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{{Infobox Hindu leader
| name = Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
| image = Chaitanya Mahaprabhu in Dhameswar Mahaprabhu temple 6.jpg
| religion = [[Hinduism]]
| caption = Wooden [[murti]] of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu as Dhāmeśvara, Nabadwip<ref name=":0" />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1486|2|28|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Nabadwip]], [[Bengal Sultanate]]<br />{{small|(present-day [[West Bengal]], India)}}
| birth_name = Vishvambhara Mishra
| death_date = {{death date and age|1534|6|14|1486|2|28|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Puri]], [[Gajapati Empire]]<br />{{small|(present-day [[Odisha]], India)}}
| spouse = Lakshmi Priya (first wife) and [[Vishnupriya]]
| guru = Swami Isvara Puri (mantra guru); Swami Kesava Bharati (sannyas guru)
| philosophy = [[Bhakti yoga]], [[Achintya Bheda Abheda]]
| known_for = Expounded [[Gaudiya Vaishnavism]], [[kirtan]]
| founder = [[Gaudiya Vaishnavism]]<br/>[[Achintya Bheda Abheda]]
| father =
| mother =
| relatives =
| disciples = [[Rupa Goswami]], [[Sanatana Goswami]], [[Gopala Bhatta Goswami]], [[Raghunatha Bhatta Goswami]], [[Raghunatha dasa Goswami]], [[Jiva Goswami]], others
| literary_works = ''[[Shikshashtakam]]''
| background = Orange
}}
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{{Hinduism}}
'''Chaitanya Mahaprabhu''' ({{langx|bn|মহাপ্রভু শ্রীচৈতন্য দেব}}; {{langx|sa|चैतन्य महाप्रभु|Caitanya Mahāprabhu}}), born '''Vishvambhara Mishra''' ({{IAST3|Viśvambhara Miśra}}<ref name="Banglapedia Chaitanya"/>) (18 February 1486 – 14 June 1534{{sfn|Delmonico|2007|loc=p. 549: "The form of Vaishnavism inspired by the sixteenth-century saint-reformer Shri Krishna Chaitanya (1486–1533 C.E.) rested heavily upon a belief in the purifying and salvific powers of the names of God, whose fullest self-revelation Chaitanya believed to be Krishna"}}), was an Indian [[Hindus|Hindu]] saint from [[Bengal]] and the founder of [[Gaudiya Vaishnavism]]. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's mode of worshipping [[Krishna]] with [[bhajan]]-[[kirtan]] and dance influenced [[Vaishnavism]] in [[Bengal]]. He is often considered to be an incarnation of lord [[Krishna]]. He is also sometimes considered to be the combined [[Avatar]] of goddess [[Radha]] and lord [[Krishna]].

He is considered the chief proponent of the Vedantic philosophy of [[Achintya Bheda Abheda]]. The concept of inconceivable difference in non-difference, known as achintya-bhedabheda, was explained later by [[Jiva Goswami]] in his book Bhagavat Sandharbha,{{sfn|Dasa|2007|loc=pp. 377-378: "The Bhagavat Sandarbha [...] describes the concept of Bhagavan alluded to in Bhagavata 1.2.11. Jiva explains [...] [t]he relation between Bhagavan and His potency is one of inconceivable difference in non-difference, known as achintya-bhedabheda. It is in recognition of the nature of this relation that Chaitanya’s philosophy is called Achintya bhedaabheda-vada"}} and in his Sarva-samvadini.{{sfn|Gupta|2007|loc=p. 46, footnote 30: "[I]n the Sarva-samvadini, [J]iva Gosvami lists the names of different teachers and their schools of Vedanta, and then concludes by saying, 'sva-mate tu acintya-bhedabhedah,' 'but my view is acintya-bhedabheda'"}}{{sfn|Krsna Dasa, T.|2022|loc="[Jiva Goswami in his] Sarva-samvadini [commenting] Anuccheda 77 and 78 of the Paramatma Sandarbha [states that:] 'It is well known that Gautama, Kaṇāda, Jaimini, Kapila and Patañjali, as well as śrī-rāmānuja and śrī-madhvācārya’s accept bheda alone. To us, acintya-bheda-abheda alone is acceptable, because the substantive is endowed with acintya śaktis' "}}

