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href="https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%9A%E0%A7%88%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF_%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A7%B0%E0%A6%AD%E0%A7%81" title="চৈতন্য মহাপ্ৰভু – Assamese" lang="as" hreflang="as" data-title="চৈতন্য মহাপ্ৰভু" data-language-autonym="অসমীয়া" data-language-local-name="Assamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>অসমীয়া</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaitania" title="Chaitania – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Chaitania" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%9A%E0%A7%88%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF_%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%AD%E0%A7%81" title="চৈতন্য মহাপ্রভু – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="চৈতন্য মহাপ্রভু" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaitanya_Mahaprabhu" title="Chaitanya Mahaprabhu – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Chaitanya Mahaprabhu" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%8Caitanja_Mah%C3%A1prabhu" title="Čaitanja Maháprabhu – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Čaitanja Maháprabhu" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaitanya" title="Chaitanya – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Chaitanya" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaitania" title="Chaitania – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Chaitania" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%88aitanja" title="Ĉaitanja – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Ĉaitanja" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaitanya_Mahaprabhu" title="Chaitanya Mahaprabhu – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Chaitanya Mahaprabhu" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%87%D9%88" title="چایتانیا ماهاپرابهو – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="چایتانیا ماهاپرابهو" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hif mw-list-item"><a href="https://hif.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaitanya_Mahaprabhu" title="Chaitanya Mahaprabhu – Fiji Hindi" lang="hif" hreflang="hif" data-title="Chaitanya Mahaprabhu" data-language-autonym="Fiji Hindi" data-language-local-name="Fiji Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Fiji Hindi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaitanya_Mahaprabhu" title="Chaitanya Mahaprabhu – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Chaitanya Mahaprabhu" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaitanya_Mahaprabhu" title="Chaitanya Mahaprabhu – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Chaitanya Mahaprabhu" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gu mw-list-item"><a href="https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%9A%E0%AB%88%E0%AA%A4%E0%AA%A8%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%AF_%E0%AA%AE%E0%AA%B9%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%AA%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%B0%E0%AA%AD%E0%AB%81" title="ચૈતન્ય મહાપ્રભુ – Gujarati" lang="gu" hreflang="gu" data-title="ચૈતન્ય મહાપ્રભુ" data-language-autonym="ગુજરાતી" data-language-local-name="Gujarati" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ગુજરાતી</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gom mw-list-item"><a href="https://gom.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Chaitanya" title="Sri Chaitanya – Goan Konkani" lang="gom" hreflang="gom" data-title="Sri Chaitanya" data-language-autonym="गोंयची कोंकणी / Gõychi Konknni" data-language-local-name="Goan Konkani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>गोंयची कोंकणी / Gõychi Konknni</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%B0%A8%EC%9D%B4%ED%83%80%EB%83%90_%EB%A7%88%ED%95%98%ED%94%84%EB%9D%BC%EB%B6%80" title="차이타냐 마하프라부 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="차이타냐 마하프라부" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF_%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AD%E0%A5%81" title="चैतन्य महाप्रभु – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="चैतन्य महाप्रभु" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bpy mw-list-item"><a href="https://bpy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%9A%E0%A7%88%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF_%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%AD%E0%A7%81" title="শ্রীচৈতন্য মহপ্রভু – Bishnupriya" lang="bpy" hreflang="bpy" data-title="শ্রীচৈতন্য মহপ্রভু" data-language-autonym="বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী" data-language-local-name="Bishnupriya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caitanya_Mahaprabhu" title="Caitanya Mahaprabhu – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Caitanya Mahaprabhu" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caitanya" title="Caitanya – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Caitanya" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A6%27%D7%99%D7%98%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%94" title="צ'יטניה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="צ'יטניה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%9A%E0%B3%88%E0%B2%A4%E0%B2%A8%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%AF_%E0%B2%AE%E0%B2%B9%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%AA%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%AD%E0%B3%81" title="ಚೈತನ್ಯ ಮಹಾಪ್ರಭು – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಚೈತನ್ಯ ಮಹಾಪ್ರಭು" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%8Caitanja_Mah%C4%81prabhu" title="Čaitanja Mahāprabhu – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Čaitanja Mahāprabhu" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%8Caitanja_Mahaprabhu" title="Čaitanja Mahaprabhu – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Čaitanja Mahaprabhu" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Csaitanja" title="Csaitanja – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Csaitanja" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mai mw-list-item"><a href="https://mai.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF_%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AD%E0%A5%81" title="चैतन्य महाप्रभु – Maithili" lang="mai" hreflang="mai" data-title="चैतन्य महाप्रभु" data-language-autonym="मैथिली" data-language-local-name="Maithili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मैथिली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaitanya_Mahaprabhu" title="Chaitanya Mahaprabhu – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Chaitanya Mahaprabhu" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%9A%E0%B5%88%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AF_%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%B9%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%AD%E0%B5%81" title="ചൈതന്യ മഹാപ്രഭു – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ചൈതന്യ മഹാപ്രഭു" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF_%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AD%E0%A5%82" title="चैतन्य महाप्रभू – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="चैतन्य महाप्रभू" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Krishna_Caitanya" title="Sri Krishna Caitanya – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Sri Krishna Caitanya" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaitanya_Mahaprabhu" title="Chaitanya Mahaprabhu – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Chaitanya Mahaprabhu" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a 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class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:Orange; color: #000000;">Personal</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Vishvambhara Mishra</div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1486-02-18</span>)</span>18 February 1486<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Nabadwip" title="Nabadwip">Nabadwip</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bengal_Sultanate" title="Bengal Sultanate">Bengal Sultanate</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(present-day <a href="/wiki/West_Bengal" title="West Bengal">West Bengal</a>, India)</span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">14 June 1534<span style="display:none">(1534-06-14)</span> (aged 48)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="/wiki/Puri" title="Puri">Puri</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gajapati_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Gajapati Kingdom">Gajapati Kingdom</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(present-day <a href="/wiki/Odisha" title="Odisha">Odisha</a>, India)</span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Religion</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Lakshmi Priya (first wife) and <a href="/wiki/Vishnupriya" title="Vishnupriya">Vishnupriya</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Known for</th><td class="infobox-data">Expounded <a href="/wiki/Gaudiya_Vaishnavism" title="Gaudiya Vaishnavism">Gaudiya Vaishnavism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kirtan" title="Kirtan">kirtan</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:Orange; color: #000000;">Organization</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founder of</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gaudiya_Vaishnavism" title="Gaudiya Vaishnavism">Gaudiya Vaishnavism</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Achintya_Bheda_Abheda" title="Achintya Bheda Abheda">Achintya Bheda Abheda</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Philosophy</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bhakti_yoga" title="Bhakti yoga">Bhakti yoga</a>, <a href="/wiki/Achintya_Bheda_Abheda" title="Achintya Bheda Abheda">Achintya Bheda Abheda</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:Orange; color: #000000;">Religious career</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Guru</th><td class="infobox-data">Swami Isvara Puri (mantra guru); Swami Kesava Bharati (sannyas guru)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left; border:none; padding:0;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>Disciples</div></div> <ul 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deity</span></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist" style="padding-top:0;"> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Vishnu" title="Vishnu">Vishnu</a> / <a href="/wiki/Krishna" title="Krishna">Krishna</a> / <a href="/wiki/Rama" title="Rama">Rama</a></dt></dl></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="padding-bottom:0; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#001A57">Important deities</span></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist" style="padding-top:0;"> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Dashavatara" title="Dashavatara">Dashavatara</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Matsya" title="Matsya">Matsya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurma" title="Kurma">Kurma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Varaha" title="Varaha">Varaha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narasimha" title="Narasimha">Narasimha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vamana" title="Vamana">Vamana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parasurama" class="mw-redirect" title="Parasurama">Parasurama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rama" title="Rama">Rama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balarama" title="Balarama">Balarama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krishna" title="Krishna">Krishna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gautama_Buddha_in_Hinduism" class="mw-redirect" title="Gautama Buddha in Hinduism">Buddha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalki" title="Kalki">Kalki</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>Other forms</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dhanvantari" title="Dhanvantari">Dhanvantari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guruvayurappan" title="Guruvayurappan">Guruvayurappan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hayagriva" title="Hayagriva">Hayagriva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jagannath" title="Jagannath">Jagannath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohini" title="Mohini">Mohini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nara-Narayana" title="Nara-Narayana">Nara-Narayana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prithu" title="Prithu">Prithu</a></li> <li><a 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title="Harivamsa">Harivamsa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Divya_Prabandha" class="mw-redirect" title="Divya Prabandha">Divya Prabandha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gita_Govinda" title="Gita Govinda">Gita Govinda</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Puranas" title="Puranas">Puranas</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vishnu_Purana" title="Vishnu Purana">Vishnu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhagavata_Purana" title="Bhagavata Purana">Bhagavata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naradiya_Purana" title="Naradiya Purana">Naradiya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garuda_Purana" title="Garuda Purana">Garuda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Padma_Purana" title="Padma Purana">Padma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agni_Purana" title="Agni Purana">Agni</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="padding-bottom:0; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)"><span class="tmp-color" 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title="Madhvacharya">Madhvacharya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manavala_Mamunigal" title="Manavala Mamunigal">Manavala Mamunigal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Namdev" title="Namdev">Namadeva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nammalvar" title="Nammalvar">Nammalvar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nathamuni" title="Nathamuni">Nathamuni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nimbarka" class="mw-redirect" title="Nimbarka">Nimbarka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Srinivasacharya" title="Srinivasacharya">Srinivasacharya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Padmanabha_Tirtha" title="Padmanabha Tirtha">Padmanabha Tirtha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pillai_Lokacharya" title="Pillai Lokacharya">Pillai Lokacharya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purandara_Dasa" title="Purandara Dasa">Purandara Dasa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raghuttama_Tirtha" title="Raghuttama Tirtha">Raghuttama Tirtha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raghavendra_Tirtha" title="Raghavendra Tirtha">Raghavendra