Early History of the Vaishnava Faith and Movement in Bengal, from Sanskrit and Bengali Sources c5.s2.18
Early History of the Vaiṣṇava Faith and Movement in Bengal, from Sanskrit and Bengali Sources c5.s2.18
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c5.s2.18
On the other hand, the indications are strong that Caitanya formally belonged to the Daśanāmī order of Śaṅkara Saṃnyāsins, even though the ultimate form which he gave to Vaiṣṇava Bhakti had nothing to do with Śaṅkara's extreme Advaita-vāda. Barring the two passages referred to above, ed. Atul Kṛṣṇa Gosvāmī, 1927, p. 4): Madhva (Ānandatīrtha)—Padmanābha—Nṛhari—Mādhava—Akṣobhya—Jayatīrtha—Jñānasindhu—Mahānidhi—Vidyānidhi—Rājendra—Jayadharma—Puruṣottama—Brahmanya—Vyāsatīrtha—Lakṣmīpati—Mādhavendra Purī—Īśvara Purī—Caitanya.