Mahaprabhu founded [[Gaudiya Vaishnavism]]. He expounded [[Bhakti yoga]] and popularised the chanting of the [[Hare Krishna (mantra)|Hare Krishna Maha-mantra]].<ref>[http://www.scsmath.com/docs/chaitanya_mahaprabhu.html Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171228155252/http://scsmath.com/docs/chaitanya_mahaprabhu.html |date=28 December 2017 }} "He spread the [[Yuga Dharma|Yuga-dharma]] as the practice for attainment of pure love for [[Radha]]-[[Krishna]]. That process is Harinam-Sankirtan, or the congregational chanting of the Holy Names of Krishna "Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare, Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare"</ref> He composed the ''[[Shikshashtakam]]'' (eight devotional prayers).

Chaitanya is sometimes called [[Gauranga]] ({{IAST3|Gaurāṅga}}) or '''Gaura''' due to his molten gold–like complexion.<ref>[http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/Mar122006/finearts1054102006310.asp In the Name of the Lord (Deccan Herald)] "He was also given the name of ‘Gora’ because of his extremely fair complexion." {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061207225342/http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/Mar122006/finearts1054102006310.asp |date=7 December 2006 }}</ref> His birthday is celebrated as [[Gaura-purnima]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.krishna.com/node/1407|title=Gaura Purnima|publisher=www.krishna.com|access-date=16 December 2008|archive-date=12 March 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080312140828/http://www.krishna.com/node/1407|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>[https://givegita.com/sri-chaitanya Sri Gaura Purnima] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001230238/https://givegita.com/sri-chaitanya |date=1 October 2020 }}"givegita.com"</ref> He is also called '''Nimai''' because he was born underneath a [[Neem]] tree.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/Krishna-Chaitanya-Mission KCM Archive]"They named Him Nimai, as he was born under a neem tree." {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080424064200/http://www.archive.org/details/Krishna-Chaitanya-Mission |date=24 April 2008 }}</ref>

==Life==

The religious hagiographies of Gauḍīya sampradāya are the only sources available for the reconstruction of Caitanya's life. These texts (in [[Sanskrit]] and [[Bengali language|Bengali]]), consider Caitanya to be an ''avatāra'' of Kr̥ṣṇa, [[Svayam Bhagavan|Svayaṁ Bhagavān]], [[Radha Krishna|Rādhā-Kr̥ṣṇa]] (joint and separate), [[Nārāyaṇa]], [[Viṣṇu]], and [[Jagannātha]]. A canonical narrative was established in early 1600s through the ''Caitanya Caritāmr̥ta'' of Kr̥ṣṇadāsa Kavirāja, which is regarded within the tradition as the "final word" on Gauḍīya history and theology.<ref>{{cite book |last=Stewart |first=Tony |title=Oxford Bibliographies Online in Hinduism |date=2014 |chapter=Caitanya}}</ref>

Chaitanya was born in a [[Brahmin]] family as Viśvambhara Miśra aka Nimāi, the second son of Jagannātha Miśra and his wife Śacī Devī, the daughter of Nilambara Chakrabarti, both [[Brahmin]]s of [[Sylhet]] region.<ref name="Banglapedia Chaitanya">{{cite Banglapedia|article=Chaitanya, Sri|author=Stewart, Tony K}}</ref> Jagannātha Miśra's family were from the village of [[Golapganj Upazila|Dhakadakshin]] in [[Sylhet District]] (now in [[Bangladesh]]), where the ruins of their ancestral home still survive.{{Sfn|Sen|1922|p=125}}{{sfn|Nair|2007|p=87}}<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Valpey |first=Kenneth |title=Brill's Encyclopedia of Hinduism Online |publisher=Brill |year=2018 |editor-last=Jacobsen |editor-first=Knut A. |chapter=Caitanya |editor-last2=Basu |editor-first2=Helene |editor-last3=Malinar |editor-first3=Angelika |editor-last4=Narayanan |editor-first4=Vasudha}}</ref> Hagiographies describe his birth as a divine event and state that it predicted his future mission of propagating ''harināma saṃkīrtana'' in [[Kali Yuga]].<ref name=":0" />