Tirtha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ram_Charan_(guru)" title="Ram 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title="Pratyabhijna">Pratyabhijña</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaktism" title="Shaktism">Shaktism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smarta_tradition" title="Smarta tradition">Smartism</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed"><i><a href="/wiki/Hindu_denominations" title="Hindu denominations">Other Sampradaya (Traditions)</a></i></div></dt></dl></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content plainlist"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="border:1px solid #FFC569;background:#FFC569;padding-top:0.1em;padding-left:3em; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Hindu_deities" title="Hindu deities">Deities</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist" style="text-align:center;padding-top:0; background-color:#FDE7B9; border:2px solid #FDE7B9"> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Brahman" title="Brahman">Absolute Reality / Unifying Force</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brahman" title="Brahman">Brahman</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Trimurti" title="Trimurti">Trimurti</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brahma" title="Brahma">Brahma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vishnu" title="Vishnu">Vishnu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shiva" title="Shiva">Shiva</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Tridevi" title="Tridevi">Tridevi</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Saraswati" title="Saraswati">Saraswati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakshmi" title="Lakshmi">Lakshmi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parvati" title="Parvati">Parvati</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed">Other major <a href="/wiki/Deva_(Hinduism)" title="Deva (Hinduism)">Devas</a> / <a href="/wiki/Devi" title="Devi">Devis</a></div></dt></dl> <dl><dd><i>Vedic Deities:</i></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tridasha" class="mw-redirect" title="Tridasha">Tridasha</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adityas" title="Adityas">Adityas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rudras" title="Rudras">Rudras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vasus" class="mw-redirect" title="Vasus">Vasus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashvins" title="Ashvins">Ashvins</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahadevi" title="Mahadevi">Mahadevi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rigvedic_deities" title="Rigvedic deities">Other Vedic Deities</a></li></ul> <dl><dd><i>Post-Vedic:</i></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Avatar" title="Avatar">Avatar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dashavatara" title="Dashavatara">Dashavatara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Durga" title="Durga">Durga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Navadurga" title="Navadurga">Navadurga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahavidya" title="Mahavidya">Mahavidya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kartikeya" title="Kartikeya">Kartikeya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ganesha" title="Ganesha">Ganesha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanuman" title="Hanuman">Hanuman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radha" title="Radha">Radha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shakti" title="Shakti">Shakti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sita" title="Sita">Sita</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Devata" title="Devata">Devatas</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vishvakarma" title="Vishvakarma">Vishvakarma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kubera" title="Kubera">Kubera</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content plainlist"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="border:1px solid #FFC569;background:#FFC569;padding-top:0.1em;padding-left:3em; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Hindu_philosophy" title="Hindu philosophy">Concepts</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist" style="text-align:center;padding-top:0; background-color:#FDE7B9; border:2px solid #FDE7B9"> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed">Worldview</div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hindu_cosmology" title="Hindu cosmology">Cosmology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hindu_mythology" title="Hindu mythology">Mythology</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed">Ontology</div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tattva" title="Tattva">Tattvas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tanmatras" title="Tanmatras">Subtle elements</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panchikarana" title="Panchikarana">Panchikarana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pancha_Bhuta" title="Pancha Bhuta">Gross elements</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gu%E1%B9%87a" title="Guṇa">Guṇas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purusha" title="Purusha">Purusha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prak%E1%B9%9Bti" title="Prakṛti">Prakṛti</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Para_Brahman" title="Para Brahman">Supreme reality</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brahman" title="Brahman">Brahman</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nirguna_brahman" class="mw-redirect" title="Nirguna brahman">Nirguna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saguna_brahman" title="Saguna brahman">Saguna</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Om" title="Om">Om</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saccid%C4%81nanda" title="Saccidānanda">Saccidānanda</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed">God</div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ishvara" title="Ishvara">Ishvara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deva_(Hinduism)" title="Deva (Hinduism)">Devas</a> / <a href="/wiki/Devi" title="Devi">Devi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devata" title="Devata">Devatas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/God_in_Hinduism" title="God in Hinduism">God in Hinduism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/God_and_gender_in_Hinduism" title="God and gender in Hinduism">God and gender</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Puru%E1%B9%A3%C4%81rtha" title="Puruṣārtha">Puruṣārtha (Meaning of life)</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dharma" title="Dharma">Dharma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Artha" title="Artha">Artha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kama" title="Kama">Kama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moksha" title="Moksha">Moksha</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/%C4%80%C5%9Brama_(stage)" title="Āśrama (stage)">Āśrama (Stages of life)</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brahmacharya" title="Brahmacharya">Brahmacharya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G%E1%B9%9Bhastha" title="Gṛhastha">Gṛhastha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V%C4%81naprastha" title="Vānaprastha">Vānaprastha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sannyasa" title="Sannyasa">Sannyasa</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Three_Yogas" title="Three Yogas">Three paths to liberation</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bhakti_yoga" title="Bhakti yoga">Bhakti yoga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jnana_yoga" title="Jnana yoga">Jnana yoga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karma_yoga" title="Karma yoga">Karma yoga</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Moksha" title="Moksha">Liberation</a></div></dt></dl> <dl><dd><i>Mokṣa-related topics:</i></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Paramatman" title="Paramatman">Paramātman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maya_(religion)" title="Maya (religion)">Maya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karma" title="Karma">Karma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sa%E1%B9%83s%C4%81ra" title="Saṃsāra">Saṃsāra</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed">Mind</div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%C4%80tman_(Hinduism)" title="Ātman (Hinduism)">Ātman (self)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/An%C4%81tman_(Hinduism)" title="Anātman (Hinduism)">Anātman (non-self)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Three_bodies_doctrine" title="Three bodies doctrine">Sūkṣma śarīra (subtle body)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antahkarana" title="Antahkarana">Antaḥkaraṇa (mental organs)</a><br /></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Praj%C3%B1%C4%81_(Hinduism)" title="Prajñā (Hinduism)">Prajña (wisdom)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C4%80nanda_(Hindu_philosophy)" title="Ānanda (Hindu philosophy)">Ānanda (happiness)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Viveka" title="Viveka">Viveka (discernment)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vairagya" title="Vairagya">Vairagya (dispassion)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samatva" title="Samatva">Sama (equanimity)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Temperance_(virtue)#Hinduism" title="Temperance (virtue)">Dama (temperance)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uparati" title="Uparati">Uparati (self-settledness)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Titiksha" title="Titiksha">Titiksha (forbearance)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Faith_in_Hinduism" title="Faith in Hinduism">Shraddha (faith)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam%C4%81dh%C4%81na" title="Samādhāna">Samadhana (concentration)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arishadvargas" title="Arishadvargas">Arishadvargas (six enemies)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahamkara" title="Ahamkara">Ahamkara (attachment)</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed">Ethics</div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ethics_in_religion#Hindu_ethics" title="Ethics in religion">Niti śastra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yamas" title="Yamas">Yamas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niyama" title="Niyama">Niyama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahimsa" title="Ahimsa">Ahimsa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Achourya" title="Achourya">Achourya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Non-possession" title="Non-possession">Aparigraha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brahmacharya" title="Brahmacharya">Brahmacharya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satya" title="Satya">Satya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Temperance_(virtue)#Hinduism" title="Temperance (virtue)">Damah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Compassion#Hinduism" title="Compassion">Dayā</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akrodha" title="Akrodha">Akrodha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arjava" title="Arjava">Arjava</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santosha" title="Santosha">Santosha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tapas_(Indian_religions)" title="Tapas (Indian religions)">Tapas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sv%C4%81dhy%C4%81ya" title="Svādhyāya">Svādhyāya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaucha" title="Shaucha">Shaucha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitahara" title="Mitahara">Mitahara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D%C4%81na" title="Dāna">Dāna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%9A%C4%81stra_pram%C4%81%E1%B9%87am_in_Hinduism" class="mw-redirect" title="Śāstra pramāṇam in Hinduism">Sources of dharma</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Pramana" title="Pramana">Epistemology</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pratyaksha" title="Pratyaksha">Pratyakṣa (perception)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pramana#Anumāṇa" title="Pramana">Anumāṇa (inference)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upam%C4%81%E1%B9%87a" title="Upamāṇa">Upamāṇa (comparison, analogy)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pramana#Arthāpatti" title="Pramana">Arthāpatti (postulation, presumption)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pramana#Anupalabdi" title="Pramana">Anupalabdi (non-perception, negation)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shabda" title="Shabda">Śabda (word, testimony)</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content plainlist"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="border:1px solid #FFC569;background:#FFC569;padding-top:0.1em;padding-left:3em; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)">Practices</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist" style="text-align:center;padding-top:0; background-color:#FDE7B9; border:2px solid #FDE7B9"> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Worship_in_Hinduism" title="Worship in Hinduism">Worship</a>, sacrifice, and charity</div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Puja_(Hinduism)" title="Puja (Hinduism)">Puja</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arti_(Hinduism)" title="Arti (Hinduism)">Ārtī</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prayer_in_Hinduism" title="Prayer in Hinduism">Prarthana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%9Arauta" title="Śrauta">Śrauta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hindu_temple" title="Hindu temple">Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murti" title="Murti">Murti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhakti" title="Bhakti">Bhakti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japa" title="Japa">Japa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhajan" title="Bhajan">Bhajana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirtan" title="Kirtan">Kīrtana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yajna" title="Yajna">Yajna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homa_(ritual)" title="Homa (ritual)">Homa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarpana" title="Tarpana">Tarpana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vrata" title="Vrata">Vrata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pr%C4%81ya%C5%9Bcitta" title="Prāyaścitta">Prāyaścitta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tirtha_(Hinduism)" title="Tirtha (Hinduism)">Tirtha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yatra" title="Yatra">Yatra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hindu_pilgrimage_sites_in_India" title="Hindu pilgrimage sites in India">Tirthadana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matha" title="Matha">Matha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_classical_dance" title="Indian classical dance">Nritta-Nritya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D%C4%81na" title="Dāna">Dāna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sev%C4%81" title="Sevā">Sevā</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoga" title="Yoga">Yoga</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed">Meditation</div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tapas_(Indian_religions)" title="Tapas (Indian religions)">Tapas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhyana_in_Hinduism" title="Dhyana in Hinduism">Dhyana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam%C4%81dh%C4%81na" title="Samādhāna">Samādhāna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nididhy%C4%81sana" title="Nididhyāsana">Nididhyāsana</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Yoga" title="Yoga">Yoga</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sadhu" title="Sadhu">Sadhu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yogi" title="Yogi">Yogi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yogini" title="Yogini">Yogini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asana" title="Asana">Asana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S%C4%81dhan%C4%81" title="Sādhanā">Sādhanā</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hatha_yoga" title="Hatha yoga">Hatha yoga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jnana_yoga" title="Jnana yoga">Jnana yoga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhakti_yoga" title="Bhakti yoga">Bhakti yoga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karma_yoga" title="Karma yoga">Karma yoga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R%C4%81ja_yoga" title="Rāja yoga">Rāja yoga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kundalini_yoga" title="Kundalini yoga">Kundalini yoga</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Hindu_art" title="Hindu art">Arts</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bharatanatyam" title="Bharatanatyam">Bharatanatyam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kathak" title="Kathak">Kathak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kathakali" title="Kathakali">Kathakali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuchipudi" title="Kuchipudi">Kuchipudi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manipuri_dance" title="Manipuri dance">Manipuri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohiniyattam" title="Mohiniyattam">Mohiniyattam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Odissi" title="Odissi">Odissi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sattriya" title="Sattriya">Sattriya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhagavata_Mela" title="Bhagavata Mela">Bhagavata Mela</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yakshagana" title="Yakshagana">Yakshagana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dandiya_Raas" title="Dandiya Raas">Dandiya Raas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carnatic_music" title="Carnatic music">Carnatic music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pandav_Lila" title="Pandav Lila">Pandav Lila</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalaripayattu" title="Kalaripayattu">Kalaripayattu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silambam" title="Silambam">Silambam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adimurai" title="Adimurai">Adimurai</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Samskara_(rite_of_passage)" title="Samskara (rite of passage)">Rites of passage</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Garbhadhana" title="Garbhadhana">Garbhadhana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pumsavana" title="Pumsavana">Pumsavana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pumsavana_Simantonayana" title="Pumsavana Simantonayana">Pumsavana Simantonayana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simantonnayana" title="Simantonnayana">Simantonnayana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jatakarma" title="Jatakarma">Jatakarma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N%C4%81makara%E1%B9%87a" title="Nāmakaraṇa">Nāmakaraṇa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nishkramana" title="Nishkramana">Nishkramana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Annaprashana" title="Annaprashana">Annaprashana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chudakarana" title="Chudakarana">Chudakarana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karnavedha" title="Karnavedha">Karnavedha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vidy%C4%81ra%E1%B9%83bha%E1%B9%83" title="Vidyāraṃbhaṃ">Vidyāraṃbhaṃ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upanayana" title="Upanayana">Upanayana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keshanta" title="Keshanta">Keshanta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ritu_Kala_Samskaram" title="Ritu Kala Samskaram">Ritushuddhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samavartanam" title="Samavartanam">Samavartanam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hindu_wedding" title="Hindu wedding">Vivaha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antyesti" title="Antyesti">Antyesti</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Hindu_festivals" title="List of Hindu festivals">Festivals</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Diwali" title="Diwali">Diwali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holi" title="Holi">Holi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maha_Shivaratri" title="Maha Shivaratri">Maha Shivaratri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Navaratri" title="Navaratri">Navaratri</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Durga_Puja" title="Durga Puja">Durga Puja</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramlila" title="Ramlila">Ramlila</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vijayadashami" title="Vijayadashami">Vijayadashami-Dussehra</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raksha_Bandhan" title="Raksha Bandhan">Raksha Bandhan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ganesh_Chaturthi" title="Ganesh Chaturthi">Ganesh Chaturthi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vasant_Panchami" title="Vasant Panchami">Vasant Panchami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rama_Navami" title="Rama Navami">Rama Navami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krishna_Janmashtami" title="Krishna Janmashtami">Janmashtami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Onam" title="Onam">Onam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Makar_Sankranti" title="Makar Sankranti">Makar Sankranti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumbh_Mela" title="Kumbh Mela">Kumbh Mela</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pongal_(festival)" title="Pongal (festival)">Pongal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ugadi" title="Ugadi">Ugadi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaisakhi" title="Vaisakhi">Vaisakhi</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bihu" title="Bihu">Bihu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puthandu" title="Puthandu">Puthandu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vishu" title="Vishu">Vishu</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ratha_Yatra_(Puri)" title="Ratha Yatra (Puri)">Ratha Yatra</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content plainlist"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="border:1px solid #FFC569;background:#FFC569;padding-top:0.1em;padding-left:3em; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Hindu_philosophy" title="Hindu philosophy">Philosophical schools</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist" style="text-align:center;padding-top:0; background-color:#FDE7B9; border:2px solid #FDE7B9"> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Astika" class="mw-redirect" title="Astika">Six Astika schools</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Samkhya" title="Samkhya">Samkhya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoga_(philosophy)" title="Yoga (philosophy)">Yoga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nyaya" title="Nyaya">Nyaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaisheshika" title="Vaisheshika">Vaisheshika</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M%C4%ABm%C4%81%E1%B9%83s%C4%81" title="Mīmāṃsā">Mīmāṃsā</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vedanta" title="Vedanta">Vedanta</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Advaita_Vedanta" title="Advaita Vedanta">Advaita</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dvaita_Vedanta" title="Dvaita Vedanta">Dvaita</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Vishishtadvaita" title="Vishishtadvaita">Vishishtadvaita</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Achintya_Bheda_Abheda" title="Achintya Bheda Abheda">Achintya Bheda Abheda</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Shuddhadvaita" title="Shuddhadvaita">Shuddhadvaita</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Svabhavika_Bhedabheda" title="Svabhavika Bhedabheda">Svabhavika Bhedabheda</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Akshar_Purushottam_Darshan" title="Akshar Purushottam Darshan">Akshar Purushottam Darshan</a></i></li></ul></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed">Other schools</div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%C4%80j%C4%ABvika" title="Ājīvika">Ājīvika</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jainism" title="Jainism">Jainism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charvaka" title="Charvaka">Charvaka</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content plainlist"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="border:1px solid #FFC569;background:#FFC569;padding-top:0.1em;padding-left:3em; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Hindu_gurus_and_sants" title="List of Hindu gurus and sants">Gurus, Rishi, Philosophers</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist" style="text-align:center;padding-top:0; background-color:#FDE7B9; border:2px solid #FDE7B9"> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Ancient_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancient India">Ancient</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Saptarshi" title="Saptarshi">Saptarshi</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vashistha" class="mw-redirect" title="Vashistha">Vashistha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kashyapa" title="Kashyapa">Kashyapa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atri" title="Atri">Atri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamadagni" title="Jamadagni">Jamadagni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nyaya_Sutras" class="mw-redirect" title="Nyaya Sutras">Gotama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vishvamitra" title="Vishvamitra">Vishvamitra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bharadwaja" class="mw-redirect" title="Bharadwaja">Bharadwaja</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agastya" title="Agastya">Agastya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angiras" title="Angiras">Angiras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aruni" class="mw-redirect" title="Aruni">Aruni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashtavakra" title="Ashtavakra">Ashtavakra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaimini" title="Jaimini">Jaimini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanada_(philosopher)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kanada (philosopher)">Kanada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kapila" title="Kapila">Kapila</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patanjali" title="Patanjali">Patanjali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P%C4%81%E1%B9%87ini" title="Pāṇini">Pāṇini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prashastapada" title="Prashastapada">Prashastapada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raikva" title="Raikva">Raikva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satyakama_Jabala" class="mw-redirect" title="Satyakama Jabala">Satyakama Jabala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valmiki" title="Valmiki">Valmiki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vyasa" title="Vyasa">Vyasa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yajnavalkya" title="Yajnavalkya">Yajnavalkya</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Medieval_India" title="Medieval India">Medieval</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abhinavagupta" title="Abhinavagupta">Abhinavagupta</a></li> <li><a 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C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada">Prabhupada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarvepalli_Radhakrishnan" title="Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan">Radhakrishnan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramachandra_Dattatrya_Ranade" class="mw-redirect" title="Ramachandra Dattatrya Ranade">R. D. Ranade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramakrishna" title="Ramakrishna">Ramakrishna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swami_Rama_Tirtha" class="mw-redirect" title="Swami Rama Tirtha">Rama Tirtha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramana_Maharshi" title="Ramana Maharshi">Ramana Maharshi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ravi_Shankar_(spiritual_leader)" title="Ravi Shankar (spiritual leader)">Ravi Shankar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swami_Ramdas" title="Swami Ramdas">Ramdas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swami_Samarth" title="Swami Samarth">Samarth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sathya_Sai_Baba" title="Sathya Sai Baba">Sathya Sai Baba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sai_Baba_of_Shirdi" title="Sai Baba of Shirdi">Shirdi Sai Baba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swami_Shraddhanand" title="Swami Shraddhanand">Shraddhanand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satyadhyana_Tirtha" title="Satyadhyana Tirtha">Satyadhyana Tirtha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siddharameshwar_Maharaj" class="mw-redirect" title="Siddharameshwar Maharaj">Siddharameshwar Maharaj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sivananda_Saraswati" title="Sivananda