

201.SVARUPA DASA:

He was a Vaisnava poet, nothing further is known about him.

202.SVARUPA DASA BABAJI MAHARAJA:

In Jagannatha Puri there is one Satasana Matha near the samadhi of Haridasa Thakura.  Many Vaisnava's have practiced bhajan in seclusion there.  Svarupadasaji lived in that matha, spending the entire day within his kutir.  In the evening he came out
into the open yard where he offered obeisances to the Tulasi and sang, danced and chanting the holy name.  At that time many Vaisnavas would wait there to meet him.  One visitor would inevitably offer him a handful of Jagannatha prasada and Svarupa a
ccepted only the amount needed to satiate his hunger, not more. Other visitors would read to him from books like Caitanya Bhagavata.  Around 10:pm Svarupa returned to his kutir to practice bhajan.

Very early in the morning while is was still dark Svarupa went to the sea to perform his morning ablutions.  Svarupa did not like to accept service from others and thus, although he was blind, he managed to take his bath in the sea all alone. He had
no attachment for material wealth and welcomed all visitors with pleasant and charming words, advising everyone to always remember the holy name of Krsna.  Many persons admired him as a saint of the highest spiritual accomplishments.

203.SVARUPA DAMODARA:

He was Visakha in Vrajalila.  According to Dhyanacandra Gosvami he was Lalita sakhi (GGD. 160).  His former name was Purusottama Acarya and he belonged to the spiritual lineage of Lord Caitanya (CC. 1.10.25).  His father's name was Padmagarbha Acarya
 and his maternal grandfather was Jayarama Cakravarti.  Purusottama was born in Bhitadia.

Jayarama Cakravarti, a resident of Navadvipa, arranged his daughters marriage to Padmagarbhacarya and the couple settled in Navadvipa.  Shortly thereafter Svarupa Damodara was born.  Padmagarbha left his family in the care of his father-in-law and we
nt to various holy places, such as Mithila, Kasi, etc. to study the Veda and Vedanta.

In Benares Padmagarbha happened to meet Laksmipati, the guru of Madhavendra Puri, and took diksa from him.  When he returned home he accepted a second wife named Kamala devi, who gave birth to Laksminatha Lahidi at Bhitadia.

Purusottama (Svarupa Damodara) was brought up in Navadvipa at his maternal uncle's house.  He was extremely loyal to Lord Gauranga.  After seeing that Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu accepted the renounced order, Purusottama Acarya became like a madman and i
mmediately went to Varanasi to take sannyasa.  At the conclusion of his sannyasa, his spiritual master, Caitanyananda Bharati, ordered him, "Read Vedanta-sutra and teach it to all others."  Svarupa Damodara was a great renunciate as well as a great l
earned scholar.  With heart and soul he took shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Sri Krsna.  He was very enthusiastic to worship Sri Krsna without disturbance; therefore it was almost in madness that he accepted the sannyasa order.  Upon a
ccepting sannyasa, Purusottama Acarya followed the regulative principles by giving up his tuft of hair and sacred thread, but he did not accept the saffron colored dress.  He also did not take a sannyasi title but remained as a naisthika-brahmacari.
 After taking permission from his sannyasa-guru, Svarupa Damodara went to Nilacala and accepted the shelter of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.  Then all day and night, in ecstatic love of Krsna, he enjoyed transcendental mellows in the loving service of the
 Lord. (CC. 2.10.103)

Svarupa is one among the three and a half closest disciples of Lord Caitanya.  References to Svarupa are as follows:

CBh. 2.8.124, An associate of Lord Caitanya during kirtana.
2.10.36-37A former friend of Vidyanidhi
3.10.86-175Svarupa enjoys the episode when Vidyanidhi received the mercy of Lord Jagannatha and Balarama by being slapped on his cheeks
CC.  1.13.16,42wrote the lila of Lord Caitanya in Kadaca
     3.1.76,92,113,124appreciated the sloka written by Rupa Gosvami
     2.2.84,94,8.312was the treasurer of the lila of Lord Caitanya
     2.10.109-117meeting with Ramananda
     2.10.118-129meeting with devotees
     2.11.208serving devotees
     2.12.109cleaning Gundica
     2.12.125-128disciplining the Gaudiya devotees
     2.13.74,112-114dancing in front of the chariot
     2.13.122-167sharing the ecstasy of Lord Caitanya
     2.14.80,101sports in the water
     2.14.116-202appreciating the divine sports of Lord Jagannatha Puri
     3.2.85,100friendship with Bhagavan Acarya and his views about Gopala Acarya
     3.2.138-141consoling Haridasa junior
     3.4.109meeting with Sanatana
     3.5.95-189testing the drama written by a poet from Bengal
     3.6.192-323meeting with Dasa gosvami and others
     3.13.10-88preparing the bed for Lord Caitanya
     3.11.49,61,76-78kirtana at the death of Haridasa
     3.13.104meeting with Raghunatha Bhatta and others
     3.14.57-82when Lord Caitanya disappeared from Gambhira and reached the Simhadvara
     3.14.89-98,104visit to Catakparvat
     3.15.11,24-26serving Lord Caitanya
     3.17.13-37seeing the Lord amongst the cows
     3.14.45-120searching for Lord Caitanya
     3.19.24-54listening to the riddle sent by Advaita Acarya
     3.19.55-67,100At Gambira attending Lord Caitanya
     3.20.4,8,111,113

