

41.VAMSIDASA BABAJI:

See separate file

42.VAMSIDASA THAKURA CAKRAVARTI:

He was a disciple of Srinivasa Acarya and belonged to Sripata Bahadurpura.  His brother was Syamadasa.  (Premavilasa 20)

According to Karnananda 1 he shifted residence from Bahadurpura to Budhuri and later to Aminabajar, where he installed the Deity of Gopiramanajiu (BRK. 10.299-302)

He took spiritual initiation from Srinivasa Acarya when the latter stayed with Govindadasa at Budhuri.  Vamsidasa's brother's daughter was married to Badugangadasa.

43.VAMSI THAKURA:

Vaidya by caste, his father was named Kanai Thakura.  His paternal grandfather was the famous Raghunandana Thakura of Srikhanda.  Vamsi's other brother was named Madana.  (BRK. 13.191)

44.VAMSIVADANANDA THAKURA:

Vamsivadana Thakura was born on the full moon day of Caitra (March-April) in 1416 Saka (Vamsi sikhsa).  He was referred to as Vamsivadana, Vamsidasa, Vamsi and Sri Vadana. The sons of the famous Srikara Cattapadhya came to live in Kuliya Vendiada vil
lage from Vilvagrama or Patuli.  Sri Yudhisthira Cattapadhya, the descendant of Srikara, had three sons: Sri Madhava dasa Cattapadhya (Chakadi Cattapadhya), Sri Haridasa Cattapadhya (Tinkadi) and Sri Krsnasampatti Cattapadhya (Duikadi).  When Lord Ca
itanya came from Puri to Navadvipa Kuliya to visit Sacimata and Ganga devi, He stayed in the house of Madhava dasa Cattapadhya for seven days and there showed His mercy to Sri Devananda Pandita and others (GGD. 179, Pata Paryatana)

Sri Vamsivadananda Thakura was born in the house of Sri Madhava dasa (Chakadi).  His mother's name was Srimati Candrakala devi.  He was the manifestation of Sri Krsna's flute.  At the time of his birth, Mahaprabhu was present, as well as Advaita Acar
ya.  Chakadi Cattapadhya was a very ardent devotee of Mahaprabhu.  Lord Gauranga was very affectionate Vamsivadananda.  He is not mentioned in CC, but is refered to in CCN.  In BRK, chapter nine pp. 122-123, Sri Narahari Cakravarti states that when S
rinivsaa came to the house of Mahaprabhu in Navadvipa, Vamsivadananda Thakura showed his mercy to Srinivasa and helped him to have a darsana of Sri Visnupriya devi.  After the disappearance of Lord Caitanya, Vamsivadananda took care of Visnupriya dev
i.  He was famous as an ardent follower of Visnupriya devi.  After the death of Visnupriya devi, he transferred the Deity to Mayapura Kuliya Pahadapura.  When his descendants took shelter in Baghnapada after taking shelter of Sri Jahnava mata, at tha
t time that Deity was still in the hands of Malanca dwellers in Kuliya village.

In Kuliya Pahadapura the ancestors of Sri Vamsivadananda Thakura took care of the Deity of Sri Gopinatha.  There he himself installed the Deity of Premavallava.  In later years, he lived in Vilvagrama.  The Bhattacarya family of Vilvagrama were his r
elatives.  Sri Vamsivadananda had two sons Sri CAitanya dasa and Sri Nitai dasa.  Sri Ramacandra and Sri Sacinandana were the sons of Sri Caitanya dasa.  Sri Jahnava mata prayed for Ramacandra and took him into her own care. She initiated him and kep
t him in Khadadaha to teach him the Vaisnava tattva (Gaudiya no. 22/30-37).  Sri Ramacandra Gosvami remained as brahmacari and gave the chareg of worshiping Sri Ramakrsan of Baghnapada to his younger brother Sri Sacinandana.  Sri Sacinandana's sons a
re the Gosvamis of Baghnapada.

Sri Vamsivadananda Thakura composed padas which were were lively and beautiful.  He composed a equisite son about Sacimata's lamentation when the Lord took sannyasa.  He also composed many songs on Dana lila, Nauka vilasa, and Vana vihara of Sri Krsn
a.

