Early History of the Vaishnava Faith and Movement in Bengal, from Sanskrit and Bengali Sources c7.s3: 3. Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa
Early History of the Vaiṣṇava Faith and Movement in Bengal, from Sanskrit and Bengali Sources c7.s3
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3. Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa
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Of Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa nothing much is known, and he does not appear to have left any work. Murāri (iv. 1. 15-17) tells us that Caitanya met his father Tapana Miśra at Benares, where Caitanya became his guest on his journey back from Vṛndāvana and revealed his grace to the boy Raghunātha. Later on Raghunātha came to Caitanya at Puri and stayed there for eight months. At Caitanya's direction he returned home; and after four years, on the death of his parents, he came again to Puri and stayed for eight months. He was then directed by Caitanya to join Rūpa and Sanātana at Vṛndāvana, where he appears to have lived thereafter. Caitanya is said to have given him a Tulasī garland. Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja tells us that the Bhaṭṭa was well read in the Śrīmad-bhāgavata, and Rūpa used to take delight in his reading of that scripture.¹
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¹ C-C. Antya xiii. 117, 126-29.
Linked texts (2)
- Bhāgavatapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- চৈতন্যচরিতামৃত — Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja 1580, Bengali