda prabhu. (Rasikamangala Pascima 14.28)

13.RADHAKRSNA DASA:

He was the disciple of Rasikananda prabhu. (Rasikamangala Pascima 14.162)

14.RADHAKRSNA DASA:
He was a disciple of Narottama Thakura.  (Narottamavilasa 12, Premavilasa 20)

15.RADHAKRSNA DASA GOSVAMI:

He was the disciple of Haridasa Pandita, the pujari responsible for the service of Govindaji.  This Radhakrsna dasa elaborately described the details of spiritual practices in his books Sadhanadipika and Dasaslokibhasy.

16.RADHAKRSNA DEVA:

He was the youngest son of Rasikananda prabhu.

17.RADHAMADHAVA:

He was a disciple of Rasikananda prabhu.  (Rasikamangala 14.147)

18.RADHAMADHAVA GHOSH:

He was the son of Ramprasa, a resident of Dasghara village in the district of Hugli.  In 1848 A.D. he wrote a large book titled Vrhatsaravali.

19.RADHAMOHANA:

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

20.RADHAMOHANA:

He was a disciple of Rasikananda.  (Rasikamangala Pascima 14.114)
21.RADHAMOHANA:

He was a disciple of Rasikananda.  (Rasikamangala Pascima 14.150)

22.RADHAMOHANA GOSVAMI:

He was a first generation descendent from Advaita Acarya. He was a great scholar and was also famous by the name of Gosvami Bhattacarya.  He wrote a commentary on the Srimad Bhagavatam titled Bhagavata Tattvasara.  He also wrote Krsna-tattvamrta, Krs
na Bhaktirasodaya, Krsna Bhajana Krama sangraha, and Tattvasangraha.

23.RADHAMOHANA MITRA:

A resident of Sadipura who compiled the Sri Harivasaradipika in payara metre.

24.RADHAMOHANA THAKURA:

He was born in 1104 B.S. (1797 A.D.) in Malihati village in the district of Burdwan and was a descendant of Srinivasa Acarya.  His father was Jagadananda Thakura.  Maharaja Nandakumar was one of Radhamohana's disciples.
Rabindranarayana, the King of Putia, was a Sakta by faith.  However, when his court pandita was defeated by Radhamohana in a debate, the King became a Vaisnava.

Two of the most well-known pupils of Radhamohana were Nayananda Tarkalankar-a resident of Baidyapura, and Krsnaprasad Thakura-a resident of Teya.

Radhamohana Thakura compiled the Padamrtasamudra, as well a a commentary on it.  Of the 301 padas in the book, 182 of them have been included in Padakalpataru.

Radhamohana was present during a debate held in 1125 B.S. (1718 A.D.) at the court of Nawab Murshid Ouli Khan regarding the theology of Svakiya and Parakiya.

In 1185 B.S. (1778 A.D.), after taking bath and marking his body with tilak, Radhamohana died in a Tulasi grove while chanting the holy names.  It is said that at the time of his demise his two favorite disciples, Kalindi dasa and Parana dasa, were r
eturning to Malihati, having completed the renovation of one of the kunja's in Vrndavana.  Along the way Radhamohana suddenly appeared before them and instructed them to hold a festival on the fourth day of the dark fortnight in the month of Vaisaka,
 and then disappeared.

Radhamohana had no children and his wife died seven days after him.
25.RADHAMOHANA VIDYAVACASPATI:

He was in the seventh line descending from Advaita Prabhu and was the foremost amongst the erudite panditas of Santipura.  His commentaries and critical analysis on various branches of Smrti, Nyaya, etc., as well as the periodicals he published on Na
yanyaya, drew him acclaim in Bengal and various other areas.  He was most likely born in the fourth decade of the 18th century, as it is known that the King of Navadvipa, Krsnacandra, gave Radhamohana a landgrant dated 1167 B.S. (1762 A.D.).  The fol
lowing is a list of his writings:

1.Bhagavatatattvasara: ms. total pages 17, It contains explanations of some controversial slokas from Srimad Bhagavatam
2.Tattvasamgraha: ms. total pages 54
3.Bhaktirahasya: (included in the book Santipura Paricaya)
4.krsnabhaktisudharnava: ms. total pages 186, Bangiya Sahitya Parisat, ms. no. 896, 205
5.Sri Krsnarcanacandrika: Bangiya Sahitya Parisat, ms. no. 897
6.Tattvadipika: Bangiya Sahitya Parisat, ms. nos. 177, 326 and 335.
7.Krsnabhajanakramasamgraha
8.Tattvasandarbha-Tippani: published from Calcutta, Devakinandan Press, Caitanyavda 433.
9.Krsnatattvamrta
10.Krsnabhaktirasodaya

In all of they above books the author discusses the subtle theology of Vaisnava rituals and practices.