There are 17 padas in Padakalpataru with the bhanita of Vamsidasa and 25 padas with the bhanita of Vamsivadana. Vamsivadananda was the founding-father of the Gosvami-family of Baghnapada.  His biography is narrated in the following semi-authentic boo
ks:  Muralivilasa, Vamsisiksa, Vamsivilasa, Vaisnava Vandana of Jiva 249, Devakinandana 86, Vrndavanadasa 114

45.VANACANDRA:

He was a disciple of Sri Gopala Bhatta and the priest of Sri Radhavallavaji of Vrndavana.  He was the third son of Sri Harivamsa Gosvami.

46.VANAMALI:

He was a disciple of Rasikananda prabhu (Rasikamangala Pascima 14.142)

47.VANAMALI:

He was the disciple of Rasikananda.  (Rasikamangala Pascima 14.147)

48.VANAMALI ACARYA:

He lived in Navadvipa and negotiated Mahaprabhu's first marriage with Laksmi devi.  He was Visvamitra in Krsna lila. (GGD. 49, CC. 1.15.29, BRK. 12.1237-1238, Vaisnava Vandana of Jiva 119-120, Devaki. 42, Vrndavanadasa 41)

49.VANAMALI VIPRA/PANDITA:

He was an extremely loyal follower of Lord Caitanya.  A brahmana pauper, he lived in Bengal.  In his past incarnation he was born as Sudama.  (GGD. 144, BRK. 12.2080-2083, Vaisnava Vandana of Jiva 108, Devakin. 68, Vrndavanadasa 37, Murari 2.11.1, 2.
14.20, CC. Mahakavya 7.76, CBh. 3.9.491, CC. 1.17.113, 1.10.73)

50.VANAMALI VISVAS:

He was a devotee of Lord Gauranga.  (Namamrtasamudra 140)

51.VANAMALI CATTA:

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

52.VANAMALI DASA/KAVIRAJA:

He belonged to the sakha of Advaita Acarya (CC. 1.12.59). He was the brother of Visnudasa Vaidya.  In his past incarnation he was Citra (GGD. 131.  In "Sakha Varnana", Ramagopala dasa describes Vanamali Kaviraja as the disciple of Raghunandana. Since
 it is stated in Vaisnava Vandana that this Vanamali dasa was a brother of Visnudasa Vaidya then possibly his title was Kaviraja. (Vaisnava Vandana of Jiva 24, Devaki 107)

53.VANAMALI KAVIRAJA:

He was a disicple of Srinivasa Acarya.  (Anuragavalli 7)

54.VANAMALI KAVICANDRA:

He belonged to the sakha of Advaita Acarya.  (CC. 1.12.63)

55.VANESVARA BRAHMACARI:

He was the father of Pundarika Vidyanidhi.

56.VANGADESIYA VIPRA:

He was a brahmana from Bengal and a disciple of Narottama Thakura.  Prior to his initiation he was a notorious person. One day at Kheturi, while listening to kirtana sung by Srinivasa, this brahmana became deeply repentant and surrendered at the form
er's feet.  Srinivasa put this brahmana under the care of Narottama. (BRK. 13.167-168)

57.VANGAVIHARI VIDYALAMKARA:

He was a disicple of Madhusudana, one of the family descendants of Srinivasa Acarya.  He wrote a commentary titled "Kasika" on Dasagosvami's book Stavavali.  In the introduction to the tika he mentions Vrndavanacandra Savda-vidyarnava as his guru.  1
644/1674 is shown as the date of compilation of the tika.  This tika is clearly written, is of standard size and helps the reader grasp the subtle concepts of Dasagosvami.

58.VANGAVATI CAITANYADASA:

A disciple of Gadadhara-lineage, he belonegd to Sripata Vangavati.  He was Kali in his past incarnation.  (GGD. 196, 206, CC. 1.12.85, Sakhanirnayamrta 27)

59.VANIKRSNADASA:

He was a resident of Vrndavana dn a devotee of Lord Gauranga.  He accompanied Rupa Gosvami when he went to have darsana of Lord Gopala.

60.VANINATHA BIPRA:

He belonged to the spiritual lineage of Lord Caitanya. In his past incarnation he was born as Kamalekha (GGD. 195,204, CC. 1.10.114).  A brahmana by caste, he hailed from Canpahati near Navadvipa.  It is said that the Deities of Gaura-Gadadhara which
 are still being worshiped there, were installed by him. (Murari 4.17.22, CC. Mahakavya 10.6, Jayananda P. 2)

It is stated in BRK. 9.395 and 10.414 that he participated in the festival of Dasa Gadadhara at Katwa and at the festival of Narahari Sarkara at Srikhanda.

