Early History of the Vaishnava Faith and Movement in Bengal, from Sanskrit and Bengali Sources c7.s1.23

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¹ Before Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja's *Caitanya-caritāmṛta* (i.e. before 1615 A.D.), the term 'Six Gosvāmins' is never used in the previous biographies of Caitanya. The name of Jīva does not appear at all. Murāri mentions Gopāla Bhaṭṭa (iii. 15, 15-16), Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa (iv. 1. 17), Raghunātha-dāsa (iv. 17-21), and Sanātana and Rūpa (iii. 18. 1-2; iv. 13. 6, 11 f). Vṛndāvana-dāsa only mentions Rūpa and Sanātana. Kavikarṇapūra in his poem (xvii. 7-24) and drama (ix. 28, 29, 34, 37) refers to Rūpa, Sanātana and Raghunātha-dāsa.