Early History of the Vaishnava Faith and Movement in Bengal, from Sanskrit and Bengali Sources c10.s2.1

c10.s2.1

It is extremely doubtful if the *Sat-kriyā-sāra-dīpikā*¹, ascribed to Gopāla Bhaṭṭa, can be regarded as a genuine work of our author². It is never mentioned as such, nor quoted, in the standard works of Bengal Vaiṣṇavism. Although manuscripts are available (which fact precludes the presumption of its being an entirely modern fabrication), it had been practically unknown before it was printed in modern times. The opening passages, no doubt, mention Gopāla Bhaṭṭa as the author, and pay homage to Caitanya, but there is no account of the author (such as we find in the *Hari-bhakti-vilāsa*); and neither its contents nor its general trend and style would support the attribution to our Gopāla Bhaṭṭa. It is a much smaller work, written mostly in prose, with occasional verse or verse-quotations and limited in its scope.