Early History of the Vaishnava Faith and Movement in Bengal, from Sanskrit and Bengali Sources c5.s3.8
Early History of the Vaiṣṇava Faith and Movement in Bengal, from Sanskrit and Bengali Sources c5.s3.8
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The city of Navadvīpa (modern Naḍiyā), which witnessed the birth, youth and early manhood of Caitanya, was at that time a famous seat of mediaeval Sanskrit learning; but the kind of learning it favoured is typified by its production of a highly scholastic system of New Logic, the Navya Nyāya². It was also the stronghold of orthodox Brahmanism, as well as of neo-Tāntricism, and produced a stringent social dictator like Raghunandana, as well as a champion of obscure Tāntric rites like Kṛṣṇānanda. Its great reputation for Sanskrit scholarship and orthodoxy drew students from all parts of the country, but it created an arid and intellectual atmosphere, highly materialistic, narrow, proud and even sceptical.³