Dutt, Romesh Chunder: 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 (Calcutta, 1877)

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Jiva Goswami jwas the son of Ballabha, the brother
of Rupa and Sanatana. His Qopdla-champa describes
the acts of Krishna. His great work is the Shat Sandar-
^ha which, as its name signifies, is divided* into six
parts, and describes the various phases of religious and
devotional feelings.

Gopal Bhatta was the son of Bankata Bhatta of the
village Bhattamari. During his travels Chaitanya stop-
ped for a period of four months in his house, and the
deep religious fervour and instructions of the Reformer
left an impression on the mind of the young Bhatta,
Stoon after the departure of Chaitanya, Gopdla left home

1 and family and turned a wanderer like his master. He
stopped for a time at Benares with Prajwdhajianda
Saraswati. Gopal became the pupil of his host, and
turning a regular Sanyasi went to Brindavana where he

_ • joined Rupa, Sanatana and other Vaishnava luminaries.
He wrote several works, of whioh Bhakti-vilasa or Ilari-
bhakti-vilasa is the best known. It treats of the duties of
Yaishnavas.

Raghunath Das was a Kayastha by birth, and the son
of a wealthy man. The Bhaktamdla states that he left
property worth nine lacs, and a young wife of exceeding
beauty and loveliness for his love of Chaitanya. 'He
met the Reformer at Jagannatha, and Chaitanya held him
in great esteem and love. Afterwards he went to Brinda-
vana and lived with the celebrated Vaishnavas of that
place. Though a Kayastha by birth, he received from
Chaitanya the title of Achai'jya, and lived with the
five other Acharjyas. These last were all Brahmans by

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