26.RADHAMUKUNDA DASA:

He belonged to the family line of Govinda Cakravarti, the favorite poet of Srinivasa Acarya.  Radhamukunda compiled a book titled Mukundananda, which consists of sixteen chapter (in two parts) and 659 pada's.

27.RADHANANDA:

He was a disciple of Syamananda and belonged to Sripata Gopiballavpur.  (Premavilasa 20)

28.RADHANANDA CAUDHURI:

He was the son of Cakrapani Caudhuri.  (See "Cakrapani Caudhuri")

29.RADHANANDA DEVA:

He was the eldest son of Rasikananda prabhu (Rasikamangala Pascima 14.27, 31-33) and was born in Saka 1538 (1615 A.D.).  His childhood sports are described vividly in the book Syamananda-Rasarnava.  At the age of fourteen he was appointed the chief o
f Syamananda Gadi at Sripata Gopiballavpur.  He was an erudite scholar and an accomplished musician.  His work titled Sri Radhagovinda Kavya, composed along the same lines as Jayadeva's Gitagovinda, won him immortal fame.  He also composed some padav
ali's.  In Saka 1606 (1684 A.D.) he died, leaving behind two sons named Nayananda and Rasananda.

30.RADHARAMANACARANA DASA DEVA:

He was born in 1853 A.D. in Mahiskhola village of Nadaila sub-division under the district of Jessore, as the son of Sri Mohanacandra Ghosh and his second wife Sri Kanakasundari.  He completed his education at Nadail School and, although he was a bit
restless by nature, he managed to secure the highest grades in every class.  From his early boyhood he was extremely fond of music and intently listened as the Vaisnava beggars as they sang, although he also passed some unsavory comments about them a
s well.  Throughout his life he never accepted a sectarian view towards any other religion or community, nor was he ever involved in scandals.  At the age of seventeen he married Srimati Svarnamayi.  A son was born to them, but at the age of six year
s the child died.  Radharamana married thrice.  He married Tailakyatarini, the second daughter of Vadana Sircar of Ghodakhali and thereafter left his house in Mahisakhola and accepting the responsibility of overseeing the properties of Ghodakhali.  W
hile there he accepted initiation from Sri Yogendranath Bhattacarya of Mulghar under the Khulna district.  During this time he also performed many pious activities such as establishing schools, digging wells and feeding brahmanas.

The Zamindar of Mamudpura, acknowledging Radharamana's intelligence, impartial judgement and efficiency, appointed him the Superintendent of Satara pargana.  However, around this time his indifference towards worldly life increased, thus his work was
 hampered.  At the request of the landlord he fought against some revolting subjects and managed to seize a considerable quantity of paddy from the respective fields. However, when he considered the future sufferings of the subjects he suddenly burst
 into tears and on that very day he left his house and went to Bhawanipur Kali temple in Vaguda district.  During the solar eclipse he chanted all the mantras recommended, and the goddess Kali appeared to him and blessed him saying, "As per your wish
, you will find your guru on the bank of the river Sarayu.  Go at once, he is waiting for you." As directed, Radharamana began walking day and night until he reached Sarayu river in Ayodhya.  There he met his guru, received his cherished mantra, as w
ell as all good instruction regarding proper Vaisnava behavior. Thereafter, he traveled to many holy places, eventually arriving at Navadvipa.  He was accustomed to reading Sri Caitanya Caritamrta, Manahsiksha, Prarthana and Premabhakticandrika daily
.