61.VANINATHA BRAHMACARI:

He belonged to the spiritual linesage of Gadadhara.

62.VANINATHA MISRA:

He was related to Jayananda, the author of Caitanyamangala.

63.VANINATHA PANDITA:

He was the brother of Gadadhara Pandita and also belonged to his spiritual lineage.  He was the father of Nayanananda and Hrdayananda.  He lived at Canpahati (Premavilasa 24).  His other name was Jagannatha (CC. 1.12.82).  (Sakhanirnayamrta 17)

64.VANINATHA PATTANAYAKA/NAYAKI:

He was the brother of Ramananda Raya and son of Bhavananda Raya.  Bhavananda offered Vaninatha at the feet of Lord Caitanya and thereafter Vaninatha stayed constantly with the Lord (CC. 2.10.61).

He took great care in serving prasadam to Vaisnavas at Nilacala.  (CC. 3.9.55, Vaisnava Vandana of Jiva 165, Devaki 65, Vrndavanadasa 57)

65.VANINATHA VASU:

He belonged to the spiritual lineage of Lord Caitanya and was from Sripata Kulinagrama (CC. 1.10.81).

66.VANIVILASA:

He was a Vaisnava saint mentioned in Vrhad Vaisnavatosani Upakrama 6.

67.VASANTA:

He belonegd to the sakha of Lord Nityananda.  (CC. 1.11.50)

68.VASANTA DATTA:

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

69.VASANTA RAYA:

He was a brahmana by caste and a disciple of Narottama Thakura.  (Premavilasa 20, BRK. 1.415-416)

Ramacandra Kaviraja chose Vasanta Raya to carry a letter to Jiva Gosvami in Vrndavana.  Jiva Gosvami then gave Vasanta a letter to be delivered to Srinivasa Acarya (Karnananda 5, BRK. 14.16.17).  The second lettter contained news of the death of Bhug
arbha Gosvami and inquired about the well-being of Srinivasa Acarya's eldest son Vrndavana dasa.

Vasanta was a poet of great merit and fifty-one poems composed by him in Vrajvuli are found in Padakalpataru.

70.VASANTA RAYA:

He was a scion of the Kayastha caste, the son of Gunananda Guha and the cousin of Pratapaditya, the King of Bengal.  He and his cousin, Vikramaditya, founded the Kingdom of Jessore.  During the rule of Suleman Karrani in Bengal between 1563-1572 A.D.
, Vasanta's father Gunananda settled at Vrndavana for the rest of his life.

Around 1570 A.D. at the initiative and financial assistance of King Vasanta Raya, Gunananda built a new temple on the south of the old temple of Madanamohana.  The Madanamohana Deity was served here before the temple built by Krsnadasa began to crumb
le.  (See also "Gunananda Guha")

71.VASU GHOSH:

The three brothers Sri Vasudeva Ghosh, Sri Madhva Ghosh and Sri Govinda Ghosh Thakura were all expert singers (CC. 1.10.115).  Sri Nityananda Prabhu used to dance in rhythm to the tune of their singing (CBh. 3.5.455).  Some say that their maternal un
cle's house was in the village of Vudana (or Vurangi) uner the district of Srihatta.  For some reason their father went to live in Kumarahatta.  Later, these three brothers went to live in Navadvipa.  They belonged to the Kayastha sect of Uttara Radh
i.  They were very intimate associates of Sri Caitanya and Sri Nityananda.  Sri Srimad Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Prabhupada has said that these three brothers were the embodiment of the sweetness of Sri Radha of Vraja.  Sri Vasudeva Ghosh Thakura des
cribed the pastimes of Lord Caitanya's childhood in detail.  He also wrote many songs about Sri Gauranga, Sri Rama and Sri Krsna.  In some songs he described the sannaysa  lila of Sri Gauranga and also the beauty of Lord Nityananda.

In GGD. 188, Sri Govinda, Sri Madhava and SRi Vasudeva Ghosh are described as Kalavati, Rasollasa and Gunatunga sakhi of Vraja respectively.  During Mahaprabhu's stay at Puri, the three brothers used to visit Puri every year and perform sankirtana at
 the time of the Ratha yatra.  In later years the brothers lived at different places:  Sri Govinda at Agradvipa, Sri Madhava Ghosh at Daihata and Sri Vasudeva Ghosh Thakura at Tamluka.