While still a student, his father died, and he soon married Lakṣmīpriyā. He travelled to east Bengal to become a scholar and support his family, but his wife died in his absence. He then married [[Vishnupriya|Viṣnupriyā]], the daughter of paṇḍit Sanātana Miśra. Viśhvambara, also known as Nimāi Paṇḍit, was a promising Sanskrit scholar and is said to have once defeated [[Keshav Kashmiri|Keśava Bhaṭṭa]] of the [[Nimbarka Sampradaya|Nimbārka]] school in a debate on Sanskrit prosody, an example of his "superhuman erudition".<ref name=":0" />

Around 1508-1509, he left Nabadvip for [[Gaya]] to perform [[śrāddha]], a ritual homage to his dead father. There, he met an ascetic named Īśvara Purī, who initiated him using a mantra for [[Krishna|Kr̥ṣṇa]] worship. Gaudiya texts describe that after this meeting Viśvambhara abandoned all scholarly and domestic pursuits, developing an intense desire to hear and speak about Krishna. Within a year he took a vow of ''saṃnyāsa'' (renunciation) from his guru, Keśava Bhāratī, and changed his name to Kr̥ṣṇa Caitanya. His mother then asked him to at least live in the city of Puri so that he would not be too far from Bengal.<ref name=":0" />

After his [[Renunciate|renunciation]], Caitanya spent his time teaching Kr̥ṣṇa bhakti and engaging in communal ''saṁkīrtana''. Hagiographies describe debates with followers of [[Advaita Vedanta|Advaita Vedānta]] and other theological opponents in form of ''digvijaya'' (conquest through debate). He spent two months in Vrindavan in c. 1515, where he instructed [[Sanatana Goswami|Sanātana Gosvāmī]] and [[Rupa Goswami|Rūpa Gosvāmī]]. He spent the last two decades of his life in Puri, where his ecstatic seizures yearning for Kr̥ṣṇa and his consorts, mainly Rādhā, intensified. He died in c. 1528-1534.<ref name=":0" />

==Teachings==
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The ''Śikṣāṣṭaka'' is the only work accepted to be composed by Caitanya. The poem expounds upon the subjects of ''harināmajapa'', ''saṁkīrtana'', the relationship between individual souls and Kr̥ṣṇa, devotional submission to Kr̥ṣṇa, and Caitanya's personal ''virahabhakti''. Scholars debate the extent to which Caitanya played in the development of the complex Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava theology.<ref name=":0" />

According to Murari Gupta, one of Caitanya's close associates, Caitanya taught that ''[[Kirtan|kirtana]]'' (chanting God's name) is the most effective spiritual practice in the Kali Age. He first gathered the community for ''kirtana'' in Srivasa's courtyard.{{Sfn|Stewart|2010|p=102, 108}} Caitanya revealed bhakti as the primary means to approach Krishna, and he appointed the Goswamis, such as [[Srinivasa Acarya]] and [[Narottama Dasa]], to gather and compose texts explaining this devotion.{{Sfn|Stewart|2010|p=5}}

According to [[Dinesh Chandra Sen]]'s analysis, Caitanya's teaching is centered on ''prema'' (divine love), described in Vaishnava texts as progressing through different spiritual phases.{{Sfn|Sen|1922|p=266-276}} Sen also states that Caitanya integrated compassionate service and taught that devotion to God is higher than social distinctions, quoting Caitanya's words "The moment that you say you love God, all human beings will be your brethren; there will be no Brahmin, no Sudra".{{Sfn|Sen|1922|p=276-283}}

== Biographies ==
'''Works on Chaitanya:'''{{sfn|Mukherjee|1999|pp=65–66, 174, 280}}{{sfn|Manring|2005|pp=34–42, 44}}<ref>[https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/127571/14/14_chapter%206.pdf PDF] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200626032050/https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/127571/14/14_chapter%206.pdf |date=26 June 2020 }}.{{cite book |author-last=Mamoni |author-first=Sarma |title=History of Vaishnavite cultures in Assam and Bengal a comparative study |url=http://hdl.handle.net/10603/127571 |chapter=Chapter 14 |date=2015 |pages=253–255 |hdl=10603/127571 |quote=Note, Sarma Mamoni is a researcher at Gauhati University under Chakraborty Amalendu. }}</ref>

* ''Krsna-Caitanya-Caritamrta'' ({{c.}} 1513 or 1536–1540; Sanskrit): By [[Murari Gupta]]. Known as a ''kadcha'' or chronicle. Chaitanya's Navadwipa ''līla'' and each ''panca-tattva'' presented as a form of the Lord. Caitanya went for the first time to Murari's house at Navadwipa. Murari's standing and reputation for learning gave his biographical materials great weight in the Vaishnava community. This ''Kadcha'' (notes) became the guiding lines for other biographers.

