

131.VISNUDASA:

He belonged to the spiritual lineage of Lord Caitanya and stayed with the Lord at Puri (CC. 1.10.149-151).  He came from the Kayastha caste of a South Radha clan.  His father was named Sadasiva.  Visnudasa was also referred to as Kavindra Visnudasa.
It is said that at the command of Lord Caitanya, Visnudasa settled at Sanora village in the district of Dhaka. He is in no way related to the Kapindra-sampradaya.  It is stated in the periodical Birabhumi 8.3.40 that a number of people from the Gado
tribe were converted into Vaisnavism by Gosvamis of the Kavindra family.  BRK. P. 1045 refers to one Kavindra as a notorious sinner.

132.VISNUDASA:

He had two brothers and belonged to the spiritual lineage of Lord Nityananda.  (CC. 1.11.43)

133.VISNUDASA:

A resident of Orissa and devotee of Lord Caitanya. Sarvabhauma introduced him to Mahaprabhu when the Lord arrived at Puri after His pilgrimage in the South (CC. 2.10.45).

134.VISNUDASA:

He was a disciple of the Vaisnava devotee Krsnadasa of Multan.

135.VISNUDASA:

He was a brahmana from Navadvipa who taught Lord Gauranga.  (VV. of Jiva 102, Devaki. 34, Vrnd. 34, Murari 1.9.1, CC Mahakavya 3.2)

136.VISNUDASA (Sri Bedaya?):

He was a disciple of Rasikananda prabhu.  (Rasikamangala Pascima 14.125)

137.VISNUDASA ACARYA:

He belonged to the sakha of Lord Nityananda.  He was a brahmana from Navadvipa and the brother of Nandana Acarya.

138.VISNUDASA ACARYA:

He belonged to the spiritual lineage of Advaita Acarya (CC. 1.12.58) and was present during the festival of Kheturi (BRK. 10.403).

Haridasa dasa writes on P. 135 of GVA V.I that there were two Visnudasa Acarya's.  From one descended the Gosvami family of Varendra brahmana clan at Manikyadihi and from the other the Gosvamis of Kandikhali of the Radhi clan descended.  Both of thes
e villages still exist on the bank of the Bhagirathi.

139.VISNUDASA KAPINDRA:

He was a Kayastha by caste and was driven out of the Gaudiya Vaisnava community.  (Premavilasa 25, BRK. 14.165-168)

140.VISNUDASA KAVIRAJA:

He was a Vaidya by caste from Sripata Kumaranagara, and a disciple of Narottama Thakura.  (Premavilasa 20)

141.VISNUDASA PUJARI:

Originally from Manipura, he became a priest serving Govindaji at Ghati in Jaipur.  He wrote a voluminous manual on Smrti titled Sri Govindarcanacandrika consisting of sixteen chapters following the style of Haribhaktivilasa.  It was published by Ven
kateswara Press, Bombay.

142.VISNUDASA VAIDYA:

He is mentioned in Vaisnava Vandana of Jiva 223, Devaki. 106, Vrnd. 98)

143.VISNUPRIYA DEVI:

see file Visnupri.doc

144.VISNUPRIYA DEVI:

She was the disciple of Narottama Thakura and the wife of Raghuvendra Raya.  Her two sons were King Cand Raya and Santosa Raya.  (Premavilasa 20)

145.VISNUPRIYA:

She was a disciple of Narottama Thakura and daughter of Ganganarayana Cakravarti.  She took diksa from her father and settled at Radhakunda.  Her mother was Narayani devi. (Narottamavilasa 12)

146.VISNUPURI:

He was considered to be one of the nine roots of the tree of bhakti (CC. 1.9.14).  Visnupuri was a sannyasi and according to CC. he was a disciple of Madhavendra Puri, however GGD. refers to him as a disciple of Jayadharma.  He wrote the book Visnu B
haktiratnavali (VV. of Jiva 132, Devakin. 49, Vrnd.)

Haraparasada Sastri in Catalogue of Sanskrit Mss. Vol. V, Purana, P. (XXXIII) states that in 1633 A.D. (Saka 1555) Visnupuri completed the writing of Bhaktiratnavali.  If this statement is taken as accurate then Visnupuri's period comes one hundred y
ears after Lord Caitanya.  It is understood from the India Office Catalogue of Eggling, Vol. VI, PP. 1272-1273 that ms's. of Bhaktiratnavali were copied in 1595 A.D.

Dr. S.K. De in Padyavali, notes on authors, p. 232, places Visnupuri as one who long preceded Lord Caitanya.  It is found in Sankara Carita of Daityari Pandita, written in Assamese, that Visnupuri collected Bhaktiratnavali from Sankara Deva Kanthabhu
sana.  Similar statements are found in the Assamese manuscript of "Gurucaritra."  It appears from Assamese sources that Dr. S.K. De's argument is correct.

Four pieces of evidence are available to prove that Visnupuri was a contemporary of Lord Gauranga.

1)CC. places him as a disciple of Madhavendra Puri
2)Priyadasaji, the commentator of Hindi Bhaktamala P.554, writes that on receiving a letter from Lord Caitanya, Visnupuri compiled Bhaktiratnavali and sent it off.
3)In 1809 A.D. Buchanaam Hamilton heard at Purnea that about 300 years ago there lived an erudite sannyasi named Visnupuri, who later entered married life (See Purnea report p. 275).  If 300 years are subtracted from 1809 A.D. we arrive at 1509 A.D w
hen Lord Caitanya was 23 years old.  In an Assamese book titled Sankaracarita verse 3296 Ramacarana Thakura writes that Visnupuri looked for a wife to have romantic pleasure.
4)Jayananda P. 126 and Locana P. 2 count Visnupuri within Lord Caitanya's circle of devotees.  B.B. Majumdar states that Visnupuri was possibly a disciple of Jayadharma.  But since he lived a very long life he received the grace of Madhavendra Puri a
nd Lord Caitanya.

147.VISUDDHANANDA:

He was the brother of Lord Nityananda.  (Premavilasa 24)

148.VISVAMBHARA:

See under "Krsnacaitanya Mahaprabhu"

149.VISVAMBHARA DASA:

He was a Vaisnava poet.  Poems of his are included in Padakalpataru no.s 743, 1199

150.VISVAMBHARA DASA:

He wrote "Jagannatha Mangala"

151.VISVAMBHARA PAINE:

He was a resident of Hatbasi village near Khanakul Krsnanagar.  He was a scholar and Vaisnava poet.  His compositions are as follows:  Sangita madhava, Bhaktaratnamala, Kandarpa Kaumudi, Vrndavana praptyupaya, Premasamputa, etc.
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