Chaitanya Bhagavata is a hagiography of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (b.1486), the famous Vaishnava saint, written by Vrindavana Dasa Thakura (1507-1589 CE). It was the first full-length work regarding Chaitanya Mahaprabhu written in Bengali language and documents his early life and role as the founder of the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition. The text details Chaitanya's theological position as a combined avatar of both Radha and Krishna within the belief of his close associates and followers.

PropertyValue
dbpprop:abstract
  • Chaitanya Bhagavata is a hagiography of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (b.1486), the famous Vaishnava saint, written by Vrindavana Dasa Thakura (1507-1589 CE). It was the first full-length work regarding Chaitanya Mahaprabhu written in Bengali language and documents his early life and role as the founder of the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition. The text details Chaitanya's theological position as a combined avatar of both Radha and Krishna within the belief of his close associates and followers. The writing of Chaitanya Bhagavat was commissioned by Nityananda, who was the guru of Vrindavana Dasa Thakura and close friend of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.
dbpprop:hasPhotoCollection
dbpprop:reference
rdf:type
rdfs:comment
  • Chaitanya Bhagavata is a hagiography of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (b.1486), the famous Vaishnava saint, written by Vrindavana Dasa Thakura (1507-1589 CE). It was the first full-length work regarding Chaitanya Mahaprabhu written in Bengali language and documents his early life and role as the founder of the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition. The text details Chaitanya's theological position as a combined avatar of both Radha and Krishna within the belief of his close associates and followers.
rdfs:label
  • Chaitanya Bhagavata
owl:sameAs
skos:subject
foaf:page
is owl:sameAs of