* ''Kadcha'' or chronicle (Sanskrit): By [[Svarupa Damodara]]. He was the personal secretary of Chaitanya. Details the life of Caitanya.

* ''Govindadaser Kadcha'' (Bengali): By Govinda Dāsa who accompanied Chaitanya on his tour of Deccan. This poem describes their experiences on the journey and some imaginary events in the life of Chaitanya as well as his ideas and philosophy. It is another significant biographical work, but it was regarded as controversial because of the authenticity.

* ''[[Chaitanya Bhagavata]]'' ({{c.}} 1535 or 1546–1550; Bengali): By [[Vrindavana Dasa Thakura]]. Three parts: ''Adi-Khanda'', ''Mādhya-Khanda'', and ''Antya-Khanda''. Chaitanya's earlier life, activities, early movement in Navadwip.

* ''Krsna-Caitanya-caritra-mahakavya'' ({{c.}} 1535): By Kavi Karnapura (Paramanand Sen).

* ''Krsna-Caitanya-candrodaya-natakam'' ({{c.}} 1535 – 1570s): By Kavi Karnapura. Based on Murari Gupta's ''Krsna-Caitanya-Caritamrta''. When Karnapura was a small child, he interacted with Chaitanya personally.

* ''Caitanya-candrodaya-natakam'' ({{c.}} 1538 or 1540 or 1572 or 1579; Sanskrit): By Kavi Karnapura (Paramanand Sen). Dramatic play in ten acts of Chaitanya's life.

* ''Caitanya-caritāmṛta-kavya'' ({{c.}} 1542 – late 1500s; Sanskrit): By Kavi Karnapura (Paramanand Sen). A long biographical poem on Chaitanya's life and acts.

* ''[[Chaitanya Charitamrita|Caitanya-caritāmṛta]]'' ({{c.}} 1557 or 1580 or 1615; Bengali): By [[Krishnadasa Kaviraja]]. Three parts: ''Adi-lila'', ''Madhya-lila'', and ''Antya-lila''. Massive authoritative composition of Chaitanya's biography and teachings. According to Manring, he draws liberally from previous writers (poets, theologians and biographers) as he deems correct, omitting Kavi Karnapura's works perceived as threatening [[Rupa Goswami|Rupa's]] authority.

* ''Caitanya-Mangala'' ({{c.}} 1560 or late 1500s; Bengali): By Jayananda. Nine parts: ''Adikhanda'', ''Nadiyakhanda'', ''Vairagyakhanda'', ''Sannyaskhanda'', ''Utkalkhanda'', ''Prakashkhanda'', ''Tirthakhanda'', ''Vijaykhanda'', and ''Uttarkhanda''. Biographical poem in the form of a narrative play focused on Chaitanya's godly image. It is the only work in which his death is mentioned. Introduction mentions several previous biographers, of whom only Vrindavan is known. Written for the common people (not devotees).

* ''[[Chaitanya Mangala]]'' ({{c.}} 1560–66 or 1575): By Lochana Dasa ({{aka}} Trilocan Dasa). Four parts: ''Sutrakhanda'', ''Adikhanda'', ''Madhyakhanda'', and ''Antyakhanda''. A narrative play depicting Chaitanya's childhood activities and his human side without highlighting any divine matters to make it popular. Influenced by Murari Gupta's ''Krsna-Caitanya-Caritamrta'' and Vrindavana Dasa Thakura's ''Chaitanya Bhagavata'' as well as the ''[[Mahabharata]]'' and different ''[[Puranas]]''.

* ''Chaitanya-chandrodaya-kaumudi'' (Bengali): By Premadas (Purushottam Mishra). A verse adaptation to Kavi Karnapura's ''Caitanya-candrodaya-natakam'' drama.

* ''Gaura-ganoddesha-dipika'' ({{c.}} 1576): By Kavi Karnapura (Paramanand Sen).

* ''Chaitanya-samhita'' (Bengali): By Bhagirath Bandhu. Work follows the tradition of agama or tantric texts in its presentation as a story told by Shiva to his spouse.