In Sakhanirnayamrta 37 Svarupa is shown under Gadadhara-sakha.

204.SVARUPA GOSVAMI:

He was eighth in the line descending from Nityananda Prabhu.  In the year 1797 A.D. (Saka 1709) he wrote a lucid Bengali translation of Lalitamadhava Nataka in various meters under the title Premakadamva.

205.SYAMA:

He was a disciple of Rasikananda Prabhu.  (Rasikamangala Pascima 14.142)

206. SYAMA BHANJA:

He was a disciple of Rasikananda prabhu.  (Rasikamangala Pascima 24.160)

207.SYAMA BHATTA:

A Bhat brahmana from Gauda and disciple of Srinivasa Acarya.  Sri Krsna Purohit and Syamabhatta were residents of the same village.  They both had a large number of disciples. (Karnananda 1)

208.SYAMADASA:

He was the brother of Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami.  On the eve of Krsnadasa's departure for Vrndavana, in the house of Syamadasa in the village of Jhamatpura near Naihati, sankirtana was performed throughout the day and night.  The brahmana named Guna
rnava Misra was also present at that time. Minaketana Prabhu, the favorite companion of Lord Nityananda, participated in that celebration and danced and sang the glories of Lord Nityananda.

Syamadasa had full faith in Lord Gauranga, but he was not equally devoted to Lord Nityananda.  This led to a difference of opinion between Syamadasa and Minaketana.  Out of disgust Ramadasa broke his flute and left the gathering (CC. 1.5.172,178,175,
176).  Being annoyed with his brother's behavior, Kaviraja Gosvami left home the next day.  (See `Sadhak Kavi Krsnadasa' by Radhikaranjan Cakravarti, Udvodhan 89:9:1394 (1987):511-520)

209.SYAMADASA:

See "Bhagavata Acarya Syamadasa"

210.SYAMADASA:

He was a disciple of Syamananda Prabhu and an accomplished poet.  Born in the village of Hariharpura under the Kedarkunda subdivision about sixteen miles east of Midnapore, his parents were Srimukha De and Bhavani.  He was a Kayastha of the Bharadvaj
a clan and was also known as "Duhkisyama" (like Syamananda prabhu).

He wrote the book Govindamangala which narrates in various metrical styles the charming episodes of the tenth canto of Srimad Bhagavatam.  His book is very interesting reading as he has also included extracts from the Brahma Vaivarta Purana, etc.

He also made a translation in verse of Srimad Bhagavatam according to the commentary of Sridhara Swami.  He worshiped the book Govindamangala daily with flowers and sandalwood paste, which is still be done to this day.

211.SYAMADASA:

He was the nephew and disciple of Rasikananda prabhu. (Rasikamangala Pascima 14.119)

212.SYAMADASA:

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

213.SYAMADASA:

He was a disciple of Rasikananda prabhu.  (Rasikamangala Pascima 14.140)

214.SYAMADASA:

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

215.SYAMADASA:

He was a disciple of Rasikananda prabhu.  (Rasikamangala Pascima 14.153)

216.SYAMADASA:

He was a disciple of Rasikananda prabhu. (Rasikamangala Pascima 14.156)

217.SYAMADASA:

He was a disciple of Rasikananda prabhu. (Rasikamangala Pascima 14.161)

218.SYAMADASA:

He was a disciple in the spiritual lineage of Srinivasa Acarya prabhu as follows:  Srinivasa Acarya--Gopala dasa--Gopimohana--Syamadasa.  He belonged to Sripata Khadagrama. (Karnananda 1)

219.SYAMADASA ACARYA:

He was popularly known as Choto Syamadasa.  He was born of Sri devi, the second wife of Advaita Prabhu and Sita devi breast-fed him (Premavilasa 24).  Family descendants of Syamadasa live in the district of Burdwan (Vaisnava Vandana). According to Ad
vaita Prakasa 11, in 1418 Saka Sita devi delivered Krsnadasa, the second son of Advaita Prabhu.  At about the same time Sri devi delivered a still-born baby. Seeing Sri devi's distress, Sita handed over her own baby Krsnadasa to Sri to bring up, whic
h was approved by Advaita Prabhu.  Here Advaita Prakasa differs from what Premavilasa narrates.

