History of Classical Sanskrit Literature c19.s4.34

c19.s4.34

**222. Jīva Goswami** was the son of Vallabha, Rūpa's younger brother. He was born in Śaka 1445 (1435 ?) at Rūmakeli near Fatehbad. He became an ascetic when he was twenty and was head of a Goswami mutt at Bṛndāvana, until his demise in Saka 1540 (1618 A.D.) Among his works⁹ are Gopālacampū, Mādhavamahotsava, Bhaktirasāmṛtasindhu, Govindabirudāvali and Jāhnavyaṣṭaka.¹⁰