* ''Chaitanya-vilasa'' ({{c.}} 1500s; Odia): By Madhava Dasa. A short poetical work in ten sections dealing with the life of Chaitanya. The poet probably came into contact with the saint when the latter came to Puri.

* ''Gauranga-vijay'' ({{c.}} 1500s): By Chundamani dasa. Biographical epic, believed to have been written in three volumes, only part of the first volume still exists. It contains some information about Chaitanya, Nityananda and Madhavendra Puri not found elsewhere.

* ''Sriman-mahaprabhor-asta-kaliya-lila-smarana-mangala-stotram'' ({{c.}} late 1600s; Sanskrit): By [[Visvanatha Chakravarti]]. Eleven ''sutras'' (seed verses) describing the eternal eight-fold daily pastimes of the fair-complexioned Lord.

* ''Sri Gauranga-Lilamrta'' ({{c.}} late 1600s – 1700s; Bengali): By Krishna Dasa (disciple of Visvanatha Chakravarti). Expounded on his guru's eleven ''sutras'', often quoting verses from Vrindavana Dasa Thakura's ''Chaitanya Bhagavata'', plus songs by Narahari Ghanashyama (author of Bhakti-Ratnakara) and Lochana Dasa (author of Chaitanya-Mangala).

* ''Caitanya-upanisad:'' A book that is a part of the ''[[Atharvaveda]]'' which offers overwhelming evidence of Chaitanya's identity as the Supreme Lord and ''Yuga Avatara''.

* ''[[Chaitanya Charitamrita|Sri Caitanya-caranamrta Bhasva]]'' (1887): By Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura. Commentary on an original handwritten manuscript of the ''Caitanya-upanisad'' from one pandita, Madhusudana Maharaja, of Sambala-Pura.

* ''Amrita-pravaha-bhashya'' ({{c.}} late 1800s – early 1900s; Sanskrit): By [[Bhaktivinoda Thakur]]. Commentary on ''Caitanya-upanisad''.

* ''[[Chaitanya Charitamrita|Anubhāsya]]'' (1915): By [[Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati]]. Commentary on Krishnadasa Kaviraja's ''Caitanya-caritāmṛta''

* ''[[Chaitanya Charitamrita|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta]]'' (1974; English): By [[A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada|A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami]] in English with original Bengali and Sanskrit. Commentary on Krishnadasa Kaviraja's ''Caitanya-caritāmṛta'', based on Bhaktivinoda Thakur's ''Amrita-pravaha-bhashya'' and Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati's ''Anubhāsya'' commentaries.

* ''[[Krishna-Chaitanya, His Life and His Teachings (book)|Krishna-Caitanya, His Life and His Teachings]]'' (2014; English; {{ISBN|978-91-981318-1-9}}): By [[Walther Eidlitz]], originally written in German - ''Kṛṣṇa-Caitanya: sein Leben und seine Lehre,'' and published by [https://libris.kb.se/bib/650114?tab2=subj Stockholm University], 1968, as a part of the scientific series "Stockholm studies in comparative religion".
==Cultural legacy==
{{See also|Bengal Renaissance}}
Chaitanya has influenced the cultural legacy in [[Bengal]], [[Odisha]] and [[Manipur]],{{Citation needed|date=November 2025}} with many residents performing daily worship to him as an avatar of Krishna. Some attribute to him a Renaissance in Bengal,{{Citation needed|date=November 2025}} different from the more well-known 19th-century [[Bengal Renaissance]]. Salimullah Khan (b. 1958), a noted Bangladeshi linguist, maintains, "Sixteenth-century is the time of Chaitanya Dev, and it is the beginning of Modernism in Bengal. The concept of 'humanity' that came into fruition is contemporaneous with that of Europe".{{Citation needed|date=November 2025}}

