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{{Infobox Hindu leader
| name = Madhavendra Puri
| religion = [[Hinduism]]
| order = [[Vedanta]]
| guru = [[Lakshmipati Tirtha]]
| successor =
|disciples = [[Ishvara Puri]]
| philosophy = [[Dvaita]], [[Vaishnavism]]
}}

[[File:Sri Nathji.jpg|thumb|200px|A Replica at ISKCON Chowpatty of the deity of Shreenathji worshipped by Vallabhacharya Mahaprabhuji and was claimed by Gaudiyas as rediscovered by Madhavendra Puri]]
'''Madhavendra Puri''' (''{{IAST|Mādhavendra Purī}}'' in [[IAST]]) also known as ''Madhavendra Puri Goswami'' is a [[Vaishnava]] saint who appeared in the 14th century. He was initiated in to [[Dvaita Vedanta]] of [[Madhvacharya]] of [[Udupi]] region of [[Karnataka]], was highly revered in [[Chaitanya Mahaprabhu]]'s [[Gaudiya Vaishnavism]]

==Biography==
Very little is known about the early years of Madhavendra Puri, as from the majority of sources he had already become a renunciant - a ''sannyasi''. After making an extensive pilgrimage of India as a ''sannyasi'' he passed the remaining period of his life in Vrndavana and Orissa.<ref name = Mandala01>{{cite book |title=Chaitanya: His Life and Associates |publisher=Mandala Publishing |year=2001 |isbn=1-886069-28-X }}</ref> The main source of knowledge about this personality is [[Caitanya Caritamrita]]. What is known is that he was a ''sannyasi'' of the Madhva line being a disciple of [[Lakshmipati Tirtha]] and it appears that Madhavendra was the founder of the [[Vaishnava]] centre at Mathura, [[Vrindavana]].
[[File:Govardhan.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Close-up of [[Govardhan hill]], [[Vrindavan]], the area where Madhavendra puri worshipped Bala-Gopala]]
He is also famed for receiving direct instructions and gifts from the deity of [[Krishna|Gopinatha]], who commanded him to travel for the supply of scarce sandal wood paste from Orissa to the Malaya Mountains.<ref>Page 36 Stuart Mark Elkman, Jīva Gosvāmī - 1986

“After being commanded by the deity to worship him with sandalwood from the South,

Madhavendra set off for the Malaya Mountains”</ref>

===Initiating sankirtana movement===

Madhavendra Puri is often accepted as initial inspiration or initiator of the movement of [[Chaitanya Mahaprabhu]],<ref>The Hare Krishnas in India — Page 46

Charles R. Brooks – 1992 “Some writers would even give Madhavendra Puri credit for initiating the movement which Chaitanya would eventually inspire”</ref><ref>{{cite book
| author = Kennedy, M.T.
| year = 1925
| title = The Chaitanya Movement: A Study of Vaishnavism of Bengal
| publisher = New York: Oxford University Press
}}</ref> who accepted Madhavendras intimate disciple, [[Isvara Puri]] as his ''diksa [[guru]]''.<ref>History of Medieval Vaishnavism in Orissa — Mukherjee Prabhat 65

“Madhavendra puri is preceptor of Caitanya Mahaprabhus guru”</ref> He is believed to have been preaching the principles of [[Gaudiya Vaishnavism]] prior to Caitanya.<ref>Hare Krsna Movement: The Unifying Force of the Hindu Religion, Haripada Adhikary – 1995 Page 116

</ref>

===Service in separation===

It is believed that Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s service in feelings of separation ''viraha ''begins with a single verse spoken by Madhavendra Puri, (his grand preceptor):<ref name = Mandala01/>

"O, my beloved Lord, the friend of the afflicted! He Mathura-natha, when, when shall I see you? Without seeing you, my heart is perplexed, my beloved, and I am very restless! What am I to do?"<ref>ayi dIna-dayArdra nAtha he

mathurA-nAtha kadAvalokyase

hRdayaM tvad-aloka-kAtaraM

dayita bhrAmyati kiM karomy aham</ref>

===Lineage===

In accordance with [[Gaudiya Vaishnava]] sources he is believed to belong to the [[Madhvacharya]] [[parampara|lineage]]<ref>