In Navadvipa he took shelter in the house of Sri Jagadananda dasa babaji.  Babaji Mahasaya mistakenly heard that his name was Rajen babu, so from that day onwards Radharamana was  known as Rajen babu.  Once, having heard about Rajen babu, a person na
med Sri Navadvipa dasa came to the Akhda of Sri Nrsimha deva.  He and Rajen babu embraced each other warmly and immediately became the closest of friends, rushing off to see Sri Mahaprabhu singing devotional songs.  In the afternoon they returned to
the house and their bodies were covered with dust.  After bathing they cooked and took prasada.  Navadvipa dasa was extremely moved by Rajen Babu's love and affection and thus was reluctant to return to his home but at the request of many people he t
ook leave for seven days, went to his native place and then returned to Navadvipa permanently.  At that time he had already retired from his service.  Soon thereafter, Krsnagovinda and Rasamohana joined them.

Rajen babu was very friendly to all.  He addressed everyone as either elder brother or younger brother.  Those who tried to approach him in the mood of a disciple inevitably wound up developing a brotherly relationship with him.  Rajen babu was a mas
ter in spontaneously composing lyrics. Sometimes, when absorbed in transcendental consciousness, he would sing those verses beautifully.  Upon hearing his songs many people in Navadvipa took shelter at his feet.

Guided by an unknown urge Rajen babu went to Sri Nilacala, accompanied by Krsnagovinda and Rasamohana. Throughout their journey they were happily absorbed in singing various devotional songs.  Upon reaching Sakshi Gopala, he had a nice dream one nigh
t.  In that dream two great men appeared, one of them was a fair complexioned man from Kashmir who spoke the twenty-two lettered Siddha Gaura-mantra in his ear and then disappeared. Rajen babu was overwhelmed and began weeping, calling out "Ha Nitai,
 Jaya Nitai."  When Rajen finally reached Nilacala he had darsana of Jagannatha and unexpectedly received some maha-prasada to eat.  With love and devotion he visited every festival of Nilacala.

In Sri Jagannatha Deva's temple behind the Garuda stambha, there was a foot print of Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu. Rajen's heart was filled with pain when he noticed that people freely walked on this footprint.  He thus spoke to the King and arranged to h
ave the footprint moved to a newly constructed small temple near the northern gate, and assigned one of his own followers, Sri Sital dasa, as the priest.  One day at the main gate where devotional songs were being sung, Sri Gauracarana Cakravarti of
Koyakhali district came and took shelter at Rajen's feet.  After a few days Rajen babu sent him to Karta babaji of Narayana-chata and Gauracarana was converted.  After changing his dress, the name Govinda dasa was given to him.

Babaji Mahasaya and his followers were mainly engaged in singing kirtana, visiting Jagannatha Deva, and preaching the mission of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.  After some time Krsnagovinda and Radharamana proceeded to Sri Vrndavana. After traveling a litt
le way, Radharamana converted Rambehara, a poor milkman in Bhuvanesvar, along with his five companions. When he arrived at Khandagiri and saw the broken statues of various deities, he began to weep.  In Jaipur he saw Viraja devi, and had darsana of S
ri Gopinatha in Remuna.  Along the way he delivered one drunken man.  Radharamana continued on from Mayurbhanja to Sripat Gopivallava pura where he elaborately described the story of Sri Syamananda's change of tilak.  He reached Calcutta via Midnapur
 and took a bath in the Ganges.  When his companions stepped into the water to take a bath, Radharamana suddenly disappeared in a car.  His anxious companions were told that he had gone to an unknown place and would return to Navadvipa in due course
of time. Radharamana then went to visit his gurudeva on the bank of the Sarayu river and managed to solve so many problem of life. After visiting Sri Vrndavana he again returned to Navadvipa. This time he went to Sripat Gaurhari dasa Mahanta Maharaja
 and became his disciple, from then on he was known as Sri Radharamanacarana dasa.  After some time he met Caitanyadasa and converted him, and shortly thereafter Radhavinode and Kisorigopala dasa surrendered to him as well.

Once he fed a large number of dogs, considering them to be Vaisnavas.  However, no Vaisnavas attended that feast and highly  criticized Radharamana for it.  The dogs took the prasada in a systematic way and very quietly.  After finishing their food t
he dogs took their leave from Sri Radharamana. This incident came about due to the death of a female dog, whom babaji used to call Bhakti mata.  On this occasion all of Radharamana's disciples were overwhelmed and rolled on the ground ecstatically af
ter accepting the remnants left by the dogs.