Saraswati">Sivananda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trailanga" title="Trailanga">Trailanga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U._G._Krishnamurti" title="U. G. Krishnamurti">U. G. Krishnamurti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upasni_Maharaj" class="mw-redirect" title="Upasni Maharaj">Upasni Maharaj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vethathiri_Maharishi" title="Vethathiri Maharishi">Vethathiri Maharishi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swami_Vivekananda" title="Swami Vivekananda">Vivekananda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paramahansa_Yogananda" title="Paramahansa Yogananda">Yogananda</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content plainlist"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="border:1px solid #FFC569;background:#FFC569;padding-top:0.1em;padding-left:3em; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Hindu_texts" title="Hindu texts">Texts</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist" style="text-align:center;padding-top:0; background-color:#FDE7B9; border:2px solid #FDE7B9"> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/%C5%9A%C4%81stra_pram%C4%81%E1%B9%87am_in_Hinduism" class="mw-redirect" title="Śāstra pramāṇam in Hinduism">Sources and classification of scripture</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%C5%9Aruti" title="Śruti">Śruti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sm%E1%B9%9Bti" title="Smṛti">Smṛti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C4%80c%C4%81ra" title="Ācāra">Ācāra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atmatusti" title="Atmatusti">Ātmatuṣṭi</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Hindu_texts" title="Hindu texts">Scriptures</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Hindu_texts" title="Timeline of Hindu texts">Timeline of Hindu texts</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Vedas" title="Vedas">Vedas</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Rigveda" title="Rigveda">Rigveda</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Yajurveda" title="Yajurveda">Yajurveda</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Samaveda" title="Samaveda">Samaveda</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Atharvaveda" title="Atharvaveda">Atharvaveda</a></i></li></ul> <dl><dd><i>Divisions</i></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Samhitapatha" class="mw-redirect" title="Samhitapatha">Samhita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brahmana" title="Brahmana">Brahmana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aranyaka" title="Aranyaka">Aranyaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upanishads" title="Upanishads">Upanishads</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; 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background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Vedangas" class="mw-redirect" title="Vedangas">Vedangas</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shiksha" title="Shiksha">Shiksha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vedic_metre" title="Vedic metre">Chandas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vy%C4%81kara%E1%B9%87a" title="Vyākaraṇa">Vyākaraṇa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nirukta" title="Nirukta">Nirukta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalpa_(Vedanga)" title="Kalpa (Vedanga)">Kalpa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jyotisha" class="mw-redirect" title="Jyotisha">Jyotisha</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Hindu_scriptures" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Hindu scriptures">Other scriptures</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Bhagavad_Gita" title="Bhagavad Gita">Bhagavad Gita</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agama_(Hinduism)" title="Agama (Hinduism)"><i>Agama</i>s (Hinduism)</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; 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background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed; border-bottom:1px dotted"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Hindu_texts" title="List of Hindu texts">Other texts</a></div></dt></dl></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content plainlist"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="border:1px solid #FFC569;background:#FFC569;padding-top:0.1em;padding-left:3em; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)">Hindu Culture & Society</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist" style="text-align:center;padding-top:0; background-color:#FDE7B9; border:2px solid #FDE7B9"> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed">Society</div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Varna_(Hinduism)" title="Varna (Hinduism)">Varna</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brahmin" title="Brahmin">Brahmin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kshatriya" title="Kshatriya">Kshatriya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaishya" title="Vaishya">Vaishya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shudra" title="Shudra">Shudra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dalit" title="Dalit">Dalit</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J%C4%81ti" title="Jāti">Jāti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gotra" title="Gotra">Gotra</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; 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<a href="/wiki/Sanskrit_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Sanskrit language">Sanskrit</a>: <span lang="sa">चैतन्य महाप्रभु</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Sanskrit" class="mw-redirect" title="Romanization of Sanskrit">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Sanskrit-language romanization"><i lang="sa-Latn">Caitanya Mahāprabhu</i></span>), born <b>Vishvambhara Mishra</b>; <a href="/wiki/IAST" class="mw-redirect" title="IAST">IAST</a>: <i><span title="International Alphabet of Sanskrit transliteration"><i lang="sa-Latn">Viśvambhara Miśra</i></span></i><sup id="cite_ref-Banglapedia_Chaitanya_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Banglapedia_Chaitanya-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>; 18 February 1486 – 14 June 1534)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDelmonico2007p._549:_"The_form_of_Vaishnavism_inspired_by_the_sixteenth-century_saint-reformer_Shri_Krishna_Chaitanya_(1486–1533_C.E.)_rested_heavily_upon_a_belief_in_the_purifying_and_salvific_powers_of_the_names_of_God,_whose_fullest_self-revelation_Chaitanya_believed_to_be_Krishna"_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelmonico2007p._549:_"The_form_of_Vaishnavism_inspired_by_the_sixteenth-century_saint-reformer_Shri_Krishna_Chaitanya_(1486–1533_C.E.)_rested_heavily_upon_a_belief_in_the_purifying_and_salvific_powers_of_the_names_of_God,_whose_fullest_self-revelation_Chaitanya_believed_to_be_Krishna"-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was an Indian Hindu saint from <a href="/wiki/Bengal" title="Bengal">Bengal</a> and the founder of <a href="/wiki/Gaudiya_Vaishnavism" title="Gaudiya Vaishnavism">Gaudiya Vaishnavism</a>. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's mode of worshipping Krishna with <a href="/wiki/Bhajan" title="Bhajan">bhajan</a>-<a href="/wiki/Kirtan" title="Kirtan">kirtan</a> and dance had a profound effect on <a href="/wiki/Vaishnavism" title="Vaishnavism">Vaishnavism</a> in <a href="/wiki/Bengal" title="Bengal">Bengal</a>. </p><p>He is considered the chief proponent of the Vedantic philosophy of <a href="/wiki/Achintya_Bheda_Abheda" title="Achintya Bheda Abheda">Achintya Bheda Abheda</a>. However, the concept of inconceivable difference in non-difference, known as achintya-bhedabheda, was developed later by Jiva Gosvami in his book Bhagavat Sandharbha.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDasa2007pp._377-378:_"The_Bhagavat_Sandarbha_[...]_describes_the_concept_of_Bhagavan_alluded_to_in_Bhagavata_1.2.11._Jiva_explains_[...]_[t]he_relation_between_Bhagavan_and_His_potency_is_one_of_inconceivable_difference_in_non-difference,_known_as_achintya-bhedabheda._It_is_in_recognition_of_the_nature_of_this_relation_that_Chaitanya’s_philosophy_is_called_Achintya_bhedaabheda-vada"_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDasa2007pp._377-378:_"The_Bhagavat_Sandarbha_[...]_describes_the_concept_of_Bhagavan_alluded_to_in_Bhagavata_1.2.11._Jiva_explains_[...]_[t]he_relation_between_Bhagavan_and_His_potency_is_one_of_inconceivable_difference_in_non-difference,_known_as_achintya-bhedabheda._It_is_in_recognition_of_the_nature_of_this_relation_that_Chaitanya’s_philosophy_is_called_Achintya_bhedaabheda-vada"-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Mahaprabhu founded <a href="/wiki/Gaudiya_Vaishnavism" title="Gaudiya Vaishnavism">Gaudiya Vaishnavism</a> (<abbr title="also known as">a.k.a.</abbr> the <a href="/wiki/Brahma_Sampradaya" title="Brahma Sampradaya">Brahma-Madhva-Gaudiya Sampradaya</a>). He expounded <a href="/wiki/Bhakti_yoga" title="Bhakti yoga">Bhakti yoga</a> and popularised the chanting of the <a href="/wiki/Hare_Krishna_(mantra)" title="Hare Krishna (mantra)">Hare Krishna Maha-mantra</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He composed the <i><a href="/wiki/Shikshashtakam" title="Shikshashtakam">Shikshashtakam</a></i> (eight devotional prayers). </p><p>Chaitanya is sometimes called <a href="/wiki/Gauranga" title="Gauranga">Gauranga</a> (<a href="/wiki/IAST" class="mw-redirect" title="IAST">IAST</a>: <i><span title="International Alphabet of Sanskrit transliteration"><i lang="sa-Latn">Gaurāṅga</i></span></i>) or <b>Gaura</b> due to his molten gold–like complexion.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His birthday is celebrated as <a href="/wiki/Gaura-purnima" class="mw-redirect" title="Gaura-purnima">Gaura-purnima</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is also called <b>Nimai</b> because he was born underneath a <a href="/wiki/Neem" class="mw-redirect" title="Neem">Neem</a> tree.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Life">Life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chaitanya_Mahaprabhu&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ganga_mata_math_(crop).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Ganga_mata_math_%28crop%29.jpg/220px-Ganga_mata_math_%28crop%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="327" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Ganga_mata_math_%28crop%29.jpg/330px-Ganga_mata_math_%28crop%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Ganga_mata_math_%28crop%29.jpg/440px-Ganga_mata_math_%28crop%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="1429" /></a><figcaption>Deity of Shadabhuja <a href="/wiki/Gauranga" title="Gauranga">Gauranga</a> at Ganga Mata Math in <a href="/wiki/Puri" title="Puri">Puri</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Chaitanya was born in a Brahmin family as Viśvambhara Mishra aka Nimāi, the second son of Jagannātha Mishra and his wife Śacī Devī, the daughter of Nilambara Chakrabarti, both <a href="/wiki/Brahmin" title="Brahmin">Brahmins</a> of <a href="/wiki/Sylhet" title="Sylhet">Sylhet</a> region.<sup id="cite_ref-Banglapedia_Chaitanya_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Banglapedia_Chaitanya-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jagannātha Mishra's family were from the village of <a href="/wiki/Golapganj_Upazila" title="Golapganj Upazila">Dhakadakshin</a> in <a href="/wiki/Sylhet_District" title="Sylhet District">Srihatta (Sylhet)</a> (now in <a href="/wiki/Bangladesh" title="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a>). The ruins of their ancestral home still survive in present-day <a href="/wiki/Bangladesh" title="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENair200787_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENair200787-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to <i><a href="/wiki/Chaitanya_Charitamrita" title="Chaitanya Charitamrita">Chaitanya Charitamrita</a></i>, Chaitanya was born in <a href="/wiki/Nabadwip" title="Nabadwip">Nabadwip</a> (in present-day <i><a href="/wiki/West_Bengal" title="West Bengal">West Bengal</a></i>) on the full moon night of 18 February 1486, at the time of a lunar eclipse.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-birthplace_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-birthplace-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>While still a student, his father died, and he soon married Lakṣmīpriyā. He travelled to east Bengal to become a scholar and support his family, but his wife died in his absence. He then married <a href="/wiki/Vishnupriya" title="Vishnupriya">Viṣṇupriyā</a>, the daughter of paṇḍit Sanātana Miśra. Viśvambhara, also known as Nimāi Paṇḍit, was a promising Sanskrit scholar and once defeated Keśava Bhaṭṭa of the <a href="/wiki/Nimbarka_Sampradaya" title="Nimbarka Sampradaya">Nimbārka</a> school in a debate on Sanskrit prosody.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1508-1509 he left Nabadvip to go to Gaya to perform <a href="/wiki/%C5%9Ar%C4%81ddha" title="Śrāddha">śrāddha</a>, a ritual homage to his dead father. There, he met an ascetic named Īśvara Purī, who initiated him using a mantra for <a href="/wiki/Krishna" title="Krishna">Kṛṣṇa</a> worship. After this meeting Viśvambhara abandoned all scholarly and domestic pursuits and had no interest except hearing and speaking of Kṛṣṇa. Within a year he took a vow of <i>saṃnyāsa</i> (renunciation) and changed his name to Kṛṣṇa Caitanya under his guru Keśava Bhāratī. His mother then asked him to at least live in the city of Puri so that he would not be too far from Bengal.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After becoming a renunciate he spent his time converting and instructing followers in the tenets of Kṛṣṇa bhakti and engaging in communal <i>saṁkīrtana</i>. Notably he is said to have debated and converted followers of <a href="/wiki/Advaita_Vedanta" title="Advaita Vedanta">Advaita Vedānta</a>. He spent two months in Vrindavan in c. 1515 where he instructed <a href="/wiki/Sanatana_Goswami" title="Sanatana Goswami">Sanātana Gosvāmī</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rupa_Goswami" title="Rupa Goswami">Rūpa Gosvāmi</a>. The last two decades of his life were spent in Puri where he focused on immersing himself in devotional yearning for Kṛṣṇa and his consorts, mainly Rādhā. He died c. 1528-1534.