Early History of the Vaishnava Faith and Movement in Bengal, from Sanskrit and Bengali Sources c6.s2.47
Early History of the Vaiṣṇava Faith and Movement in Bengal, from Sanskrit and Bengali Sources c6.s2.47
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¹ Curiously enough, there is no standard biography of Nityānanda, although Vṛndāvana-dāsa, who was an enthusiastic partisan of Nityānanda, actually writes a great deal about him in connexion with Caitanya; while Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja who was inspired by Nityānanda in a dream and Kavikarṇapūra in both the poetical and dramatic biographies, as well as later Vaiṣṇava works in Bengali, only incidentally record some traditions about him. Rūpa, Raghunātha and Jīva do not even mention Nityānanda, although Nityānanda's name occurs in the series of general obeisance at the commencement of Sanātana's *Vaiṣṇava-toṣaṇī*!