Early History of the Vaishnava Faith and Movement in Bengal, from Sanskrit and Bengali Sources c6.s2.111
Early History of the Vaiṣṇava Faith and Movement in Bengal, from Sanskrit and Bengali Sources c6.s2.111
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madan court at Gauḍa. They were enthralled by Caitanya's deep faith, became his followers, and ultimately abandoned wealth and eminence for the ascetic and scholarly life of a Vṛndāvana Gosvāmin. Caitanya gave them new names, Sanātana and Rūpa, by which they are better known. He directed them later on to make Vṛndāvana the academic as well as the religious centre of the new faith and produce in Sanskrit the entire body of theological, philosophical and emotional literature for the sect. The works they produced under his inspiration have ever since formed the most authoritative foundations of the cult.