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_12-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biographies">Biographies</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chaitanya_Mahaprabhu&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Biographies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Works on Chaitanya:</b><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMukherjee199965–66,_174,_280_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMukherjee199965–66,_174,_280-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEManring200534–42,_44_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEManring200534–42,_44-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><i>Krsna-Caitanya-Caritamrta</i> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 1513 or 1536–1540; Sanskrit)</li></ul> <dl><dd>By <a href="/wiki/Murari_Gupta" title="Murari Gupta">Murari Gupta</a>. Known as a <i>kadcha</i> or chronicle. Chaitanya's Navadwipa <i>līla</i> and each <i>panca-tattva</i> presented as a form of the Lord. Caitanya went for the first time to Murari's house at Navadwipa. Murari's standing and reputation for learning gave his biographical materials great weight in the Vaishnava community. This <i>Kadcha</i> (notes) became the guiding lines for other biographers.</dd></dl> <ul><li><i>Kadcha</i> or chronicle (Sanskrit)</li></ul> <dl><dd>By <a href="/wiki/Svarupa_Damodara" title="Svarupa Damodara">Svarupa Damodara</a>. He was the personal secretary of Chaitanya. Details the life of Caitanya.</dd></dl> <ul><li><i>Govindadaser Kadcha</i> (Bengali)</li></ul> <dl><dd>By Govinda Dāsa who accompanied Chaitanya on his tour of Deccan. This poem describes their experiences on the journey and some imaginary events in the life of Chaitanya as well as his ideas and philosophy. It is another significant biographical work, but it was regarded as controversial because of the authenticity.</dd></dl> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Chaitanya_Bhagavata" title="Chaitanya Bhagavata">Chaitanya Bhagavata</a></i> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 1535 or 1546–1550; Bengali)</li></ul> <dl><dd>By <a href="/wiki/Vrindavana_Dasa_Thakura" class="mw-redirect" title="Vrindavana Dasa Thakura">Vrindavana Dasa Thakura</a>. Three parts: <i>Adi-Khanda</i>, <i>Mādhya-Khanda</i>, and <i>Antya-Khanda</i>. Chaitanya's earlier life, activities, early movement in Navadwip.</dd></dl> <ul><li><i>Krsna-Caitanya-caritra-mahakavya</i> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 1535)</li></ul> <dl><dd>By Kavi Karnapura (Paramanand Sen).</dd></dl> <ul><li><i>Krsna-Caitanya-candrodaya-natakam</i> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 1535 – 1570s)</li></ul> <dl><dd>By Kavi Karnapura. Based on Murari Gupta's <i>Krsna-Caitanya-Caritamrta</i>. When Karnapura was a small child, he interacted with Chaitanya personally.</dd></dl> <ul><li><i>Caitanya-candrodaya-natakam</i> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 1538 or 1540 or 1572 or 1579; Sanskrit)</li></ul> <dl><dd>By Kavi Karnapura (Paramanand Sen). Dramatic play in ten acts of Chaitanya's life.</dd></dl> <ul><li><i>Caitanya-caritāmṛta-kavya</i> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 1542 – late 1500s; Sanskrit)</li></ul> <dl><dd>By Kavi Karnapura (Paramanand Sen). A long biographical poem on Chaitanya's life and acts.</dd></dl> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Chaitanya_Charitamrita" title="Chaitanya Charitamrita">Caitanya-caritāmṛta</a></i> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 1557 or 1580 or 1615; Bengali)</li></ul> <dl><dd>By <a href="/wiki/Krishnadasa_Kaviraja" title="Krishnadasa Kaviraja">Krishnadasa Kaviraja</a>. Three parts: <i>Adi-lila</i>, <i>Madhya-lila</i>, and <i>Antya-lila</i>. Massive authoritative composition of Chaitanya's biography and teachings. According to Manring, he draws liberally from previous writers (poets, theologians and biographers) as he deems correct, omitting Kavi Karnapura's works perceived as threatening <a href="/wiki/Rupa_Goswami" title="Rupa Goswami">Rupa's</a> authority.</dd></dl> <ul><li><i>Caitanya-Mangala</i> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 1560 or late 1500s; Bengali)</li></ul> <dl><dd>By Jayananda. Nine parts: <i>Adikhanda</i>, <i>Nadiyakhanda</i>, <i>Vairagyakhanda</i>, <i>Sannyaskhanda</i>, <i>Utkalkhanda</i>, <i>Prakashkhanda</i>, <i>Tirthakhanda</i>, <i>Vijaykhanda</i>, and <i>Uttarkhanda</i>. Biographical poem in the form of a narrative play focused on Chaitanya's godly image. It is the only work in which his death is mentioned. Introduction mentions several previous biographers, of whom only Vrindavan is known. Written for the common people (not devotees).</dd></dl> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Chaitanya_Mangala" title="Chaitanya Mangala">Chaitanya Mangala</a></i> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 1560–66 or 1575)</li></ul> <dl><dd>By Lochana Dasa (<abbr title="also known as">a.k.a.</abbr> Trilocan Dasa). Four parts: <i>Sutrakhanda</i>, <i>Adikhanda</i>, <i>Madhyakhanda</i>, and <i>Antyakhanda</i>. A narrative play depicting Chaitanya's childhood activities and his human side without highlighting any divine matters to make it popular. Influenced by Murari Gupta's <i>Krsna-Caitanya-Caritamrta</i> and Vrindavana Dasa Thakura's <i>Chaitanya Bhagavata</i> as well as the <i><a href="/wiki/Mahabharata" title="Mahabharata">Mahabharata</a></i> and different <i><a href="/wiki/Puranas" title="Puranas">Puranas</a></i>.</dd></dl> <ul><li><i>Chaitanya-chandrodaya-kaumudi</i> (Bengali)</li></ul> <dl><dd>By Premadas (Purushottam Mishra). A verse adaptation to Kavi Karnapura's <i>Caitanya-candrodaya-natakam</i> drama.</dd></dl> <ul><li><i>Gaura-ganoddesha-dipika</i> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 1576)</li></ul> <dl><dd>By Kavi Karnapura (Paramanand Sen).</dd></dl> <ul><li><i>Chaitanya-samhita</i> (Bengali)</li></ul> <dl><dd>By Bhagirath Bandhu. Work follows the tradition of agama or tantric texts in its presentation as a story told by Shiva to his spouse.</dd></dl> <ul><li><i>Chaitanya-vilasa</i> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 1500s; Odia)</li></ul> <dl><dd>By Madhava Dasa. A short poetical work in ten sections dealing with the life of Chaitanya. The poet probably came into contact with the saint when the latter came to Puri.</dd></dl> <ul><li><i>Gauranga-vijay</i> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 1500s)</li></ul> <dl><dd>By Chundamani dasa. Biographical epic, believed to have been written in three volumes, only part of the first volume still exists. It contains some information about Chaitanya, Nityananda and Madhavendra Puri not found elsewhere.</dd></dl> <ul><li><i>Sriman-mahaprabhor-asta-kaliya-lila-smarana-mangala-stotram</i> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> late 1600s; Sanskrit)</li></ul> <dl><dd>By <a href="/wiki/Visvanatha_Chakravarti" title="Visvanatha Chakravarti">Visvanatha Chakravarti</a>. Eleven <i>sutras</i> (seed verses) describing the eternal eight-fold daily pastimes of the fair-complexioned Lord.</dd></dl> <ul><li><i>Sri Gauranga-Lilamrta</i> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> late 1600s – 1700s; Bengali)</li></ul> <dl><dd>By Krishna Dasa (disciple of Visvanatha Chakravarti). Expounded on his guru's eleven <i>sutras</i>, often quoting verses from Vrindavana Dasa Thakura's <i>Chaitanya Bhagavata</i>, plus songs by Narahari Ghanashyama (author of Bhakti-Ratnakara) and Lochana Dasa (author of Chaitanya-Mangala).</dd></dl> <ul><li><i>Caitanya-upanisad</i></li></ul> <dl><dd>A book that is a part of the <i><a href="/wiki/Atharvaveda" title="Atharvaveda">Atharvaveda</a></i> which offers overwhelming evidence of Chaitanya's identity as the Supreme Lord and <i>Yuga Avatara</i>.</dd></dl> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Chaitanya_Charitamrita" title="Chaitanya Charitamrita">Sri Caitanya-caranamrta Bhasva</a></i> (1887)</li></ul> <dl><dd>By Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura. Commentary on an original handwritten manuscript of the <i>Caitanya-upanisad</i> from one pandita, Madhusudana Maharaja, of Sambala-Pura.</dd></dl> <ul><li><i>Amrita-pravaha-bhashya</i> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> late 1800s – early 1900s; Sanskrit)</li></ul> <dl><dd>By <a href="/wiki/Bhaktivinoda_Thakur" title="Bhaktivinoda Thakur">Bhaktivinoda Thakur</a>. Commentary on <i>Caitanya-upanisad</i>.</dd></dl> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Chaitanya_Charitamrita" title="Chaitanya Charitamrita">Anubhāsya</a></i> (1915)</li></ul> <dl><dd>By <a href="/wiki/Bhaktisiddhanta_Sarasvati" title="Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati">Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati</a>. Commentary on Krishnadasa Kaviraja's <i>Caitanya-caritāmṛta</i></dd></dl> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Chaitanya_Charitamrita" title="Chaitanya Charitamrita">Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta</a></i> (1974; English)</li></ul> <dl><dd>By <a href="/wiki/A._C._Bhaktivedanta_Swami_Prabhupada" title="A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada">A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami</a> in English with original Bengali and Sanskrit. Commentary on Krishnadasa Kaviraja's <i>Caitanya-caritāmṛta</i>, based on Bhaktivinoda Thakur's <i>Amrita-pravaha-bhashya</i> and Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati's <i>Anubhāsya</i> commentaries.</dd></dl> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Krishna-Chaitanya,_His_Life_and_His_Teachings_(book)" class="mw-redirect" title="Krishna-Chaitanya, His Life and His Teachings (book)">Krishna-Caitanya, His Life and His Teachings</a></i> (2014; English; <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-91-981318-1-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-91-981318-1-9">978-91-981318-1-9</a>)</li></ul> <dl><dd>By <a href="/wiki/Walther_Eidlitz" title="Walther Eidlitz">Walther Eidlitz</a>, originally written in German - <i>Kṛṣṇa-Caitanya: sein Leben und seine Lehre,</i> and published by <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://libris.kb.se/bib/650114?tab2=subj">Stockholm University</a>, 1968, as a part of the scientific series "Stockholm studies in comparative religion".</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Teachings">Teachings</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chaitanya_Mahaprabhu&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Teachings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Gaudiya_Vaishnavism#Philosophical_concepts" title="Gaudiya Vaishnavism">Gaudiya Vaishnavism § Philosophical concepts</a></div> <p>Chaitanya's epistemological, theological and ontological teachings are summarised as ten root principles called dasa mula.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Philosophy_and_tradition">Philosophy and tradition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chaitanya_Mahaprabhu&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Philosophy and tradition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From the very beginning of Chaitanya's <i><a href="/wiki/Bhakti" title="Bhakti">bhakti</a></i> movement in Bengal, <a href="/wiki/Haridasa_Thakur" title="Haridasa Thakur">Haridasa Thakur</a> and others, Muslim or <a href="/wiki/Hindu" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindu">Hindu</a> by birth, were participants.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> <a href="/wiki/Ramakrishna" title="Ramakrishna">Ramakrishna Paramahamsa</a>, the great sage of <a href="/wiki/Dakshineswar" title="Dakshineswar">Dakshineswar</a>, who lived in the 19th century, emphasised the bhakti marga of Chaitanya, whom he referred to as "Gauranga." (<i><a href="/wiki/The_Gospel_of_Sri_Ramakrishna" title="The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna">The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna</a></i>).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> This openness received a boost from <a href="/wiki/Bhaktivinoda_Thakura" class="mw-redirect" title="Bhaktivinoda Thakura">Bhaktivinoda Thakura</a>'s broad-minded vision in the late 19th century and was institutionalised by <a href="/wiki/Bhaktisiddhanta_Sarasvati" title="Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati">Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati</a> in his <a href="/wiki/Gaudiya_Matha" class="mw-redirect" title="Gaudiya Matha">Gaudiya Matha</a> in the 20th century.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESherbow2004138_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESherbow2004138-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability"><span title="The material near this tag failed verification of its source citation(s). (August 2024)">failed verification</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In the 20th century the teachings of Chaitanya were brought to the West for the first time by Baba Premananda Bharati (1858–1914),<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECarney2020135–136_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECarney2020135–136-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the author of <i>Sree Krishna—the Lord of Love</i> (1904)—the first full-length treatment of Gaudiya Vaishnavism in English.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECarney2020140_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECarney2020140-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In1902, he founded the short-lived "Krishna Samaj" society in <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> and built a temple in Los Angeles.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECarney2020152_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECarney2020152-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJonesRyan200779–80Baba_Premanand_Bharati_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJonesRyan200779–80Baba_Premanand_Bharati-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He belonged to the circle of guru <a href="/wiki/Prabhu_Jagadbandhu" title="Prabhu Jagadbandhu">Prabhu Jagadbandhu</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECarney2020140–143_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECarney2020140–143-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with teachings similar to the later <a href="/wiki/ISKCON" class="mw-redirect" title="ISKCON">ISKCON</a> mission.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJonesRyan200779–80Baba_Premanand_Bharati_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJonesRyan200779–80Baba_Premanand_Bharati-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His followers later formed several organisations, including now defunct the Order of Living Service and the AUM Temple of Universal Truth.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJonesRyan200779–80Baba_Premanand_Bharati_24-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJonesRyan200779–80Baba_Premanand_Bharati-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another prominent missionary was <a href="/wiki/A._C._Bhaktivedanta_Swami" class="mw-redirect" title="A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami">A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada</a> (1896-1977), a representative of the Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati branch of Chaitanya's tradition. Prabhupada founded his movement known as <a href="/wiki/The_International_Society_for_Krishna_Consciousness" class="mw-redirect" title="The International Society for Krishna Consciousness">The International Society for Krishna Consciousness</a> (ISKCON) to spread Chaitanya's teachings throughout the world.