Noted Bengali biographical film on Chaitanya, ''[[Nilachaley Mahaprabhu]]'' (1957), was directed by Kartik Chattopadhyay (1912–1989).<ref name="SurGoswami1999">{{cite book|last1=Sur|first1=Ansu|last2=Goswami|first2=Abhijit|title=Bengali Film Directory|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R-hkAAAAMAAJ|page=96|year=1999|publisher=Nandan, West Bengal Film Centre}}</ref> A Bengali film based on Chaitanya's demise, ''[[Lawho Gouranger Naam Rey]]'' (2025), is directed by [[Srijit Mukherji]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chakraborty |first1=Shamayita |title=Parambrata to play Gourango in Srijit's next; will also sing in the film |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/parambrata-to-play-gourango-in-srijits-next-will-also-sing-in-the-film/articleshow/84485145.cms |access-date=31 March 2022 |work=The Times of India |date=16 July 2021 |language=en |archive-date=31 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331172159/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/parambrata-to-play-gourango-in-srijits-next-will-also-sing-in-the-film/articleshow/84485145.cms |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Image gallery ==
<gallery widths="200" heights="200" mode="packed">
File:Chaitanya dances with followers.jpg|Kisangarh painting of Chaitanya dancing in a puddle of his own tears, surrounded by followers, c. 1750.
File:Chaitanya with dog - Indian Museum, Kolkata R.14277 S.223.jpg|Chaitanya with a dog, Murshidabad, 19th century CE
File:Yogapith, Mayapur.jpg|alt=A white ornate structure with a pyramidal pointed dome standing on the bank of a pond and surrounded by trees|Yogapith temple at Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's birthsite established in the 1880s by [[Bhaktivinoda Thakur]] in [[Mayapur]], [[West Bengal]]
File:Chaitanya sankirtan.jpg|Nineteenth century lithograph by Calcutta Art Studio of Caitanya and [[Nityananda|Nityānanda]] performing a ''[[kirtan]]'' in the streets of Nabadwip, Bengal.
File:Chaitanya Deva listening to the Bhagabata - History of Bengali Language and Literature.png|Pratap Rudra bowing to Chaitanya, an early 20th century print copy of a painting held by the family of [[Maharaja Nandakumar]], Zamindars of Kunjaghata
File:Idols of Sri Sri Radha Madhava, Jagannath, Balarama, Subhadra and Chaitanya Mahaprabhu at the Temple of the Vedic Planetarium (ISKCON Mayapur) in Mayapur, Nadia, West Bengal, India.jpg|Deities of Sri Sri Radha Madhava, Jagannath, Balarama, Subhadra and Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (in middle), at the ISKCON Durgapur Temple.
</gallery>

==See also==
* [[Vrindavan]]
* [[Gauranga]]
* [[Jagannath Temple (Puri)]]
* [[Pancha Tattva (Vaishnavism)]]
* [[Prabhupāda]]
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|ref=None
}}
*{{cite web |url=https://bhaktitattva.com/2022/06/29/sri-jiva-goswami-coins-the-term-acintya-bheda-abheda/ |title=Śrī Jīva Goswami coins the term 'acintya bheda-abheda' |author=Krsna Dasa, T. |date=June 29, 2022 |website=The Krishna Bhakti site |publisher= |access-date=July 25, 2025 |quote=}}