Radharamana's friendly behavior and valuable advice won the hearts of many.  Once while absorbed in kirtana in the house of Yoges babu at Krsnanagar, everyone was astonished to see Radharamana's footprints become clearly visible on the concrete floor
.  He also cured many people who were suffering from acute diseases by taking that disease upon himself.  He was present when the plague was raging in Calcutta and conducted a large scale sankirtana party which everyone, regardless of caste, creed or
 sex, took part in.

Up to the year 1312 (1905 A.D.) he visited numerous places throughout India, coming across many atheists, immoral persons, drunkards, etc., but he managed to turn them into pious, noble, honest citizens by preaching the glories of Sri Nitai Gauranga
and Sri Radha Krsna.  Descriptions of his glorious and majestic character was published in six volumes by the respected Sri Ramadasa babaji.

31.RADHARAMANA GOSVAMI:

He was the priest of Sri Radharamana Deva and the follower of Sri Gopala Bhatta.  He wrote a tika of Bhavartha Dipika named Dipikadipani.  In this commentary he identified himself as the son of Sri Govardhanalala Gosvami but did not give any dates.
32.RADHARAMANA GHOSH BHAGAVATABHUSANA:

He was the son of a great devotee named Krsnagovinda Ghosh of Kagojitola, who was a high ranking officer in the government, in charge of keeping records.  Sri Radharamana graduated and worked for a period of time as the manager of the Zamindari Estat
e of Maharsi Debendranatha Thakura.  Later he was appointed the private tutor of the King of Tripura, Sir Viracandra Manikya Bahadur.  Gradually, by his merit, he was promoted to the private secretary of the King.  Maharaja Viracandra was a great Vai
snava and lover of Lord Caitanya, and despite his kingly responsibilities he regularly practiced his sadhana and bhajan.  Though Ghosh babu was not at that time a follower of Vaisnavism, for the sake of his job, because he was with the King throughou
t the entire day, he was obliged to observe some Vaisnava =rites.  The Maharaja admired him and loved him as none other in his court.  There was no one equal to Radharamana in honesty, truthfulness, austerity, etc.

Ghosh accompanied the King on his frequent visits to Vrndavana, where the King lived in his own kunja and cultivated the association of Vaisnavas.  Once something unusual happened which inspired Ghosh to accept Vaisnavism. At one time the Maharaja an
d his courtiers were sitting on the second floor of his house inside the kunja.  There were many things lying about on the veranda, including a very costly shawl.  Suddenly a monkey came and ran away with the shawl, climbed a tree and began playing w
ith the shawl.  Radharamana babu and others anxiously tried various ways to get the shawl back, as the King stood unconcerned on the veranda, smilingly observing the monkeys pranks.  As the monkey tore the shawl into pieces, the Maharaja watched plac
idly, his peaceful face flooded with tears of love.  The Kings courtiers returned to his room, but no one dared to ask him about the reason for his reaction.

Ghosh, however, was a little anxious and thus in the evening he asked the King for permission to speak.  When permitted, he said, "Maharaja we were all upset by the activities of that monkey, but you remained undisturbed, on the contrary it appeared
from the expression on your face that the incident invoked wonderful sentiments within you.  Could you please explain this?"
The Maharaja replied, "Radharamana, today the monkey has taught me a great lesson and I am indebted to it for that. One should come to Vrndavana like a mendicant, renouncing all worldly possessions.  I am a worldly person, a man attached to material
things, and I came to Vrndavana with mountains of material goods, the shawl being only one of those items.  By destroying that shawl this great person in the form of a monkey taught me that one should never go to Sri Vrndavana with worldly goods.  Th
is lesson was a great source of joy for me and thus I shed tears of happiness."  Hearing this from the Maharaja, Ghosh remained silent, yet he was so moved that great waves of emotion filled his heart and his whole body was thrilled.  The Maharaja, b
eing a very intelligent man, immediately understood Radharamana's mind and said, "Radharamana, it is the hardest task in the world to be a true Vaisnava. The instructions and initiation from a Vaisnava can only be acquired by the grace of the devotee
s of the Lord. The very spirit of Vaisnavism is the mood of humility, and Sri Gauranga was the embodiment of this humility.  His mercy was distributed to the most fallen and suffering living entities in this world.  I am a King, will He ever bestow H
is mercy upon me?"  Saying this the King shed tears of love. Ghosh saw and heard everything but never passed any remark, then the Maharaja entered his inner room.

