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'''Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī''' ({{lang-bn|কৃষ্ণদাস কবিরাজ|Kṛṣṇôdas Kôviraj}}; born 1496; date of death unknown) was the author of the [[Chaitanya Charitamrita|Caitanyacaritāmṛta]], a [[biography]] on the life of the mystic and saint [[Caitanya Mahāprabhu]] (1486–1533), who is considered by the [[Gaudiya Vaishnava]] school of [[Hinduism]] to be an incarnation of [[Rādhā]] and [[Kṛṣṇa]] combined.<br />
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==Early life==<br />
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There is scant information about the life of Krishna Dasa Kaviraja Goswami. Krishna Dasa was born in 1496 CE in a family of [[Baidya]] physicians in the village of [[Jhamatpur]], within the district of Bardhaman, [[West Bengal]]. His father was called Bhagiratha, and his mother was named Sunanda. He also had a younger brother named Shyamananda Dasa. Both his parents died when he was young, thus he and his brother were raised by relatives.<br />
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==Instructions==<br />
Krishna Dasa relates in his Chaitanya Charitamrita that, once his brother argued with a prominent Vaishnava devotee [[Minaketana Ramadasa]] over the ontological positions of Chaitanya and [[Nityananda]] (Chaitanya’s lifelong companion) and belittled the position of Nityananda. Krishna Dasa considered this to be an unpardonable offence and rejected his brother forthwith.<br />
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After receiving instructions in a vision from Nityananda, Krishna Dasa left Bengal and travelled to [[Vrindavana]] where he took initiation from [[Raghunatha Bhatta Goswami]] (1494–1586 CE), one of the direct followers of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu<br />
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==Chaitanya Charitamrita==<br />
At an advanced age and in poor health Krishna Dasa commenced work on his magnum-opus the [[Chaitanya Charitamrita]] (c. 1557) after being repeatedly petitioned by the devotees in Vrindavana who had never met Chaitanya and who were eager for details. He vividly describes in the text itself: “I have now become too old and disturbed by invalidity. While writing, my hands tremble. I cannot remember anything, nor can I see or hear properly. Still I write, and this is a great wonder.”<br />
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In composing his Charitamrita, Krishna Dasa used the diaries of [[Murari Gupta]] and [[Svarupa Damodara|Swarupa Damodara]], both of whom were intimate associates of Chaitanya. Krishna Dasa was given a great deal of information by his guru, [[Raghunatha Dasa Goswami|Raghunatha Dasa]] also, who had served Swarupa Damodara when the latter was Chaitanya's personal secretary.<br />
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Due to its amount of detail on the life of Chaitanya and his precepts, the Chaitanya-charitamrita became the definitive biography of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.<br />
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According to the [[Gaura-ganoddesha-dipika]] of [[Kavi Karnapura]], Krishna Dasa Kaviraja has been identified as being an incarnation of the handmaiden of Krishna called [[Kasturi Manjari]].<br />
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==Krishna Dasa Kaviraja's Literary Achievements==<br />
Krishna Dasa Kaviraja wrote some short prayers in Sanskrit as well as two other major works in addition to the Chaitanya Charitamrita:<br />
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===1) Chaitanya Charitamrita===<br />
The most definitive biography of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu<br />
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===2) Sri Govinda-lilamrita===<br />
Govinda-lilamrita is a work explaining the daily pastimes of Krishna and his associates in Vrindavana.<br />
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===3) Saranga-rangada kangada tika===<br />
This is a commentary on the Krishna-karnamrita of Bilvamangala Thakura.<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Gaudiya Vaishnavism]]<br />
*[[International Society for Krishna Consciousness|Hare Krishna]]<br />
*[[Chaitanya Mahaprabhu]]<br />
*[[Nityananda|Nityananda Rama]]<br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
* Tirtha, Swami B.B., Sri Caitanya and His Associates, 2001, [http://www.mandala.org/ Mandala Publishing], San Francisco, {{ISBN|1-886069-28-X}}.<br />
* Gaudiya Vaisnava Abhidhana (Bengali), Compiled by Haridasa Dasa, Haribol Kutir, Navadvipa, W.Bengal, 1957.<br />
* Bhakti-ratnakara (Bengali), Narahari Chakravarti, Pub. By Gaudiya Mission, Kolkata, 1986.<br />
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