Later compilation
Murari Gupta's notes (Śrīkṛṣṇacaitanyacaritāmṛtam)
श्रीकृष्णचैतन्यचरितामृतम्
Four books in Sanskrit verse on Chaitanya's life, with special detail on the Navadvipa years its author witnessed. It served as the basis for later biographies, notably Lochana Dasa's, and Krishnadasa Kaviraja cites it among his sources for the early years.
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Authorship note
Sanskrit poem attributed to Murari Gupta, a physician and companion of Chaitanya in Navadvipa, known as his "kadcha" (notebook). Tradition regards it as eyewitness testimony; part of the scholarship believes its present form was fixed after 1533.
Editions and translations
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English
Sri Caitanya-carita-maha-kavya
Rasbihari Lal & Sons, 2006
Translation: Swami Bhakti Vedanta Bhagavata Maharaja; ed. de Pūrṇaprajña Dāsa
ISBN 9788184030068
Other works by Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
- Shikshashtaka (Eight Stanzas of Instruction)
- Stanzas attributed to Chaitanya in the Padyavali
- Chaitanya Charitamrita (Krishnadasa Kaviraja) · 1612
- Chaitanya Bhagavata (Vrindavana Dasa) · 1545
- Chaitanya Charitamrita Mahakavya (Kavi Karnapura) · 1542
- Chaitanya Chandrodaya (Kavi Karnapura) · 1572
- Chaitanya Mangala (Lochana Dasa) · 1560
- Chaitanya Mangala (Jayananda) · 1560
- Teachings of Lord Chaitanya (A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami) · 1968
- Chaitanya and His Age (Dinesh Chandra Sen) · 1922
- The Chaitanya Movement (Melville T. Kennedy) · 1925
- The Final Word (Tony K. Stewart) · 2010
Sources
- Murāri Gupta. Śrī Caitanya-carita-mahākāvya (Śrīkṛṣṇacaitanyacaritāmṛtam). Trad. de Swami Bhakti Vedanta Bhagavata Maharaja, ed. de Pūrṇaprajña Dāsa. Vṛndāvana: Rasbihari Lal & Sons, 2006. ISBN 9788184030068.
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