Early History of the Vaishnava Faith and Movement in Bengal, from Sanskrit and Bengali Sources c7.s5.84

c7.s5.84

Sanātana, as his associate, must have accomplished his literary labours at about the same period of time. But Jīva tells us that Sanātana's *Vaiṣṇava-toṣaṇī* commentary was completed in Śaka 1476=1554 A.D., so that Sanātana must have been alive up to this date. The *Bhakti-ratnākara* records that both Sanātana and Rūpa died in the same year at the interval of a few months. If this is true, then Rūpa must have also been alive in 1554 A.D. Beyond this nothing at present can be said with regard to the dates of these two Gosvāmins.