Pranams,
I am posting this to look for any authority on this issue. It seems that it has become a subject of controversy, perhaps leading to something better in understanding. I always feel that Sri Chaitanya was a unifying teacher between sampradyas, some wont accept, not to worry about them.
I will copy something and if anyone can add something to these questions then it would be a nice personal study for me.
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I have a few literary questions for some research work we are doing that I hope someone here may be able to help with:
1) Does anyone know how many commentaries have been composed on Śrīmad Bhāgavatam? Or on Viṣṇu Purāṇa? Does anyone know of any commentaries on any other Purāṇas other than Bhāgavata and Viṣṇu?
2) Does anyone know of any definitions from any ācāryas on the meaning of "pāṣaṇḍa-tā", or "pāṣaṇḍin"?
3) Satyanarayana Das ji sometimes defines "acintya" as "śāstra eka-gamya". Does anyone know where this statement comes from?
4) Does anyone know the date when Sanatan Goswami composed Brhād Bhāgavatāmṛta?
5) Does anyone know anything about any mayavada literature written by Sarvabhauma after he met Mahaprabhu?
There are a group of Russian speaking persons who have taken to the line of Srila Madhvacarya who are arguing that Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya was –not- converted to Vaishnavism by Mahaprabhu. They say that 6 years later after this “supposed conversion” (in 1510) that Sarvabhauma wrote a book (which they didn’t give the title for) that supposedly espoused the Mayavada philosophy. For any Russian reading readers here is the link they give to support their claim that Sarvabhauma remained a Mayavadi after meeting with Mahaprabhu:
http://ashvattho.blogspot.com
It’s interesting that they say this book was written by Sarvabhauma during the reign of the Gajapati King Vidyadhara. All the evidence I’ve found in this regard [See * below] shows that Vidyadhara’s rule was not until 1541, thirty-one years after the meeting with Mahaprabhu. Did Sarvabhauma even live that long?
If anyone knows anything about this supposed book, I would be very grateful for some information.
NOTES:
* See: H. Kulke “Jagannatha as the State Deity Under the Gajapatis of Orissa”, page 208 in the book, “The Cult of Jagannath and the Regional Tradition of Orissa”. Manohar Publications. New Delhi. 1986.
* Also in Dr. Naveen Kumar Sahu, “The Imperial Ganga and the Gajapati Rule in Orissa”, page 178 in the book, “Cultural Heritage of Odisha Vol. XII”. Fakir Mohan Smruti Sansad. Bhubaneswar. 2010.
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