History of Classical Sanskrit Literature c19.s5.1

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**225. Vallabha Ācārya**, the famous religious teacher, was the son of Lakṣmaṇa Bhaṭṭa and Guru of Puruṣotama. He lived in 1478-1530 A.D. He commented on Vyāsa's Brahmasūtras. The followers of Vallabha school, like Caitanya's, worship Kṛṣṇa as the supreme being. Among his works¹⁰ in poetry are Premāmṛta,¹¹ Mathurāmāhātmya,¹² Mathurāṣṭaka, Yamunāṣṭava, besides discourses on Śrī Bhāgavata.