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Saraswata gurus and acharyas, members of the Goswami lineages and several other Hindu sects which revere Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, including devotees from the major Vaishnava holy places in <a href="/wiki/Mathura,_Uttar_Pradesh" class="mw-redirect" title="Mathura, Uttar Pradesh">Mathura</a> District, West Bengal and Odisha, also established temples dedicated to Krishna and Chaitanya outside India in the closing decades of the 20th century.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cultural_legacy">Cultural legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chaitanya_Mahaprabhu&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Cultural legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Bengal_Renaissance" title="Bengal Renaissance">Bengal Renaissance</a></div> <p>Chaitanya's influence on the cultural legacy in <a href="/wiki/Bengal" title="Bengal">Bengal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Odisha" title="Odisha">Odisha</a> and <a href="/wiki/Manipur" title="Manipur">Manipur</a>, has been significant,<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with many residents performing daily worship to him as an avatar of Krishna. Some attribute to him a Renaissance in Bengal,<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> different from the more well-known 19th-century <a href="/wiki/Bengal_Renaissance" title="Bengal Renaissance">Bengal Renaissance</a>. Salimullah Khan (b. 1958), a noted Bangladeshi linguist, maintains, "Sixteenth-century is the time of Chaitanya Dev, and it is the beginning of Modernism in Bengal. The concept of 'humanity' that came into fruition is contemporaneous with that of Europe".<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Noted Bengali biographical film on Chaitanya, <i><a href="/wiki/Nilachaley_Mahaprabhu" title="Nilachaley Mahaprabhu">Nilachaley Mahaprabhu</a></i> (1957), was directed by Kartik Chattopadhyay (1912–1989).<sup id="cite_ref-SurGoswami1999_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SurGoswami1999-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A Bengali film based on Chaitanya's demise, <i>Lawho Gouranger Naam Re</i>, will be directed by <a href="/wiki/Srijit_Mukherji" title="Srijit Mukherji">Srijit Mukherji</a> where <a href="/wiki/Parambrata_Chatterjee" title="Parambrata Chatterjee">Parambrata Chatterjee</a> will be seen portraying Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Recognition">Recognition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chaitanya_Mahaprabhu&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Recognition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2024, speaking at the commemorative event for the 150th birth anniversary of <a href="/wiki/Bhaktisiddhanta_Sarasvati" title="Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati">Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati</a>, <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_India" title="Prime Minister of India">Prime Minister of India</a> <a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a> called Chaitanya Mahaprabhu “the touchstone of love for Krishna. He made spiritualism and meditation accessible to the masses”<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEModi2024_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEModi2024-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and recalled his own personal experience of the transformative power of bhakti through kirtan.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEModi2024_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEModi2024-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Photo_gallery">Photo gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chaitanya_Mahaprabhu&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Photo gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Yogapith,_Mayapur.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Yogapith temple at Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's birthsite established in the 1880s by Bhaktivinoda Thakur in Mayapur, West Bengal"><img alt="A white ornate structure with a pyramidal pointed dome standing on the bank of a pond and surrounded by trees" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Yogapith%2C_Mayapur.jpg/137px-Yogapith%2C_Mayapur.jpg" decoding="async" width="137" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Yogapith%2C_Mayapur.jpg/206px-Yogapith%2C_Mayapur.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Yogapith%2C_Mayapur.jpg/275px-Yogapith%2C_Mayapur.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2334" data-file-height="3395" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Yogapith temple at Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's birthsite established in the 1880s by <a href="/wiki/Bhaktivinoda_Thakur" title="Bhaktivinoda Thakur">Bhaktivinoda Thakur</a> in <a href="/wiki/Mayapur" title="Mayapur">Mayapur</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Bengal" title="West Bengal">West Bengal</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Chaitanya_sankirtan.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Chaitanya and Nityananda are shown performing a 'kirtan' in the streets of Nabadwip, Bengal."><img alt="Chaitanya and Nityananda are shown performing a 'kirtan' in the streets of Nabadwip, Bengal." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Chaitanya_sankirtan.jpg/200px-Chaitanya_sankirtan.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="137" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Chaitanya_sankirtan.jpg/300px-Chaitanya_sankirtan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Chaitanya_sankirtan.jpg/400px-Chaitanya_sankirtan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3477" data-file-height="2384" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Chaitanya and <a href="/wiki/Nityananda" title="Nityananda">Nityananda</a> are shown performing a '<a href="/wiki/Kirtan" title="Kirtan">kirtan</a>' in the streets of Nabadwip, Bengal.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Panca-tattva_Altar.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Pancha Tattva deities installed on a Vaishnava altar. From left to right: Advaita Acharya, Nityananda, Chaitanya, Gadadhara Pandita, Srivasa."><img alt="Pancha Tattva deities installed on a Vaishnava altar. From left to right: Advaita Acharya, Nityananda, Chaitanya, Gadadhara Pandita, Srivasa." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Panca-tattva_Altar.jpg/200px-Panca-tattva_Altar.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Panca-tattva_Altar.jpg/300px-Panca-tattva_Altar.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Panca-tattva_Altar.jpg/400px-Panca-tattva_Altar.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="430" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Pancha_Tattva_(Vaishnavism)" title="Pancha Tattva (Vaishnavism)">Pancha Tattva</a> deities installed on a <a href="/wiki/Vaishnavism" title="Vaishnavism">Vaishnava</a> altar. From left to right: <a href="/wiki/Advaita_Acharya" title="Advaita Acharya">Advaita Acharya</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nityananda" title="Nityananda">Nityananda</a>, Chaitanya, <a href="/wiki/Gadadhara_Pandita" title="Gadadhara Pandita">Gadadhara Pandita</a>, <a href="/wiki/Srivasa_Thakura" title="Srivasa Thakura">Srivasa</a>.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mahaprabhu_103.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Murti of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu"><img alt="Murti of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Mahaprabhu_103.jpg/142px-Mahaprabhu_103.jpg" decoding="async" width="142" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Mahaprabhu_103.jpg/212px-Mahaprabhu_103.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Mahaprabhu_103.jpg/283px-Mahaprabhu_103.jpg 2x" data-file-width="340" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i><a href="/wiki/Murti" title="Murti">Murti</a></i> of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%E0%A6%9A%E0%A7%88%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF_%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%AD%E0%A7%81.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="60 feet Chaitanya Mahaprabhu statue in Nabadwip."><img alt="60 feet Chaitanya Mahaprabhu statue in Nabadwip." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/%E0%A6%9A%E0%A7%88%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF_%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%AD%E0%A7%81.jpg/120px-%E0%A6%9A%E0%A7%88%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF_%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%AD%E0%A7%81.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/%E0%A6%9A%E0%A7%88%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF_%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%AD%E0%A7%81.jpg/180px-%E0%A6%9A%E0%A7%88%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF_%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%AD%E0%A7%81.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/%E0%A6%9A%E0%A7%88%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF_%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%AD%E0%A7%81.jpg/240px-%E0%A6%9A%E0%A7%88%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF_%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%AD%E0%A7%81.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1712" data-file-height="2854" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">60 feet Chaitanya Mahaprabhu statue in <a href="/wiki/Nabadwip" title="Nabadwip">Nabadwip</a>.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gauranga_mahaprabhu.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Chaitanya Mahaprabhu in Prachin Mayapur, Nabadwip."><img alt="Chaitanya Mahaprabhu in Prachin Mayapur, Nabadwip." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Gauranga_mahaprabhu.jpg/120px-Gauranga_mahaprabhu.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Gauranga_mahaprabhu.jpg/180px-Gauranga_mahaprabhu.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Gauranga_mahaprabhu.jpg/240px-Gauranga_mahaprabhu.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1728" data-file-height="2880" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Chaitanya Mahaprabhu in Prachin Mayapur, <a href="/wiki/Nabadwip" title="Nabadwip">Nabadwip</a>.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Idols_of_Sri_Sri_Radha_Madhava,_Jagannath,_Balarama,_Subhadra_and_Chaitanya_Mahaprabhu_at_the_Temple_of_the_Vedic_Planetarium_(ISKCON_Mayapur)_in_Mayapur,_Nadia,_West_Bengal,_India.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Deities of Sri Sri Radha Madhava, Jagannath, Balarama, Subhadra and Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (in middle), at the ISKCON Durgapur Temple."><img alt="Deities of Sri Sri Radha Madhava, Jagannath, Balarama, Subhadra and Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (in middle), at the ISKCON Durgapur Temple." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Idols_of_Sri_Sri_Radha_Madhava%2C_Jagannath%2C_Balarama%2C_Subhadra_and_Chaitanya_Mahaprabhu_at_the_Temple_of_the_Vedic_Planetarium_%28ISKCON_Mayapur%29_in_Mayapur%2C_Nadia%2C_West_Bengal%2C_India.jpg/200px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Idols_of_Sri_Sri_Radha_Madhava%2C_Jagannath%2C_Balarama%2C_Subhadra_and_Chaitanya_Mahaprabhu_at_the_Temple_of_the_Vedic_Planetarium_%28ISKCON_Mayapur%29_in_Mayapur%2C_Nadia%2C_West_Bengal%2C_India.jpg/300px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Idols_of_Sri_Sri_Radha_Madhava%2C_Jagannath%2C_Balarama%2C_Subhadra_and_Chaitanya_Mahaprabhu_at_the_Temple_of_the_Vedic_Planetarium_%28ISKCON_Mayapur%29_in_Mayapur%2C_Nadia%2C_West_Bengal%2C_India.jpg/400px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="2992" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Deities of Sri Sri Radha Madhava, Jagannath, Balarama, Subhadra and Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (in middle), at the ISKCON Durgapur Temple.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gaura_Nitai_shrine_at_ISKCON_temple,_Delhi.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Gaura Nitai shrine at ISKCON Temple Delhi."><img alt="Gaura Nitai shrine at ISKCON Temple Delhi." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Gaura_Nitai_shrine_at_ISKCON_temple%2C_Delhi.jpg/200px-Gaura_Nitai_shrine_at_ISKCON_temple%2C_Delhi.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Gaura_Nitai_shrine_at_ISKCON_temple%2C_Delhi.jpg/300px-Gaura_Nitai_shrine_at_ISKCON_temple%2C_Delhi.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Gaura_Nitai_shrine_at_ISKCON_temple%2C_Delhi.jpg/400px-Gaura_Nitai_shrine_at_ISKCON_temple%2C_Delhi.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i>Gaura Nitai</i> shrine at <a href="/wiki/ISKCON_Temple_Delhi" class="mw-redirect" title="ISKCON Temple Delhi">ISKCON Temple Delhi</a>.</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chaitanya_Mahaprabhu&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vrindavan" title="Vrindavan">Vrindavan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gauranga" title="Gauranga">Gauranga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jagannath_Temple_(Puri)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jagannath Temple (Puri)">Jagannath Temple (Puri)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pancha_Tattva_(Vaishnavism)" title="Pancha Tattva (Vaishnavism)">Pancha Tattva (Vaishnavism)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prabhup%C4%81da" class="mw-redirect" title="Prabhupāda">Prabhupāda</a></li></ul> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chaitanya_Mahaprabhu&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFValpey2018" class="citation book cs1">Valpey, Kenneth (2018). "Caitanya". In Jacobsen, Knut A.; Basu, Helene; Malinar, Angelika; Narayanan, Vasudha (eds.). <i>Brill's Encyclopedia of Hinduism Online</i>. Brill.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Caitanya&rft.btitle=Brill%27s+Encyclopedia+of+Hinduism+Online&rft.pub=Brill&rft.date=2018&rft.aulast=Valpey&rft.aufirst=Kenneth&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChaitanya+Mahaprabhu" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Banglapedia_Chaitanya-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Banglapedia_Chaitanya_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Banglapedia_Chaitanya_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStewart,_Tony_K2012" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1">Stewart, Tony K (2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Chaitanya,_Sri">"Chaitanya, Sri"</a>. In <a href="/wiki/Sirajul_Islam" title="Sirajul Islam">Sirajul Islam</a>; Miah, Sajahan; <a href="/wiki/Mahfuza_Khanam" title="Mahfuza Khanam">Khanam, Mahfuza</a>; Ahmed, Sabbir (eds.). <i><a href="/wiki/Banglapedia" title="Banglapedia">Banglapedia: the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh</a></i> (Online ed.). 