Early History of the Vaishnava Faith and Movement in Bengal, from Sanskrit and Bengali Sources c7.s5.79
Early History of the Vaiṣṇava Faith and Movement in Bengal, from Sanskrit and Bengali Sources c7.s5.79
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B.E. 1342, pp. 51-52) suggests the ingenious emendation *candra-śara* (instead of *candrasvara*) in the verse in question, giving us Śaka 1451 (=1529 A.D.). This would be about four years before Caitanya's passing away, when both Rūpa and Raghunātha were well settled at Vṛndāvana. There is, however, another tradition that Raghunātha-dāsa did not leave Purī for Vṛndāvana till after Caitanya's passing away in 1533. If that were so, he could not have been living at Rādhā-kuṇḍa in Śaka 1451=1529 A.D. which would be the date proposed by Bimanbihari's emendation *candra-śara*. If any emendation is permissible, one would be tempted to suggest *candra-rasa*, which would give us Śaka 1461=1539 A.D.