It is said that Sri Govinda Thakura had no sons and thus wondered who would perform the sraddha ceremony after his death.  In a dream Sri Gopinatha told him not to worry, He would perform the sraddha.  When Sri Govinda Ghosh left the world, the next
day Sri Gopinatha performed sraddha.  To this day, on the disappearance day of Govinda Ghosh, Gopinatha offers oblations to the deceased.

Sri Vasudeva Ghosh left the world on the second day of the bright fortnight of Kartika (Oct.-Nov).  (Locanandasa 8, CC. 2.11.77, Vaisnava Vandana of Jiva 196, Devaki. 82, Vrnd. 68, For further details see the following two works:  Vasudeva Ghosh O Ta
hara Padavali by Malavika Caki, Calcutta, Bangiya Sahitya Parisat, Visvakosa, entry on "Agradvipa")

72.VASUDHA:

She was the wife of Lord Nityananda and daughter of Suryadasa Sarkhel.  She was the mother of Viracandra prabhu, who was Anangamanjari in his past incarnation (GGD. 65-66). (Vaisnava Vandana of Jiva 41-42, Devaki. 12, Vrnd. 15)

73.VASUDEVA BHADARA:

He was a devotee of Lord Gauranga.  (Vaisnava Vandana)

74.VASUDEVA BHATTACARYA:

He was the father of Kasisvara Pandita of Catra village in the district of Hooghly.  He was an erudite scholar, financially affluent and an extremely devout person.  (See "Kasisvara")

75.VASUDEVA DATTA:

In his previous incarnation he was the singer Madhuvrata (GGD. 140, CC. 1.10.41).He was the brother of Mukunda Datta, a close associate of Lord Caitanya.  His Sripata was in Chanhara village in Chittagong.  According to Premavilasa 22 Vasudeva was bo
rn in  Amvastha caste (Vaidya).  In the book Suvarnavanik by Dharmananda Bharati, Vasudeva is stated to have come from the Suvarnavanik (jeweller) caste..  (CC. 1.11.138)

He later settled at Kancrapada in 24 Parganas where he set up the Sripata.  The Deity of Madanagopala worshiped by Vasudeva stands at Mamgachi near Purvasthali.

B.B. FMajumdar writes in CCU P. 686 that after reading the Mahakavya of Kavikarnapura and CC. it is difficult to believe that Vasudeva lived at Nilacala later.  Krsnadasa Kaviraja states that Lord Caitanya directed Sivananda Sen to take care of the f
amily responsibilities of Vasudeva Datta. (Vaisnava Vandana of Jiva 93, Devaki. 26, Vrnd. 30), Murari 4.17.5, CC Mahakavya 10.146, CCNataka 8.33, CBh. 1.2.16, Jayananda P. 2, CC. 2.10.79) In CC Mahakavya Karnapura calls Vasudeva "Bhisagrsabha"

76.VASUDEVA DAIVAJNA:

He was the teacher of Rasikananda when the latter was a child.  (Rasikamangala Purva 9.5)

77.VASUDEVA DVIJA:

He was a brahmana from Navadvipa.  He made up the various actors on the day when the drama was enacted.  (CC Nataka 3.12, Vaisnava Vandana of Jiva 109, Devaki. 36, Vrnd. 37)

78.VASUDEVA KAVIRAJA:

He was a disciple of Srinivasa Acarya (BRK. 14.21).  One letter of Jiva Gosvami's inquires about Vasudeva's health. (BRK. 14.18, Karnananda 1)

79.VASUDEVA KUSTHI:

He was an ardent devotee of Lord Caitanya from South India.  When Lord Caitanya visited the Kurma Mandira located about eight miles east of Caikakol railway station on the seashore of Ganjam district, this brahmana was cleansed of leprosy by the grac
e of the Lord.  (CC. 2.7.131, Murari 3.14.3, CC Mahakavya 12.106, CC nataka 7.3, Jayananda P. 38, CC. 2.1.93)

80.VASUDEVA SARVABHAUMA:

See "Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya"

81.VASUDEVA SIYALA:

He was a brahmana from the land of Radha.  First he was a Gaudiya Vaisnava but was later driven out of the community due to misconduct (Premavilasa 24).