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Jiva explains [...] [t]he relation between Bhagavan and His potency is one of inconceivable difference in non-difference, known as achintya-bhedabheda. It is in recognition of the nature of this relation that Chaitanya’s philosophy is called Achintya bhedaabheda-vada".</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.scsmath.com/docs/chaitanya_mahaprabhu.html">Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20171228155252/http://scsmath.com/docs/chaitanya_mahaprabhu.html">Archived</a> 28 December 2017 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> "He spread the <a href="/wiki/Yuga_Dharma" class="mw-redirect" title="Yuga Dharma">Yuga-dharma</a> as the practice for attainment of pure love for <a href="/wiki/Radha" title="Radha">Radha</a>-<a href="/wiki/Krishna" title="Krishna">Krishna</a>. 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Nandan, West Bengal Film Centre. p. 96.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Bengali+Film+Directory&rft.pages=96&rft.pub=Nandan%2C+West+Bengal+Film+Centre&rft.date=1999&rft.aulast=Sur&rft.aufirst=Ansu&rft.au=Goswami%2C+Abhijit&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DR-hkAAAAMAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChaitanya+Mahaprabhu" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChakraborty2021" class="citation news cs1">Chakraborty, Shamayita (16 July 2021). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/parambrata-to-play-gourango-in-srijits-next-will-also-sing-in-the-film/articleshow/84485145.cms">"Parambrata to play Gourango in Srijit's next; will also sing in the film"</a>. <i>The Times of India</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220331172159/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/parambrata-to-play-gourango-in-srijits-next-will-also-sing-in-the-film/articleshow/84485145.cms">Archived</a> from the original on 31 March 2022<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">31 March</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Times+of+India&rft.atitle=Parambrata+to+play+Gourango+in+Srijit%27s+next%3B+will+also+sing+in+the+film&rft.date=2021-07-16&rft.aulast=Chakraborty&rft.aufirst=Shamayita&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Ftimesofindia.indiatimes.com%2Fentertainment%2Fbengali%2Fmovies%2Fnews%2Fparambrata-to-play-gourango-in-srijits-next-will-also-sing-in-the-film%2Farticleshow%2F84485145.cms&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChaitanya+Mahaprabhu" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEModi2024-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEModi2024_32-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEModi2024_32-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFModi2024">Modi 2024</a>.</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Works_cited">Works cited</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chaitanya_Mahaprabhu&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Works cited"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCarney2020" class="citation book cs1">Carney, Gerald T. (2020). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=1hTADwAAQBAJ&pg=PT135">"Baba Premananda Bharati: His trajectory into and through Bengal Vaiṣṇavism to the West"</a>. In Sardella, Ferdinando; Wong, Lucian (eds.). <i>The Legacy of Vaiṣṇavism in Colonial Bengal</i>. Routledge Hindu Studies Series. Milton, Oxon; New York: <a href="/wiki/Routledge" title="Routledge">Routledge</a>. pp. 135–160. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-138-56179-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-138-56179-3"><bdi>978-1-138-56179-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Baba+Premananda+Bharati%3A+His+trajectory+into+and+through+Bengal+Vai%E1%B9%A3%E1%B9%87avism+to+the+West&rft.btitle=The+Legacy+of+Vai%E1%B9%A3%E1%B9%87avism+in+Colonial+Bengal&rft.place=Milton%2C+Oxon%3B+New+York&rft.series=Routledge+Hindu+Studies+Series&rft.pages=135-160&rft.pub=Routledge&rft.date=2020&rft.isbn=978-1-138-56179-3&rft.aulast=Carney&rft.aufirst=Gerald+T.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D1hTADwAAQBAJ%26pg%3DPT135&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChaitanya+Mahaprabhu" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDasa2007" class="citation book cs1">Dasa, Satyanarayana (2007). "The Six Sandharbhas of Jiva Gosvami". <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ia903407.us.archive.org/5/items/Pushtimarg/Bryant_Edwin_F._%28editor%29_-_Krishna__A_Sourcebook.pdf"><i>Krishna: A Sourcebook</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. Oxford University Press, USA. pp. 373–408. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-514891-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-19-514891-6"><bdi>978-0-19-514891-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=The+Six+Sandharbhas+of+Jiva+Gosvami&rft.btitle=Krishna%3A+A+Sourcebook&rft.pages=373-408&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press%2C+USA&rft.date=2007&rft.isbn=978-0-19-514891-6&rft.aulast=Dasa&rft.aufirst=Satyanarayana&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fia903407.us.archive.org%2F5%2Fitems%2FPushtimarg%2FBryant_Edwin_F._%2528editor%2529_-_Krishna__A_Sourcebook.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChaitanya+Mahaprabhu" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDelmonico2007" class="citation book cs1">Delmonico, Neal (2007). "Chaitanya Vaishnavism and the Holy Names". <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ia903407.us.archive.org/5/items/Pushtimarg/Bryant_Edwin_F._%28editor%29_-_Krishna__A_Sourcebook.pdf"><i>Krishna: A Sourcebook</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. Oxford University Press, USA. pp. 549–575. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-514891-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-19-514891-6"><bdi>978-0-19-514891-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Chaitanya+Vaishnavism+and+the+Holy+Names&rft.btitle=Krishna%3A+A+Sourcebook&rft.pages=549-575&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press%2C+USA&rft.date=2007&rft.isbn=978-0-19-514891-6&rft.aulast=Delmonico&rft.aufirst=Neal&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fia903407.us.archive.org%2F5%2Fitems%2FPushtimarg%2FBryant_Edwin_F._%2528editor%2529_-_Krishna__A_Sourcebook.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChaitanya+Mahaprabhu" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJonesRyan2007" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1">Jones, Constance A.; Ryan, James D. (2007). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/ConstanceA.JonesJamesD.RyanEncyclopediaOfHinduism">"Encyclopedia of Hinduism"</a>. In Melton, J. Gordon (ed.). <i>Encyclopedia of World Religions</i>. New York: <a href="/wiki/Infobase_Publishing" class="mw-redirect" title="Infobase Publishing">Facts On File</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8160-5458-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8160-5458-9"><bdi>978-0-8160-5458-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Encyclopedia+of+Hinduism&rft.btitle=Encyclopedia+of+World+Religions&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Facts+On+File&rft.date=2007&rft.isbn=978-0-8160-5458-9&rft.aulast=Jones&rft.aufirst=Constance+A.&rft.au=Ryan%2C+James+D.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2FConstanceA.JonesJamesD.RyanEncyclopediaOfHinduism&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChaitanya+Mahaprabhu" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFModi2024" class="citation cs2"><a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Modi, Narendra</a> (8 February 2024), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.narendramodi.in/prime-minister-narendra-modi-addresses-programme-on-150th-anniversary-of-srila-prabhupada-ji-at-bharat-mandapam-579097"><i>PM addresses program marking 150th anniversary of Srila Prabhupada Ji</i></a><span class="reference-accessdate">, retrieved <span class="nowrap">15 February</span> 2024</span></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=PM+addresses+program+marking+150th+anniversary+of+Srila+Prabhupada+Ji&rft.date=2024-02-08&rft.aulast=Modi&rft.aufirst=Narendra&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.narendramodi.in%2Fprime-minister-narendra-modi-addresses-programme-on-150th-anniversary-of-srila-prabhupada-ji-at-bharat-mandapam-579097&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChaitanya+Mahaprabhu" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFManring2005" class="citation book cs1">Manring, Rebecca J. (2005). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=Vs1b9KjnnDgC&pg=PA34">"Chapter 2: Advaita Acarya: A New Imminence"</a>. <i>Reconstructing Tradition: Advaita Ācārya and Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavism at the Cusp of the Twentieth Century</i>. New York: <a href="/wiki/Columbia_University_Press" title="Columbia University Press">Columbia University Press</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-231-12954-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-231-12954-8"><bdi>0-231-12954-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Chapter+2%3A+Advaita+Acarya%3A+A+New+Imminence&rft.btitle=Reconstructing+Tradition%3A+Advaita+%C4%80c%C4%81rya+and+Gau%E1%B8%8D%C4%ABya+Vai%E1%B9%A3%E1%B9%87avism+at+the+Cusp+of+the+Twentieth+Century&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Columbia+University+Press&rft.date=2005&rft.isbn=0-231-12954-8&rft.aulast=Manring&rft.aufirst=Rebecca+J.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DVs1b9KjnnDgC%26pg%3DPA34&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChaitanya+Mahaprabhu" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMukherjee1999" class="citation book cs1">Mukherjee, Sujit (1999). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=YCJrUfVtZxoC"><i>A Dictionary of Indian Literature: Volume One, Beginnings-1850</i></a>. New Delhi: <a href="/wiki/Orient_Blackswan" title="Orient Blackswan">Orient Longman</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/81-250-1453-5" title="Special:BookSources/81-250-1453-5"><bdi>81-250-1453-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+Dictionary+of+Indian+Literature%3A+Volume+One%2C+Beginnings-1850&rft.place=New+Delhi&rft.pub=Orient+Longman&rft.date=1999&rft.isbn=81-250-1453-5&rft.aulast=Mukherjee&rft.aufirst=Sujit&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DYCJrUfVtZxoC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChaitanya+Mahaprabhu" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNair2007" class="citation book cs1">Nair, K. K. (2007). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=z3rAr456ngQC"><i>Sages Through Ages – Volume II: India's Heritage</i></a>. <a href="/wiki/AuthorHouse" title="AuthorHouse">AuthorHouse</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4208-7802-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4208-7802-8"><bdi>978-1-4208-7802-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Sages+Through+Ages+%E2%80%93+Volume+II%3A+India%27s+Heritage&rft.pub=AuthorHouse&rft.date=2007&rft.isbn=978-1-4208-7802-8&rft.aulast=Nair&rft.aufirst=K.+K.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dz3rAr456ngQC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChaitanya+Mahaprabhu" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSherbow2004" class="citation book cs1">Sherbow, Paul H. (2004). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=mBMxPdgrBhoC&pg=PA129">"Chapter 9: A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami's Preaching in the Context of Gaudiya Vaishnavism"</a>. In Bryant, Edwin F.; Ekstrand, Maria L. (eds.). <i>The Hare Krishna Movement: The Postcharismatic Fate of a Religious Transplant</i>. New York: <a href="/wiki/Columbia_University_Press" title="Columbia University Press">Columbia University Press</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-231-12256-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-231-12256-X"><bdi>0-231-12256-X</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Chapter+9%3A+A.C.+Bhaktivedanta+Swami%27s+Preaching+in+the+Context+of+Gaudiya+Vaishnavism&rft.btitle=The+Hare+Krishna+Movement%3A+The+Postcharismatic+Fate+of+a+Religious+Transplant&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Columbia+University+Press&rft.date=2004&rft.isbn=0-231-12256-X&rft.aulast=Sherbow&rft.aufirst=Paul+H.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DmBMxPdgrBhoC%26pg%3DPA129&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChaitanya+Mahaprabhu" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chaitanya_Mahaprabhu&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDae1877" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Romesh_Chunder_Dutt" title="Romesh Chunder Dutt">Dae, (Romesh Chunder Dutt) Ar Cy</a> (1877). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=i7cIAAAAQAAJ"><i>The Literature of Bengal: Being an Attempt to Trace the Progress of the National Mind in Its Various Aspects, as Reflected in the Nation's Literature from the Earliest Times to the Present Day with Copious Extracts from the Best Writers</i></a>. 