Text 87] Expansions of Advaita Acarya 49
PURPORT
Raghu Misra is described in the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika, verses 195 and 201, as
Karptra-manijari. Similarly, Laksminatha Pandita is mentioned as Rasonmada, and
Bangavati Caitanya dasa is mentioned as Kal?. The $akha-nirnaya states that
Bangavati Caitanya dasa was always seen with eyes full of tears. He also had a branch
of descendants. Their names were Mathuraprasada, Rukminikanta, Jivanakrsna,
Yugalakisora, Ratanakrsna, Radhamadhava, Usamani, Vaikunthanatha and Lala-
mohana, or Lalamohana Saha Sankhanidhi. Lalamohana was a great merchant in
Dacca City. The Gaura-ganoddesa-dipikd, verses 194 and 200, mentions that
Raghunatha was formerly Varangada.
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BAT fos, sfeacsoney, CoePans |
ay Neeley eats sere CARA 9 I
amogha pandita, hasti-gopdla, caitanya-vallabha
yadu ganguli Gra mangala vaisnava
SYNONYMS
amogha pandita—of the name Amogha Pandita; hasti-gopdla—of the name
Hastigopala; caitanya-vallabha—of the name Caitanya-vallabha; yadu ganguli—of
the name Yadu Ganguli; agra—and; mangala vaisnava—of the name Mangala
Vaisnava.
TRANSLATION
The twenty-eighth branch was Amogha Pandita; the twenty-ninth, Hastigopala;
the thirtieth, Caitanya-vallabha; the thirty-first, Yadu Ganguli; and the thirty-
second, Mangala Vaisnava.
PURPORT
Sri Mangala Vaisnava was a resident of the village Titakana in the district of
Mursidabada. His forefathers were Saktas who worshiped the goddess Kiritesvari. It
is said that Mangala Vaisnava, formerly a staunch brahmacari, left home and later
married the daughter of his disciple Pramanatha Adhikari in the village of
Mayanadala. The descendants of this family are known as the Thakuras of
Kandada, which is a village in the district of Burdwan near Katwa. Scattered
descendants of Mangala Vaisnava, thirty-six families altogether, still live there.
Among the celebrated disciples of Mangala Thakura are Prananatha Adhikari,
Purusottama Cakravarti of the village of Kankada, and Nrsimha-prasada Mitra,
whose family members are well-known mrdanga players. Sudhakrsna Mitra and
Nikufijavihar? Mitra are both especially famous mrdanga players. In the family of
Purusottama Cakravarti there are famous persons like Kufijavihari Cakravarti and
