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The book consists of two parts, the first part being an introduction to a biography of Krishna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (1486-1534). It is the first book on Chaitanya in German, the first complete exposition of Chaitanya's life and teachings in a European language, and so far (2022) remains the only university-commissioned translation of Chaitanya ...
Chaitanya's influence on the cultural legacy in Bengal, Odisha and Manipur, has been significant, [27] with many residents performing daily worship to him as an avatar of Krishna. Some attribute to him a Renaissance in Bengal, [ 28 ] different from the more well-known 19th-century Bengal Renaissance .
Krishna Chaitanya was the pen name of Krishnapillai Krishnankutty Nair (24 November 1918 – 5 June 1994), known as K.K. Nair. He is an author of about 40 books [ 1 ] on the subjects of art, literature, philosophy and education, and an art critic, musicologist and photographer.
Krishna Dasa Kaviraja composed the Chaitanya Charitamrita in his old age after being requested by the Vaishnavas of Vrindavana to write a hagiography about the life of Chaitanya. Although there was already a biography written by Vrindavana Dasa , called the Chaitanya Bhagavata , the later years of Chaitanya's life were not detailed in that work.
Krishnadasa (born 1496, died 1588), known by the honorific Kaviraja (Bengali: কৃষ্ণদাস কবিরাজ, romanized: Kṛṣṇôdas Kôviraj; IAST: Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja), was the author of the Chaitanya Charitamrita, a biography on the life of the mystic and saint Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (1486–1533), who is considered by the Gaudiya Vaishnava school of Hinduism to be an ...
A particularly distinct part of the Gaudiya Vaishnava philosophy espoused by Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is the concept of Achintya Bheda Abheda, which translates to "inconceivable oneness and difference" in the context of the soul's relationship with Krishna, [28] [29] [30] [note 2] and also Krishna's relationship with his other energies (i.e. the ...
Haridasa Thakur (IAST: Haridāsa Ṭhākura, born 1451 or 1450 [1]) was a Vaishnava saint known for playing a part in the initial propagation of Gaudiya Vaishnavism.He is considered to be a known convert of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, along with Rupa Goswami and Sanatana Goswami.
Chaitanya is regarded as manifestation of Krishna (Svayam Bhagavan). Nityananada is Krishna's first personal expansion with the combined power of the god Balarama, brother of Krishna. Advaita Acharya is the combined power of the deities Vishnu and Shiva; Srivasa is Krishna's pure devotee and symbolizes devotion .