When the worship of Lord Caitanya began to spread, a number of charlatans began to pose as divine beings in order to draw similar reverence.  Vasudeva Siyala, Visnudasa Kapindra, Madhava Cudadhari, etc, were amongst some of these self-styled incarnat
ions of Lord Krsna, Rama, etc. Information on these hypocrites can be found in Gauraganacandrika, Premavilasa, CBh. etc.  Out of comtempt, common people called them names like Siyala (a jackal), or Kapindra (monkey-king), etc.

82.VASUDEVA TIRTHA:

He was a devotee of Lord Gauranga.  In his past incarnation he was one of the nine Yogindras (GGD. 98-101, Namamrtasamudra 164, Vaisnava Vandana of JIva 271, Devaki. 131, Vrnd. 130)

83.VATNARAMA DASA:

He was also known as Batua Ramadasa and was a disciple of Narottama Thakura.  (Premvavilasa 20, See under "Ramadasa Batua")

84.VECARAMA BHADRA:

He was a disicple of Narottama Thakura (Premavilasa 20). However, Narottamavilasa 12 mentions his name as "Boncarama Bhadra")

85.VEDAGARBHA:

According to Pata Paryatana he was a disciple of Abhirama dasa.  He hailed from Sripata Kaiyada village of Burdwan. (Vejha Gupta: Murari Gupta, Caitanyamangala 52.393)

86.VENKATA BHATTA:

He was a resident of Srirangam and belonged to the Sri sampradaya.  It was at his earnest request that Lord Caitanya stayed with him for four months during the Lord's pilgrimage in the South.  Being a Vaisnava in the Ramanupa-sampradaya, Vyenkata Bha
tta worshiped the Deity of Laksmi and Narayana. Seeing his pure devotion, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was very satisfied.  Constantly associating with one another, Mahaprabhu and Vyenkata Bhatta gradually developed a friendly relationship.  Indeed, somet
imes they laughted and joked together.  The Lord told Bhattacarya, "Your worshipable goddess of fortune, laksmi, always remains on the chest of Narayana, and she is certainly the most chaste woman in the creation.  However, my Lord is Lord Sri Krsna,
 a cowherd boy who is engaged in tending coes. Why is it that Laksmi, being such a chaste wife, wants to associate with My Lord?"

Venkata Bhatta then said, "Lord Krsna and Lord Narayana are one and the same, but the pastimes of Krsna are more relishable due to their sportive nature.  Since Krsna and Narayana are boththe same personality, Laksmi's association with Krsna does not
 break her vow of chastity.  Rather, it was in great fun that the goddess of fortune wanted to associate with Lord Krsna.  Mother Laksmi, the godess of fortune, is also an enjoyer of transcendental bliss; therefore if she wanted to enjoy herself with
 Krsna, what fult is there?  Why are You joking so about this?"

Lord Caitanya replied, "I know that there is no fault on the part of the goddess of fortune, but could you tell me why she could not enter into the rasa dance, whereas the authroities on Vedic knowledge could?"

Venkata Bhatta admitted, "I cannot enter into the mysteries of this behavior.  I am an ordianry human being. Since my intelligence is very limited and I am easily agitated, my mind cannot enter within the deep ocean of the pastimes of the Lord.  You
are the Supreme Personality of Godhead Krsna Himself.  You know the purpose of Your activities, and the person whom You enlighten can also understand Your pastimes."

The Lord replied, "One who worships the Lord by following in the footsteps of the inhabitants of Vrajabhumi attains the Lord and gets to know Him as He is known in the transcendental planet of Vraja. There He is known as the son of Maharaja Nanada.
The authorities in Vedic literatures known as sruti-gna wroshiped Lord krsna in the ecstasy of the gopis and followed in their footsteps.  The personified authorities on the Vedic hymns acquired bodies like those of the gopis and took birth in Vrajab
humi.  In those bodies they were allowed to enter into the Lord's rasa-lila dance.  Lord Krsna belongs to the cowherd comunity, and the gopis are the dear-most lovers of Krsna. Although the wives of the denizens of the heavenly planets are most opule
nt within the material world, neither they nor any other women in the material universe can acquire Krsna's assocaition.  The goddess of fortune, Laksmi, wanted to enjoy Krsna and at the same time retain ehr spiritual body in the form of Laksmi.  How
ever, she did not follow in the footsteps of the gopis in her worship of Krsna."