{{cite web
|url=http://www.krishna.com/node/1782
|title=Madhavendra Puri
| work=Krishna.com
|access-date=2010-09-26
}}
</ref> that has been transcribed in books like ''Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika'',<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://store.naturalnirvana.com/posrigabykak.html
|title=Pocket-Size Sri Gaura-Ganoddesa-Dipika by Kavi Karnapura
|publisher=store.naturalnirvana.com
|access-date=2008-04-22
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120211165809/http://store.naturalnirvana.com/posrigabykak.html
|archive-date=11 February 2012
|url-status=dead
}}</ref> ''Prameya-ratnavali<ref>Sri Prameya-ratnavali (The Jewel Necklace of Truths). 32pp. Rasbihari Lal & Sons 2009. {{ISBN|81-8403-060-6}}</ref>'' and the writings of Gopala Guru Goswami. There is a version of this line of gurus recorded as a version found in the ''Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika''<ref>''paravyomesvarasyasic chisyo brahma jagat-patih tasya sisyo narado 'bhut vyasas tasyapa sisyatam suko vyasasya sisyatvam prapto jnanavabodhanat vyasal labdha-krsna-dikso madhvacaryo mahayasah tasya sisyo naraharis tacchisyo madhava-dvijah aksobhyas tasya sisyo 'bhut tac-chisyo jayatirthakah tasya sisyo jnana-sindhus tasya sisyo mahanidhih vidyanidhis tasya sisyo rajendras tasya sevakah jayadharma munis tasya sisyo yad-gana-madhyatah srimad-visnu-puri yas tu bhaktiratnavali-krtih jayadharmasya sisyo 'bhud brahmanyah purusottahmah vyasatirthas tasya sisyo yas cakre visnusamhitam sriman laksmipatis tasya sisyo bhaktirasasrayah tasya sisyo madhavendro yad-dharmo 'yam pravartitah tasya sisyo 'bhavat sriman isvarakhya-puri-yatih kalayamasa srngaram yah srngara-phalatmakah advaitam kalayamasa dasya-sakhye phale ubhe isvarakhya-purim-gaura urarikrtya gaurave jagad aplavayamasa prakrtaprakrtatmakam ''

Brahma, the master of this universe, was the disciple of the Lord of the spiritual world. His disciple was Narada and Vyasa became the disciple of Narada. Suka became the disciple of Vyasa through the endowment of spiritual knowledge. Madhvacharya took initiation in the Krishna mantra from Vyasa. His disciple was Padmanabhacarya, whose disciple was Narahari, who was followed by Madhva Dvija. Akshobhya was his disciple, then Jayatirtha, Jnanasindhu, Mahanidhi, Vidyanidhi and Rajendra followed. Jayadharma Muni was one of Rajendra's many disciples and Vishnu Puri, the author of Bhakti-ratnavali and Purushottam, the lover of Brahmin culture became his disciples. Vyasa Tirtha, the author of Visnu-samhita, was the disciple of Purushottam. Lakshmipati Tirtha, a reservoir of devotion, was Vyasa Tirtha's disciple. Madhavendra Puri was the disciple of Lakshmipati, and it is by him that the religion was founded. His disciple, the sannyasi Ishvara Puri, took up the mood of conjugal devotion, while Advaita Acharya (also the disciple of Madhavendra) took up the moods of servitude and friendship. Gaura accepted Ishvara Puri as his guru, and then flooded the material and spiritual worlds (with love).

</ref> which matches other historical records.<ref>The same set of verses is found with some slight differences in the Bhakti-ratnakara (5.2549-2162).</ref> He had many disciples but [[Advaita Acharya|Advaita Acarya]] and [[Isvara Puri]] are believed to be the chief [[Guru-shishya tradition|disciples]] of Madhavendra Puri.

The early History of the famous deity of [[Khirachora Gopinatha]] (Ksirachora Gopinath) is not given in Gaudiya texts – it is given by Vinod Bijaya Babaji in Gopinatha Caritamrta. However, there is a large account of his interactions with this Deity in [[Caitanya Caritamrita|Caitanya caritamrita]], the foundational book for the [[Gaudiya Vaishnavas]].

==Memorial==
{{Vaishnavism}}
Madhavendra Puri died in [[Remuna]]. His memorial [[Samādhi]] and sandals are still worshiped there.<ref name=Mukherjee1940>{{cite book
| author = Mukherjee, P.
| year = 1940
| title = The History of Medieval Vaishnavism in Orissa
| url = https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.282185
| publisher = R. Chatterjee
| isbn = 81-206-0229-3
}}p. 66</ref> It is a place of pilgrimage for many [[Vaishnava]] groups.

==More information==
*{{cite book |author= BB Teertha |title=Chaitanya: His Life and Associates |publisher=Mandala Publishing |year=2001 |isbn=1-886069-28-X }}
*{{cite web
|url=http://www.rupa.com/blog/archives/196-Giriraj-Swami-Lecture-Madhavendra-Puri-Disappearance-day.html
|title=Giriraj Swami — Lecture - Madhavendra Puri Disappearance day
|publisher=www.rupa.com
|access-date=2008-04-22
}}

*[https://archive.org/details/HardyMadhavendraPuri Hardy, Friedhelm - Madhavendra Puri: A Link Between Bengal Vaisnavism and South Indian Bhakti, ''JROS'', no.1, 1974]
*{{cite web
|url=http://vedabase.net/m/madhavendra
|title=Madhavendra Puri - references in Caitanya caritamrta online
|publisher=vedabase.net
|access-date=2008-04-22
|last=Kaviraja Goswami
|first=Krishnadasa
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319123347/http://vedabase.net/m/madhavendra
|archive-date=19 March 2012
|url-status=dead
}}

==References and notes==
{{Reflist|colwidth=25em}}

==See also==
{{Caitanya sampradaya}}
{{Modern Gaudiya Vaishnavas}}

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[[Category:Gaudiya religious leaders]]
[[Category:Madhva religious leaders]]
[[Category:Medieval Hindu religious leaders]]

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