220.SYAMADASA ACARYA:

He was the son of Sri Vyasacarya, the disciple of Srinivasa Acarya and belonged to Sripata Vanavisnupura.  Jiva Gosvami corresponded with Syamadasa from Vrndavana (BRK. 24.23).  His mother was Indumukhi and he was later given the title "Cakravarti."
(Karnananda 1)

221.SYAMADASA BABA:

One day, during the time when Rajiv Locana Roy was the Dewan of Rani Svarnamayi of Kasimabazar, a Vaisnava sannyasi floating on a timber raft down the Ganges suddenly reached the bank of Guhavati.  On that raft the Babaji carried a Deity of Gopala wh
ich he had recovered from the bottom of the Ganges, along with a few simple articles required for puja.  The Babaji had a torn blanket for his personal use and a wicker basket which he used as a bowl for madhukari.  Upon disembarking at the ghat, Bab
aji wrapped himself in his blanket, took his basket in hand and went out for madhukari. The Babaji approached the house of Dewan Rajiv Roy nearby. When he entered the house to request for alms, Rajiv babu, seeing the Babaji's radiant countenance, gav
e him rice and vegetables.  Babaji cooked everything, offered bhoga to Sri Gopala and took prasada.  Later it came to be known that the Babaji's name was Sri Syamadasa.

Two days later, four Vaisnavas came to visit Syamadasa, who welcomed them and asked them to wait.  Syamadasa then went out for madhukari.  He went to Rajiv Babu's house and said, "Rajiv, you are fortunate, four Vaisnava guests have come to my place."
Hearing this Rajiv, who was famous for his charity and generosity, immediately offered ten rupees to Syamadasa. Babaji, however, took only two rupees--the amount required to host his guests.

Seeing the renunciation and hospitality of Syamadasa baba, the good natured and learned persons of the locality built a temple for Syamadasa's Deity and one Akhada for him. There he never let his guests go without taking food.  Yet for himself, he ne
ver accepted more than what was required.  As if lured by his excellent seva, his temple became full of other Deities, such as Sri Sita Rama, Sri Gopalagovinda, Sri Nitai Gaura and others.

One day it was raining heavily and Babaji could not offer any food to his Deities.  Thus he offered only Tulasi leaves, which he then gave to the devotees.  Shortly thereafter the father of the late Zamindar of Behrampur, Sri Visnucarana Sen, sent a
huge quantity of food for Babaji.  Such happenings were commonplace in Syamadasa's life.

After Syamadasa Babaji departed from this world, a devotee of Mursidabad, who did not know about Babaji's death, went to Vrndavana.  There he suddenly met Babaji on the road in Vrndavana.  Syamadasa asked the devotee when he would return home, and th
e devotee replied that he would soon return.  Babaji then said, "I will not be going for sometime, so, since there is no gong in the temple, I will buy a gong and you please deliver it to the priest of the temple."  The devotee then carried the gong
back to the temple, handed it over to the priest and told him about his accounter with Babaji.  The sevait was shocked and informed the devotee about the death of Babaji, showing him Syamadasa's samadhi.  That gong is still being worshiped there dail
y.

222.SYAMADASA CAKRAVARTI:

He was the brother of Srinivasa Acarya's wife and a disciple of Srinivasa Acarya as well.  Syamadasa was the eldest son of Gopala Cakravarti and the brother of Ramacarana Cakravarti.  (Karnananda 1, BRK. 8.499)

223.SYAMADASA CAKRAVARTI:

He was a disciple of Srinivasa Acarya and was born in Bahadurpura near Sripata Budhuri.  His younger brother was Vamsidasa Cakravarti (BRK. 10.299-302).

When Srinivasa Acarya stayed with Govinda Kaviraja in Budhuri, Syamadasa and Vamsidasa, after receiving a divine command, went to Budhuri and accepted diksa from Srinivasa. Syamadasa's daughter, Hemalata devi, was married to Badugangadasa.  This matc
h was negotiated by Jahnava mata (BRK. 11.374-375)

224.SYAMADASA CATTA:

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

225.SYAMADASA CATTA:

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

226.SYAMADASA KAVIRAJA:

A disciple of Srinivasa Acarya, he was also known as Sridasa Kaviraja.  (Karnananda 1)

227.SYAMADASA MOHANA:

He was a disciple of Rasikananda prabhu.  (Rasikamangala Pascima 14.98)

228.SYAMADASA THAKURA:

He belonged to the Bharadvaja clan of Radha and was a disciple of Srinivasa Acarya.  Early in his childhood he renounced home and wandered on pilgrimage to various places until he finally built his Sripata at Panctopi village in Kandi subdivision.

