Text 81] Expansions of Advaita Acarya 45
TRANSLATION
_ The chief branches of Sri Gadadhara Pandita were (1) Sri Dhruvananda, (2)
Sridhara Brahmacari, (3) Haridasa Brahmacari and (4) Raghunatha Bhagavatacarya.
PURPORT
Verse 152 of the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika describes Sri Dhruvananda Brahmacari
as an incarnation of Lalita, and verse 194 describes Sridhara Brahmacari as the gop7
known as Candralatika.
TEXT 81
GAG WISTS, Slaw, fereraa |
tata, iy Stea, SSSA wes 0
ananta acarya, Ravidatta, misra-nayana
gangamantri, mamu thakura, kanthabharana
SYNONYMS
ananta dcarya—of the name Ananta Acarya; kavidatta—of the name Kavi Datta;
misra-nayana—of the name Nayana Misra; gariggmantri—of the name Gangamantri;
mamu_ thadkura—of the name Mamu Thakura; kanthdbharana—of the name
Kanthabharana.
TRANSLATION
The fifth branch was Ananta Acarya; the sixth, Kavi Datta; the seventh,
Nayana Misra; the eighth, Gangamantri; the ninth, Mamu Thakura; and the tenth,
Kanthabharana.
PURPORT
Verses 197 and 207 of the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipikd describe Kavi Datta as the gopi
named Kalakanthi, verses 196 and 207 describe Nayana Misra as the gop7 named
Nitya-manjari, and verses 196 and 205 describe Gangamantri as the gop? named
Candrika. Mamu Thakura, whose real name was Jagannatha Cakravarti, was the
nephew of Sri Nilambara Cakravarti, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s grandfather. In
Bengal a maternal uncle is called mamd, and in East Bengal and Orissa, m@mu. Thus
Jagannatha Cakravarti was known as Mama or Mamu Thakura. Mamu Thakura’s
residence was in the district of Faridpur in the village known as Magadoba. After
the demise of Sri Gadadhara Pandita, Mamu Thakura became the priest in charge of
the temple known as Tofa-gopinatha in Jagannatha Puri. According to the opinion
of some Vaisnavas, Mamu Thakura was formerly known as Sri Rupa-manjari. The
followers of Mamu Thakura were Raghunatha Gosvami, Ramacandra,
Radhavallabha, Krsnajivana, Syamasundara, Santamani, Harinatha, Navinacandra,
Matilala, Dayamay? and Kunjavihart. .
Kanthabharana, whose original name was Sri Ananta Cattaraja, was the gop7
named Gopalt in krsna-lild.