Before this explanation was given by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Venkata Bhatta thought that Sri Narayana was the Supreme Personality of Godhead.  Thinking in this way, Venkata Bhatta believed that worship of Narayana was the supreme form of worship, su
perior to all other processes of devotional service, for it was followed by the Sri Vaisnava disciples of Ramanujacarya.  Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu understood this misconception of Venkata Bhatta, and to correct it the Lord talked so much in a joking w
ay.

The Lord then continued, "My dear Venkata Bhatta, please do not continue doubting.  Lord Krsna is the Supreme Personality of Gdohead, and this is the conclusion of Vedic literatures."  In this way the Lord deflated the pride of Venkata Bhatta.

Venkata Bhatta said, "I am an ordinary fallen living entity, but You are Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself.  The transcendental pastimxes of the Lord are unfathomable, and I do not know anything about them.  Whatever You say I accept
as the truth.  I have been engaged in the service of Laksmi-Narayana, and it is due to Their mercy that I have been able to see Your lotus feet.  Out of Your causeless mercy You have told me of th glories of Lord Krsna. No one can reach the end of th
e opulence, qualities and forms of the Lord.  I can now understand that devotional service unto Krsna is the sureme form of worship.  Out of Your causeless mercy You havemade my life successful simply by explaining the facts."  After saying this Venk
ata Bhatta fell down before the lotus feet of the Lord, and the Lord, out of His causeless mercy, embraced him.

When the period of Caturmasya was completed, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu took permission to leave Venkata Bhatta.  Venkata Bhatta did not want to return home but also wanted to go with the Lord.  It was with great endeavor that Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu ba
de him farewell.  When He did so, Venkata Bhatta fell down unconscious.  Venkata's son was Gopala Bhatta Gosvami (See also "Gopala Bhatta Gosvami")

87.VENKATACARYA:

In Haribhaktivilasa 15.68 tika he is referred to as Pandita Vedanta Desikacarya, an erudite scholar from the Sri Vaisnava community.  He was born in a village near Kanci in 1268 A.D. and travelled extensively to the holy tirthas throughout India.  He
 brought immense glory to the Srisampradaya through his spoless character and refutation of Advaitavada.  He wrote a "Tattvatika" on Sribhasya.

In 1310 A.D. Malik Kafur, the army commander of Emperor Aluddin launched a campaign to South India.  In 1326 A.D. the Muslims entered Srirangam and plundered the town and temple. At this time Vedantadesika Venkatacarya, with the assistance of Lokacar
ya, arranged to move the Deity of Sri Ranganatha to Tirupati through a forest route, while he and the two sons of Sudarsana Suri went to Yadavadri carrying the Srutaprakasika tika of Sudarsanacarya.  Later, with the assistance of an extremely influen
tial brahmana ruler named Goppanarya, Venkatacarya succeeded in defeating the Muslims and brought the Ranganatha Deity back to His original seat at Srirangam in 1371 A.D.  He died the same year.  Of the several books he wrote on behalf of the Srisamp
radaya the one titled "Satadusani" reveals a hundred deficiencies of the Sankara-mayavada philosophy.  Jiva Gosvami refers to this book in his Vaisnavatosani 10.87.2

88.VETALA BHATTA/VETALA SIMHA:

He was a Bhatta or Bhat Brahmana.  He sang hymns at the time of Lord Gauranga's marriage to Visnupriya. (Caitanyamangala of Jayananda)

89.VIDHU CAKRAVARTI:

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

90.VIDHUMUKHI DEVI:

She was the wife of Kalidasa Misra, the paternal uncle of Visnupriya devi.  She was the mother of Madhava Misra, the author of Krsnamangala.  (Premavilasa 19)

91.VIDYANANDA:

He was a resident of Kulinagrama (CC. 1.10.80).  He participated in the festival of Katwa.  (Premavilasa 19)

92.VIDYANANDA PANDITA:

He received the mercy of Gadadhara dasa.  The following is a quote about him taken from "Narahari Sakha nirnaya."

"Vidyananda Pandita is the name of a great renunciate on whom Gadadhara dasa Thakura showered his mercy.  Vidyananda received a divine command in which he was told that Lord Gauranga desired to be worshiped by Vidyananda at Kantakanagara.  Thus Vidya
nanda collected a Deity and prepared a hut with leaves in the forest.  He then begged some rice and gathered wild leaves which his wife cooked and offered to the Deity."

