Early History of the Vaishnava Faith and Movement in Bengal, from Sanskrit and Bengali Sources c6.s2.60

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¹ Only Kavikarṇapūra explicitly tells us in his Mahākāvya (iv. 76) that Viśvambhara returned from Gayā in the month of Pauṣa, that his manifestation began from Māgha in the same year, that he taught pupils for four months more, *i.e.* till Vaiśākha of the next year (v. 24), and that he spent eight months from Jyaiṣṭha to Pauṣa in Saṃkīrtana, so that his Saṃnyāsa occurred in Māgha. Both Vṛndāvana-dāsa (Madhya ii) and Kṛṣṇadāsa (Ādi xvii. 30) generally speak of one year's interval between Caitanya's return from Gayā and his Saṃnyāsa. Kṛṣṇadāsa also says: बच्छिस वत्सर शेष येइ माघमास । तार शुक्लपक्षे प्रभु करिल सन्न्यास ॥ (Madhya iii. 3) : in this he follows Kavikarṇapūra.