Syamadasa always carried Sudarsana Salagrama with him and continuously kept up a conversation with Him.  To test his divine power the Muslim Jaigirdar (land-holder) of Fatesimha Pargana forced Syamadasa to drink snake venom.  Seeing that the venom ha
d to effect on Syamadasa, the Jaigirdara donated land for the service of Salagrama.

He married at an advanced age to carry out his guru's command, but he never talked to his wife.  His wife was given a fruit to eat when she was menstruating and she gave birth to Sri Kisora dasa.

229.SYAMADASA THAKURA:

He was a disciple of Narottama Thakura.  (Narottamavilasa 12, Premavilasa 20)

230.SYAMADASA (MARDANGIKA):

He was an accomplished mrdanga player.  (BRK. 14.122, 14.36)

231.SYAMADASI:

This was the Vaisnava name of Icchadevi, the wife of Rasikananda prabhu.  (Rasikamangala Daksina 1.29)

232.SYAMAGOPALA DASA:

He was a disciple of Rasikananda prabhu.  (Rasikamangala Pascima 14.67)

233.SYAMAJI GOSAIN:

He was born in Olamba village in Punjab and his elder brother was Janardana.  When Janardana accepted spiritual initiation from Krsnadasa Gunjamali, Syamaji took diksa from Janardana.  Syamaji became the Mahanta of the Gadi there and assisted in the
preaching of the holy name.

234.SYAMAKISORA:

He was a disciple of Rasikananda prabhu.  (Rasikamangala Pascima 14.123.131)

235.SYAMAKISORA:

He wrote a commentary on Sri Caitanyacandramrta (Dacca University, mss. Kavya Vol. V, 4406).

236.SYAMALALA GOSVAMI:

He edited, translated and published the following Vaisnava works:  Satsandarbha, Sri Govindabhasya, Siddhantaratna, Vrhadbhagavatamrta, Vedantasyamantaka, etc. He also wrote books such as Sri Krsnalila, Sri Gaurasundara, Sri Syamasundara.

237.SYAMAMOHANA:

He was the nephew and disciple of Rasikananda prabhu. (Rasikamangala Pascima 14.119)

238.SYAMAMOHANA DASA:

He was a disciple of Rasikananda prabhu.  (Rasikamangala Pascima 14.112,127,153,157)

239.SYAMANANDA PRABHU:

(see separate file)

240.SYAMAPALA:

He was a landholder of Narayanagad.  (Rasikamangala Pascima 12.67)

241.SYAMAPRIYA:

She was a disciple of Srinivasa prabhu.  Her husband was Sudhakara Mandal and her son was Radhavallabha Mandal.  All of them received the grace of Srinivasa Acarya.  (Karnananda 1)

242.SYAMAPRIYA:

She was the wife of Syamananda and the daughter of Jagannatha, a resident of Bada Balarampura.  (Rasikamangala daksina)

243.SYAMARASIKA DASA:

He was a disciple of Rasikananda prabhu.  (Rasikamangala Pascima 14.126,128)

244.SYAMASUNDARA:

He was the nephew and disciple of Rasikananda prabhu. (Rasikamangala Pascima 14.119)

245.SYAMASUNDARA:

He was a disciple of Rasikananda prabhu.  (Rasikamangala Pascima 14.131)

246.SYAMASUNDARA:

He was a disciple of Rasikananda prabhu.  (Rasikamangala Pascima 14.138)

247.SYAMASUNDARA:

He was a disciple of Rasikananda prabhu.  (Rasikamangala Pascima 14. 147)

248.SYAMASUNDARA:

He was a disciple of Rasikananda prabhu.  (Rasikamangala Pascima 14.149)

249.SYAMASUNDARA ACARYA:
He was the father of Isvarapuri, the diksa guru of Lord Caitanya.  He hailed from Sripata Kumarahatta (See "Isvarapuri").  (Premavilasa 22)

250.SYAMASUNDARA DASA:

A resident of Mathura who was a brahmana by caste and disciple of Srinivasa Acarya.  (Karnananda 1)

251.SYAMASUNDARA TARKALANKARA BHATTACARYA:

He was a disciple of Rasikananda prabhu.  (Rasikamangala Pascima 14.102)

252.SYAMAVALLABHA ACARYA:

Also known as Syamadasa Acarya, he was the disciple of Isvari devi, the first wife of Srinivasa.  His father was Sridasa, the son of Haridasa Acarya of Vrndavana.  (Karnananda 1)
 
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