Early History of the Vaishnava Faith and Movement in Bengal, from Sanskrit and Bengali Sources c8.s2.40

c8.s2.40

Jīva Gosvāmin enumerates 85 Guṇas which he includes under the Uddīpana-Vibhāvas, some of these relating exclusively to Kṛṣṇa, the others being shared with his Avatāras and his Bhaktas. The classification of the hero in orthodox Poetics into Dhīrodātta, Dhīra-lalita, Dhīroddhata, and Dhīra-praśānta, and, as a lover, into Anukūla, Dakṣiṇa, Dhṛṣṭa and Śaṭha is also applied to Kṛṣṇa. Rūpa Gosvāmin, as stated above, also accepts this classification and speaks of twenty-five further excellences of Kṛṣṇa as a lover in his *Ujjvala-nīlamaṇi*. See below.