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Expansions of Advaita Ācārya
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SYNONYMS
vāsudeva dattera —of Vāsudeva Datta;  teṅho —he was;  kṛpāra —of the mercy;  bhājana —competent to receive;  sarva-bhāve —in all respects;  āśriyāche —took shelter;  caitanya-caraṇa —of the lotus feet of Lord Caitanya.
TRANSLATION
Śrī Yadunandana Ācārya was a student of Vāsudeva Datta, and he received all his mercy. Therefore he could accept Lord Caitanya's lotus feet, from all angles of vision, as the supreme shelter.
PURPORT
The  Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā , verse 140, describes that Vāsudeva Datta was formerly Madhuvrata, a singer in Vṛndāvana.
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ভাগবতাচার্য, আর বিষ্ণুদাসাচার্য ।
চক্রপাণি আচার্য, আর অনন্ত আচার্য ॥ ৫৮ ॥
bhāgavatācārya, āra viṣṇudāsācārya cakrapāṇi ācārya, āra ananta ācārya
SYNONYMS
bhāgavatācārya —of the name Bhāgavata Ācārya;  āra —and;  viṣṇudāsācārya —of the name Viṣṇudāsa Ācārya;  cakrapāṇi ācārya —of the name Cakrapāṇi Ācārya;  āra —and;  ananta ācārya —of the name Ananta Ācārya.
TRANSLATION
Bhāgavata Ācārya, Viṣṇudāsa Ācārya, Cakrapāṇi Ācārya and Ananta Ācārya were the sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth branches of Advaita Ācārya.
PURPORT
In his  Anubhāṣya  Śrī Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Prabhupāda says that Bhāgavata Ācārya was formerly among the followers of Advaita Ācārya but was later counted among the followers of Gadādhara Paṇḍita. The sixth verse of  Śākhā-nirṇayāmṛta , a book written by Yadunandana dāsa, states that Bhāgavata Ācārya compiled a famous book of the name  Prema-taraṅgiṇī . According to the  Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā , verse 195, Bhāgavata Ācārya formerly lived in Vṛndāvana as Śveta-mañjarī. Viṣṇudāsa Ācārya was present during the Khetarī-mahotsava. He went there with Acyutānanda, as stated in the  Bhakti-ratnākara , Tenth  Taraṅga . Ananta Ācārya was one of the eight principal  gopīs . His former name was Sudevī. Although he was