Early History of the Vaishnava Faith and Movement in Bengal, from Sanskrit and Bengali Sources c6.s2.21

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² His teacher Gaṅgādāsa is said to have been proficient in Grammar व्याकरण शास्त्रेर एकान्त तत्त्वविद् C-bh, Ādi vii), and Caitanya's knowledge and teaching of Grammar are more than once referred to. Keśava Kāśmirī, for instance, speaks contemptuously of his teaching of Grammar, which Caitanya himself admits as a matter of pride ( शिशुशास्त्र व्याकरण पढाय ब्राह्मण C-bh, Ādi xi : व्याकरणमध्ये जानि पढाओ कलाप । ...प्रभु कहे व्याकरण पढाइ अभिमान करि ॥ C-bh, Ādi xvi. 32-35). It is curious that he taught Kalāpa, and not Mugdhabodha, which is the grammar in general use at Navadvīpa. Reference to Kalāpa is also made by Jayānanda (p. 18). Caitanya himself is reported to have