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<li><a href="/wiki/Naraharitirtha" class="mw-redirect" title="Naraharitirtha">Narahari Tīrtha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madhava_Tirtha" title="Madhava Tirtha">Mādhava Tīrtha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akshobhya_Tirtha" title="Akshobhya Tirtha">Akṣobhya Tīrtha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jayatirtha" title="Jayatirtha">Jaya Tīrtha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vyasatirtha" title="Vyasatirtha">Vyāsa Tīrtha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madhavendra_Puri" title="Madhavendra Puri">Mādhavendra Purī</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isvara_Puri" title="Isvara Puri">Īśvara Purī</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#FFC569;"><i><a href="/wiki/Pancha_Tattva_(Vaishnavism)" title="Pancha Tattva (Vaishnavism)">Pancha-tattva</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Chaitanya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nityananda" title="Nityananda">Nityananda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Advaita_Acharya" title="Advaita Acharya">Advaita Acharya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gadadhara_Pandita" title="Gadadhara Pandita">Gadadhara Pandita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Srivasa_Thakura" title="Srivasa Thakura">Srivasa Thakura</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#FFC569;">Post-Chaitanya</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Six_Goswamis_of_Vrindavana" class="mw-redirect" title="Six Goswamis of Vrindavana">Six Goswamis</a> (<a href="/wiki/Rupa_Goswami" title="Rupa Goswami">Rupa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sanatana_Goswami" title="Sanatana Goswami">Sanatana</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jiva_Goswami" title="Jiva Goswami">Jiva</a>, <a href="/wiki/Raghunatha_dasa_Goswami" title="Raghunatha dasa Goswami">Raghunatha dasa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gopala_Bhatta_Goswami" title="Gopala Bhatta Goswami">Gopala Bhatta</a>, <a href="/wiki/Raghunatha_Bhatta_Goswami" title="Raghunatha Bhatta Goswami">Raghunatha Bhatta</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baladeva_Vidyabhushana" title="Baladeva Vidyabhushana">Baladeva Vidyabhushana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gopalas" title="Gopalas">Gopalas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haridasa_Thakur" title="Haridasa Thakur">Haridasa Thakur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krishnadasa_Kaviraja" title="Krishnadasa Kaviraja">Krishnadasa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narottama_Dasa" title="Narottama Dasa">Narottama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Svarupa_Damodara" title="Svarupa Damodara">Svarupa Damodara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Visvanatha_Chakravarti" title="Visvanatha Chakravarti">Visvanatha Chakravarti</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#FFC569;">Modern</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bhaktivinoda_Thakur" title="Bhaktivinoda Thakur">Bhaktivinoda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bijoy_Krishna_Goswami" title="Bijoy Krishna Goswami">Bijoy Krishna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhakti_Hridaya_Bon" title="Bhakti Hridaya Bon">Bon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhaktisvarupa_Damodar_Swami" title="Bhaktisvarupa Damodar Swami">Bhaktisvarupa Damodar Swami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaura_Kisora_dasa_Babaji" class="mw-redirect" title="Gaura Kisora dasa Babaji">Gaurakiṣora</a></li> <li><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B0_%D0%93%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B8" class="extiw" title="ru:Говинда Госвами">Govinda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haridas_Shastri" title="Haridas Shastri">Haridas Shastri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harikesa_Swami" title="Harikesa Swami">Harikesa Swami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jayapataka_Swami" title="Jayapataka Swami">Jayapataka Swami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kailasa_Candra_Dasa" title="Kailasa Candra Dasa">Kailasa Candra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhakti_Prajnan_Keshava" title="Bhakti Prajnan Keshava">Keshava</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krishna_Prem" title="Krishna Prem">Krishna Prem</a></li> <li><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Srila_Narayana_Maharaja" class="extiw" title="pt:Srila Narayana Maharaja">Narayana</a></li> <li><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramadvaiti_Swami" class="extiw" title="es:Paramadvaiti Swami">Paramadwaiti</a></li> <li><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%B8_%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B4_%D0%9F%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B8_%D0%93%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B8" class="extiw" title="ru:Бхакти Прамод Пури Госвами">Puri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sadananda_Das" title="Sadananda Das">Sadananda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhaktisiddhanta_Sarasvati_Thakura" class="mw-redirect" title="Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura">Sarasvati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satyanarayana_Dasa" title="Satyanarayana Dasa">Satyanarayana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shrivatsa_Goswami" title="Shrivatsa Goswami">Shrivatsa Goswami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhakti_Rakshak_Sridhar" title="Bhakti Rakshak Sridhar">Sridhar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._C._Bhaktivedanta_Swami_Prabhupada" title="A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada">Swami (Prabhupada)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhakti_Ballabh_Tirtha" title="Bhakti Ballabh Tirtha">Tirtha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walther_Eidlitz" title="Walther Eidlitz">Vamandas</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#FFC569;">Organizations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gaudiya_Math" title="Gaudiya Math">Gaudiya Math</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaudiya_Mission" title="Gaudiya Mission">Gaudiya Mission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Devananda_Gaudiya_Math" title="Sri Devananda Gaudiya Math">Gaudiya Vedanta Samiti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ISKCON" class="mw-redirect" title="ISKCON">ISKCON</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ISKCON_Revival_Movement" title="ISKCON Revival Movement">ISKCON Revival Movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Science_of_Identity_Foundation" title="Science of Identity Foundation">Science of Identity Foundation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Caitanya_Prema_Samsthana" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Caitanya Prema Samsthana">Sri Caitanya Prema Samsthana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhakti_Rakshak_Sridhar#Sri_Chaitanya_Saraswat_Math" title="Bhakti Rakshak Sridhar">Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhakti_Hridaya_Bon#Sri_Sri_Radha_Govindaji_Trust" title="Bhakti Hridaya Bon">Sri Sri Radha Govindaji Trust</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Vaisnava_Association" title="World Vaisnava Association">World Vaisnava Association</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#FFC569;">Famous bhaktas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hanuman" title="Hanuman">Hanuman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arjuna" title="Arjuna">Arjuna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prahlada" title="Prahlada">Prahlada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narada" title="Narada">Narada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haridasa" title="Haridasa">Haridasa</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#FFC569;">Writers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vrindavana_Dasa_Thakura" class="mw-redirect" title="Vrindavana Dasa Thakura">Vrindavana Dasa Thakura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vyasa" title="Vyasa">Vyasa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valmiki" title="Valmiki">Valmiki</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#FFC569;"><a href="/wiki/Avatara" class="mw-redirect" title="Avatara">Avataras</a> of God</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Matsya" title="Matsya">Matsya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurma" title="Kurma">Kurma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Varaha" title="Varaha">Varaha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narasimha" title="Narasimha">Narasimha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vamana" title="Vamana">Vamana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parashurama" title="Parashurama">Parashurama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rama" title="Rama">Rama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balarama" title="Balarama">Balarama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krishna" title="Krishna">Krishna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gautama_Buddha" class="mw-redirect" title="Gautama Buddha">Buddha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalki" title="Kalki">Kalki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhanvantari" title="Dhanvantari">Dhanvantari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kapila" title="Kapila">Kapila</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Caitanya</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#FFC569;">Topics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bhakti" title="Bhakti">Bhakti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Personality_of_Godhead" class="mw-redirect" title="Supreme Personality of Godhead">Supreme Personality of Godhead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sampradaya" title="Sampradaya">Sampradaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parampara" class="mw-redirect" title="Parampara">Parampara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japa" title="Japa">Japa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoga" title="Yoga">Yoga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meditation" title="Meditation">Meditation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hare_Krishna_(mantra)" title="Hare Krishna (mantra)">Hare Krishna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Achintya_Bheda_Abheda" title="Achintya Bheda Abheda">Achintya Bheda Abheda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mantra" title="Mantra">Mantras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puja_(Hinduism)" title="Puja (Hinduism)">Puja</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arati" class="mw-redirect" title="Arati">Arati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhajan" title="Bhajan">Bhajan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirtan" title="Kirtan">Kirtan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sattvic_diet" title="Sattvic diet">Sattvic diet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahimsa" title="Ahimsa">Ahimsa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rishis" class="mw-redirect" title="Rishis">Rishis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tilaka" title="Tilaka">Tilaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guru" title="Guru">Guru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diksha" title="Diksha">Diksha</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#FFC569;">Holy texts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bhagavad_Gita" title="Bhagavad Gita">Bhagavad Gita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shrimad_Bhagavatam" class="mw-redirect" title="Shrimad Bhagavatam">Shrimad Bhagavatam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vedas" title="Vedas">Vedas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chaitanya_Charitamrita" title="Chaitanya Charitamrita">Chaitanya Charitamrita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramayana" title="Ramayana">Ramayana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahabharata" title="Mahabharata">Mahabharata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puranas" title="Puranas">Puranas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upanishads" title="Upanishads">Upanishads</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chaitanya_Bhagavata" title="Chaitanya Bhagavata">Chaitanya Bhagavata</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#FFC569;">Spiritual abodes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Goloka" title="Goloka">Goloka Vrindavan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaikuntha" title="Vaikuntha">Vaikuntha</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#FFC569;">Holy attributes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Padma_(attribute)" class="mw-redirect" title="Padma (attribute)">Lotus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sudarshana_Chakra" title="Sudarshana Chakra">Sudarshana Chakra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narayanastra" title="Narayanastra">Narayanastra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaumodaki" title="Kaumodaki">Kaumodaki</a></li> <li>Nandaki</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sharanga_(Hindu_mythology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sharanga (Hindu mythology)">Sharangam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shankha" title="Shankha">Shankha</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#FFC569;">Holy days</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rama_Navami" title="Rama Navami">Rama Navami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janmashtami" class="mw-redirect" title="Janmashtami">Janmashtami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaura-purnima" class="mw-redirect" title="Gaura-purnima">Gaura-purnima</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ekadashi" title="Ekadashi">Ekadashi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#FFC569;"><a href="/wiki/Category:Names_of_God_in_Hinduism" title="Category:Names of God in Hinduism">Names of Godhead</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_titles_and_names_of_Krishna" title="List of titles and names of Krishna">List of titles and names of Krishna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_names_of_Vishnu" class="mw-redirect" title="List of names of Vishnu">List of names of Vishnu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hari" title="Hari">Hari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Govinda" title="Govinda">Govinda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gopala-Krishna" title="Gopala-Krishna">Gopala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V%C4%81sudeva" title="Vāsudeva">Vāsudeva</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#FFC569;">Worship</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Karatalas" class="mw-redirect" title="Karatalas">Karatalas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mridangam" title="Mridangam">Mridangam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harmonium" class="mw-redirect" title="Harmonium">Harmonium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Incense_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Incense of India">Incense of India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Om" title="Om">Om</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hindu_temple" title="Hindu temple">Hindu temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japamala" title="Japamala">Japamala</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#FFC569;">Comparative study</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nastika" class="mw-redirect" title="Nastika">Nastika</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Advaita_Vedanta" title="Advaita Vedanta">Advaita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adevism" title="Adevism">Adevism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anti-Hinduism" class="mw-redirect" title="Anti-Hinduism">Anti-Hinduism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Criticism_of_Hinduism" title="Criticism of Hinduism">Criticism of Hinduism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Persecution_of_Hindus" title="Persecution of Hindus">Persecution of Hindus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asura_(Hinduism)" class="mw-redirect" title="Asura (Hinduism)">Asura</a></li> <li>Hinduism and other religions (<a href="/wiki/Buddhism_and_Hinduism" title="Buddhism and Hinduism">Buddhism and Hinduism</a> 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