Early History of the Vaishnava Faith and Movement in Bengal, from Sanskrit and Bengali Sources c7.s4.54

c7.s4.54

This is apparently a conjecture; but an examination of the commentary does not appear to lend support to it. There is, for instance, a very long passage quoted in the commentary from the Matsya-purāṇa (covering 6 printed pages in small type) which might have been easily included among the numberless lengthy quotations in the text. Nityānanda-dāsa is not clear on the point; but he says that at the command of Rūpa and Sanātana, Gopāla Bhaṭṭa undertook the work. After it was completed he gave it to Sanātana, who took it as his own; but Gopāla Bhaṭṭa put his own Guru's name in it!