Early History of the Vaishnava Faith and Movement in Bengal, from Sanskrit and Bengali Sources c7.s1.7

c7.s1.7

It is not surprising, therefore, that Caitanya wrote nothing with the exception perhaps of eight Sanskrit verses which are given as the Śikṣāṣṭaka, and which are nothing more than expressions of his simple and passionate faith.¹ Kavikarṇapūra in his *Caitanya-candrodaya*² appears to negative the idea that Caitanya ever wrote anything about his doctrines. Ānandin, in his commentary on Prabodhānanda's *Caitanya-candrāmṛta*, distinctly states that Caitanya never composed any work; but he meets the objection of those, who maintain the impossibility of propagating any devotional doctrine without such means, by stating that even if Caitanya wrote