Sitting alone in a secluded room Ghosh considered everything the King had said and began to think in this way: "That religion which can elevate a person to the highest standard and can make a person's mind soft and humble--that religion is the best o
f all.  Thus Vaisnavism is the supreme religion and Sri Gauranga is the greatest of avatars, therefore I must become a Vaisnava and worship Sri Gauranga." In this way Radharamana accepting the path of Vaisnavism, and Maharaja Viracandra can thus be c
onsidered the guru who showed him the path.

Henceforth a wonderful change took place in Ghosh babu's life.  During his stay in Sri Vrndavana he walked alone in solitude, or kept the company of Vaisnava sadhus whenever he had the opportunity.  One day while walking alone he came across a renoun
ced Vaisnava sitting under a Tamal tree reading Srimad Bhagavatam.  Although there were no listeners, the Siddha Vaisnava continued reading wonderfully, adding excellent comments and explanations which displayed his scholarship and devotion.  The Vai
snava addressed his reading to Lord Krsna in the form of the Tamal tree.  If any listener happened to appear, he did not take notice of him.  From that day Ghosh went to this spot daily and silently sitting behind the reader listened quietly and left
 just as silently.

Ghosh continued in this way, unseen by the reader, until one day he was caught red-handed.  Siddha Mahatma saw him and affectionately called him to listen until the end of the text. That Mahatma had taken a vow to read the entire text there in seclus
ion.  From that day Ghosh sat beside him listening with awe and reverence.  Ghosh himself was a great Sanskrit scholar and had listened to Bhagavata discourses in the royal court and many other places, but he had never heard such a beautiful reading
before.  On the last day of the reading something miraculous happened.  The trunk of the tree under which the Siddha Vaisnava was sitting suddenly split in the middle revealing the beautiful form of Syamasundar Sri Krsna, holding a flute, surrounded
by a wonderful bright blue light.  On seeing this Radharamana fainted and lost consciousness.  What happened to the Vaisnava he did not know, but when he came to his senses he found that he was lying under the Tamal tree with his head upon the lap of
 that Vaisnava.  He then got up shyly and offered his obeisances to the Vaisnava with profound devotion.
The Vaisnava touched his head affectionately and said sweetly, "Radharamana, my Krsna has mercifully given you direct darsana.  Now it is my order that you continue reading the Bhagavata to Krsna, who is non-different from the Bhagavata.  Do so and y
ou will gain the full fruits of reading the Bhagavata."  Thus Ghosh continued reading the Bhagavata in his home and in the association of other devotees until the end of his life.

Those who had the good fortune of listening to him recite were amazed by the beauty of his discourses.  He was able to explain every sloka of the Bhagavata, keeping fully in the line of realization of Sri Gauranga.  His very intimate devotee, Dr. Sat
yanarayana dasa used to say that at the time of Bhagavata reading, Sri Radharamana was possessed by the spirit of Sri Jiva Gosvami and Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti. He would read two or three stanzas of Sri Caitanya Caritamrta and then closing his eye
s would explain them in such a way that even the greatest agnostics doubts were dispelled and they became attracted to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.  His listeners were generally few in number (5-6) and the place of reading was generally a dilapidated roo
m or on the grass underneath some trees.  In the simplest language he was able to illuminate even the most intricate and complicated philosophical problems, to the surprise of his audience who experienced unearthly transcendental emotions listening t
o him.

With his help, Srila Ramanarayana Vidyaratna of Behrampore was able to publish a Bengali rendition of the Bhagavata with four commentaries.  Sri Radharamana Ghosh Mahasaya donated one lakh of rupees so that this book could be distributed freely.  Apa
rt from this, many other Vaisnava texts were published under his editorship, which drew the attention and respect of the Gaudiya Vaisnava community.

In his family life Ghosh was an affectionate father, ideal husband and the model of a house-holder, and above everything he was a true Bhagavata.  He mixed freely with everyone, whether they be small or great, low born or high born, rich or poor.  Al
though he was the embodiment of profound scholarship, he was extremely humble and devoted. When an epidemic of smallpox broke out, he contacted the disease while nursing a neighbor and entered into the abode of the Supreme Lord at a ripe old age.
 
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