It is said that Daityari and Kamsari Ghosh of Kulaigrama
received a divine command in a dream and thereafter ordered three sets of Deities of Lord Gauranga made and handed them over to Narahari Sarkara Thakura.  These were installed as follows:  the big one at Katwa, the middle one at Ganganagara (Bhagkola
) and the small one at Srikhanda.

By the grace of Dasa Gadadhara, Vidyananda brought the big Deity and began serving Him.  One day Viracandra Gosvami came there and being pleased to see how Vidyananda served the Deity, he commanded that Vidyananda need no longer go out for begging.
His needs would automatically be taken care of. Shortly thereafter some pilgrims arrived there on the occasions of sankranti (Bengali end of month) purnima and filled Vidyananda's go-down with offerings.  Thus the service of the Deity was gradually e
nhanced.  (Sakhavarnana p. 8, of Ramagopala dasa)

93.VIDYANANTA ACARYA:

According to Yadunatha, he belonged to the spiritual lineage of Gadadhara.

94.VIDYANIDHI:

See under "Pundarika Vidyanidhi"

95.VIDYANIDHI:

He was one of the close associates of Lord Gauranga.  In his past incarnation he was one of the nine Nidhis (GGD. 102-103).

96.VIDYAPATI:

He was a famous Vaisnava poet.  Some think that he was a Bengali who lived in Mithila (Bihar).  He was the court poet fo Sivasinha, the King of Mithila.  The following are his compositions:  Padavali, Purusa Pariksa, Kirtilata, Likhanavali, Saivasarv
asvasara, Ganga-vakyavali, Vibhagasara, gayapattana, goraksavijaya nataka and Durgabhaktitarangini.

Several poems composed by Vidyapati carry the name of his patron King Sivasimha and Queen Lachimadevi.  It is said that Vidyapati had a relationship of profound love with the queen and instantly upon seeing her he spontaneously compoesd poems.

The superiortiy of Vidyapati's writings is borne out by the fact that Lord Caitanya deeply relished Vidyapati's poems while residing in Gambhira.

Other information on Vidyapati is available in connection with Padavali literature.  The manuscript of "Goraksa vijaya nataka" written by Vidyapati is preserved in Nepal. It contains the stories of how Matsyendranatha, a victim of attachment to women
, was recued by his disciple Goraksanatha. Songs of this text are in Vrajvuli while other parts are in Sanskrit and Prakrt.  Vidyapati wrote this musical drama ordered by King Sivasimha to celebrate the festival fo Siva Bhiravesvara at Mithila someti
me before 1416 A.D.  This story is stated in Bhaktamala 14.6 and Visva Bharati Patrika 12.4.

97.VIDYAVACASPATI:

He was the son of Mahesvara (Narahari Visarada) and the brother of the famous Vasudeva Sarvabhauma.  His origin name was Visnudasa and he migrated from Navadvipa and built his Sripata at Kumarahatta.

During Lord Caitanya's first visit from Puri to Gauda, He came to Visnudasa's house at Vidyanagara but due to the crowds of visitors who had gathered there, the Lord quietly went off in the night to the house of Madhava dasa at Kulia village (See als
o "Vasudeva Sarvabhauma", BRK 12.3865, 1.598).

He wrote the commentary on Tattvacintamani. (Vange Navyanyayacarca pp. 51-52)

In his past incarnation he was born as Sumadhura of Vraja (GGD. 170).  In CCU. pp. 68 B.B. Majumdar states:  According to Jayananda P. 12 he hailed from the village of Piralya, now known as Parulia.  Sanatana Gosvami sings praise to him among other g
urus in the introductory part of Brhad Vaisnavatosani. (Murari 3.17.14, CBh. 1.1.11, CC. 2.1.140)

98.VIDYAVIRINCI:

Jayananda explains in Caitanyamangala that shortly before the birth of Lord Gauranga, due to political turnoil at Navadvipa, Sarvabhauma and others left the place.  However, Vidyavirinci and Vidyananda stayed in Navadvipa.  According to Kulapanji (ge
nealogical records) both were brothers of Sarvabhauma.  Vidyavirinci  was also called Krsnananda (See manuscript from Rajasahi at BSP, p. 118.2)

99.VIHARIDASA VAIRAGI:

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

100.VIHARILALA GOSVAMI:

He was a descendant from the family-line of Kanu Thakura of Bhajanaghat.  He wrote the book Kanutatvanirnaya.
 
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