*{{citation
|last = Modi
|first = Narendra
|author-link = Narendra Modi
|title = PM addresses program marking 150th anniversary of Srila Prabhupada Ji
|date = 8 February 2024
|url = https://www.narendramodi.in/prime-minister-narendra-modi-addresses-programme-on-150th-anniversary-of-srila-prabhupada-ji-at-bharat-mandapam-579097
|access-date = 15 February 2024
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* {{cite book
|last=Manring |first=Rebecca J.
|year=2005
|chapter=Chapter 2: Advaita Acarya: A New Imminence
|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Vs1b9KjnnDgC&pg=PA34
|title=Reconstructing Tradition: Advaita Ācārya and Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavism at the Cusp of the Twentieth Century
|location=New York
|publisher=[[Columbia University Press]]
|isbn=0-231-12954-8
}}
* {{Cite book |last=Sen |first=Dinesh Chandra |url=http://archive.org/details/chaitanyahisage00senduoft |title=Chaitanya and his age |date=1922 |publisher=Calcutta, Univ. of Calcutta |others=Robarts - University of Toronto}}
* {{cite book
|last=Mukherjee |first=Sujit
|year=1999
|title=A Dictionary of Indian Literature: Volume One, Beginnings-1850
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YCJrUfVtZxoC
|location=New Delhi
|publisher=[[Orient Blackswan|Orient Longman]]
|isbn=81-250-1453-5
}}
* {{cite book
|last=Nair |first=K. K.
|year=2007
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* {{cite book
|last=Sherbow |first=Paul H.
|year=2004
|chapter=Chapter 9: A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami's Preaching in the Context of Gaudiya Vaishnavism
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|editor-last1=Bryant |editor-first1=Edwin F.
|editor-last2=Ekstrand |editor-first2=Maria L.
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}}
==Further reading==
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* {{cite book
|last=Dae |first=(Romesh Chunder Dutt) Ar Cy |author-link=Romesh Chunder Dutt
|year=1877
|title=The Literature of Bengal: Being an Attempt to Trace the Progress of the National Mind in Its Various Aspects, as Reflected in the Nation's Literature from the Earliest Times to the Present Day with Copious Extracts from the Best Writers
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i7cIAAAAQAAJ
|location=Calcutta
|publisher=I. C. Bose & Co.
|pages=66–81
}}
* {{cite book
|last=Dasa |first=Shukavak N.
|year=1999
|title=Hindu Encounter with Modernity: Kedarnath Datta Bhaktivinoda, Vaiṣṇava Theologian
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KHvXAAAAMAAJ
|edition=revised, illustrated
|location=Los Angeles, CA
|publisher=Sanskrit Religions Institute
|access-date=31 January 2014
|isbn=1-889756-30-X
}}
* {{cite thesis
|last=Fuller |first=Jason Dale
|year=2005
|title=Religion, class, and power: Bhaktivinode Thakur and the transformation of religious authority among the Gaudīya Vaishnavas in nineteenth-century Bengal
|url=https://repository.upenn.edu/dissertations/AAI3179733/
|type=Ph.D.
|publisher=University of Pennsylvania
|id=UMI Microform 3179733
|access-date=8 June 2014
}}
* {{cite book
|last=Manna |first=Sandipan
|year=2013
|title=In Search of a Forgotten Mahatma: Kalachand Vidyalankar
|edition=1st
|publisher=Kalyani Foundation
|isbn=978-81-927505-4-5
}}{{Citation not found|date=September 2021}}
* {{cite book
|last=Rosen |first=Steven |author-link=Steven J. Rosen
|year=1988
|title=India's Spiritual Renaissance: The Life and Times of Lord Chaitanya
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PX_XAAAAMAAJ
|publisher=Folk Books
|isbn=0-9619763-0-6
}}
* {{cite book
|last=Sarkar |first=Jadunath |author-link=Jadunath Sarkar
|year=1913
|title=Chaitanya's Pilgrimages and Teachings - From his contemporary Bengali biography the Chaitanya-charit-amrita: Madhya-lila
|url=https://archive.org/details/chaitanyaspilgri018817mbp/page/n1/mode/2up
|location=Calcutta
|publisher=Brahmo Mission Press
}}
* {{cite book
|last=Wilkins |first=William Joseph
|year=1913
|orig-year=1882
|title=Hindu Mythology, Vedic and Purānic
|url=https://archive.org/details/hindumythologyve00inwilk
|edition=3rd
|location=Calcutta
|publisher=London Missionary Society
|pages=260–262
}}


}}

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* [http://www.gaudiya.com/ Gaudiya Vaishnavism – The Tradition of Chaitanya]
* [http://www.CauseOfAllCauses.com/upanisad.htm Caitanya Upanisad]
* [http://www.CauseOfAllCauses.com/bhagavat.htm Caitanya Bhagavata Biography]
* [http://www.purebhakti.com/mission/bhakti-is-love-mainmenu-75/799-life-of-sri-chaitanya-mahaprabhu.html Life of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180712011418/http://www.purebhakti.com/mission/bhakti-is-love-mainmenu-75/799-life-of-sri-chaitanya-mahaprabhu.html |date=12 July 2018 }}
* [http://veda.harekrsna.cz/encyclopedia/caitanya.htm Scriptural Statements/Predictions regarding Caitanya Mahaprabhu's birth]
* [http://hpb.narod.ru/SreeChaitanyaHWBM.html Lord Gouranga and His Message of Devotion] (theosophical.ca)
* [https://www.thegaudiyatreasuresofbengal.com/2018/01/08/635/ YogPeeth, Mayapur, Navadvipa – The birthplace of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu]
* [https://learn.culturalindia.net/chaitanya-mahaprabhu.html at ''Chaitaniya mahaprabhu biography'']
* [https://www.thegaudiyatreasuresofbengal.com/2020/06/21/who-is-lord-chaitanya-the-hare-krishna-movement/ Who is Lord Chaitanya?]

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