Bhrigu

The deed is mentioned in the text Madhava gave: >There is a deed in Bengali written in 1785 A.D. (1202 Bengali year), stating that the land granted to Tota Ramdasa babaji for the service of the Deity of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu should be exempt from tax. My Bengali is poor, but the original text of the deed (given in the Gaudiya-vaisnava-jivana, part II, p. 135) does not seem to say anything else than what is summarised above. Or perhaps one thing: he is adressed as Totarama Dasa Vairagi, not Babaji. Perhaps the term Babaji was too familiar for such an official document, or whas it not yet used? The importance of the deed seems to be that it gives a date for him - no other dates are given in the GVJ. Nothing mentioned of Jagannatha Dasa Babaji either. All of this makes me wonder whether such official deeds have been sufficiently studied. They could provide historians with much important information regarding the growth and spread of Vaisnavism, and fill in some chronological gaps.

The deed is mentioned in the text Madhava gave: >There is a deed in Bengali written in 1785 A.D. (1202 Bengali year), stating that the land granted to Tota Ramdasa babaji for the service of the Deity of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu should be exempt from tax. My Bengali is poor, but the original text of the deed (given in the Gaudiya-vaisnava-jivana, part II, p. 135) does not seem to say anything else than what is summarised above. Or perhaps one thing: he is adressed as Totarama Dasa Vairagi, not Babaji. Perhaps the term Babaji was too familiar for such an official document, or whas it not yet used? The importance of the deed seems to be that it gives a date for him - no other dates are given in the GVJ. Nothing mentioned of Jagannatha Dasa Babaji either. All of this makes me wonder whether such official deeds have been sufficiently studied. They could provide historians with much important information regarding the growth and spread of Vaisnavism, and fill in some chronological gaps.

Madhavananda wrote: >I wonder what [Premananda]'s up to these days after his colourful exit from Raganuga. He is presently in Madras. Here is what he wrote a friend of mine a few days ago: >I am surrendering to Sriman Narayana. Sri Varada >Yathiraja Jeeyar, jeeyar of Sri Perumbudur Temple will >give me the panca samskara on wednesday.

Madhavananda wrote: >I wonder what [Premananda]'s up to these days after his colourful exit from Raganuga. He is presently in Madras. Here is what he wrote a friend of mine a few days ago: >I am surrendering to Sriman Narayana. Sri Varada >Yathiraja Jeeyar, jeeyar of Sri Perumbudur Temple will >give me the panca samskara on wednesday.

Madhava, I looked up Tota Ramdas in the Gaudiya-Vaisnava-Jivana, but it appears that the translation you gave was a faithful of what was said there. They only left out the deed mentioned at the end. Nothing about his guru. Also, I checked the naaha.m tis.t.haami... verse someone else had asked about. It is not found in the printed Padma Purana (Nag Publishers), but that is the case with most verses attributed to it, so no need to worry. These Puranas were constantly modified and changed.

Madhava, I looked up Tota Ramdas in the Gaudiya-Vaisnava-Jivana, but it appears that the translation you gave was a faithful of what was said there. They only left out the deed mentioned at the end. Nothing about his guru. Also, I checked the naaha.m tis.t.haami... verse someone else had asked about. It is not found in the printed Padma Purana (Nag Publishers), but that is the case with most verses attributed to it, so no need to worry. These Puranas were constantly modified and changed.

There is an interesting chapter on Rupa Kaviraj in David Haberman's excellent "Acting as a Way of Salvation". Most of his works exist only in manuscript form, some of which this scholar studied.

There is an interesting chapter on Rupa Kaviraj in David Haberman's excellent "Acting as a Way of Salvation". Most of his works exist only in manuscript form, some of which this scholar studied.

Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati gave the Nrisimha-mantra (found in several places, e.g. Nrisimha-tapani Upanisad, starting with ugra-viiram) to at least one more disciple: Sri B.H. Bon Maharaj. Bon Maharaj mentions in his diary that Prabhupada gave him the mantra at Ballard Pier in Bombay, 10th of April, 1933, just before Bon Maharaj & co departed for Europe. I do not know whether Bon Maharaj passed it on to his own disciples or not.