Haridas Thakur

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> > But is there

> > any acarya in our line who has accepted Advaita Prakasa as bonafide?

>

> Anyone knows? Ekanath prabhu?

>

> Has anyone said anything about it?

>

>

> > What is the source of your birthdate of Lord Advaita Acarya? It is not

> > mentioned in the purport. I hope it is not again Advaita Prakasa itself.

>

> I did not find an exact scriptural reference. I am drawing the information

> from the following:

>

> "Sometime in January or February of 1434 the Lord known as Sri Advaita

> Acarya appeared. (According to others, He was born as late as 1466, but it

> is a well-known tradition that Sri Advaita Prabhu was fifty-two years old

> when Mahaprabhu was born)."

>

> "This event constitutes the disappearance of Advaita Prabhu in 1559 in

> Santipura. Advaita Prabhu was manifest on Earth for 125 years." (4.47-48)

>

> This is quoted from the "Sri Panca-tattva - The Five Features of God" by

> Satyaraja Dasa. He lists a vast quantity of resource material, but there

> is no specific note on which piece of information is from where.

>

> According to this title, Advaita Prabhu married when he was 50 (this would

> then be 1484), and Acyutananda, their first son, was born in 1493, seven

> years after Mahaprabhu. (4.37, 41) According to the Advaita Prakasa

> (chapter 11), Acyutananda was born in the month of Vaisakha, 1492.

>

> A similar account as in Satyaraja's book on Advaita's birth is given in

> "Gauradesa" by Manjari dasi, though she does not give a reference for it.

> I also found this figure at veda.harekrsna.cz, I believe the information

> is compiled by bhakta Jan. I added him as a receiver along with Manjari

> didi, perhaps they could provide a reference for the date.

 

This info comes from a compilation of Vaishnava biographies allegedly done

by O.B.L. Kapoor. File A-1-20.doc gives as sources for Advaita Acarya's bio

three works - GPC,CCU,GVA. GVA is the famous Gaudiya Vaishnava Abhidhana by

Haridasa Dasa of Haribol Kutir (Navadvipa). Author of CCU, Caitanya-Caritera

Upadana, is Bengali scholar Biman Bihari Majumdar. GPC I can't unfortunately

identify although it - with the other two - is one of the main sources.

 

The bio account quotes from Advaita Prakasa and suggests it as a further

reference.

 

A.17. ADVAITA (ACARYA PRABHU):

 

He is a disciple of Madhavendra Puri, and constitutes one of the

figures amongst the Pancatattva. In an earlier incarnation he was Lord

Siva. He was born in a varendra brahmana family on the seventh day of the

bright fortnight in the month of Magha, 1355 Saka (1433 AD.), in the village

named Lauda in Srihatta.

 

According to Bangabhasa O Sahitya, Advaita Prabhu was born in 1434

AD. and met Vidyapati in 1458 AD. (...)

 

> Prabhupada says that Advaita Prabhu was older than Jagannath Mishra, but

> that's about the only specific thing I found from the Vedabase in this

> regard. Does anyone know about the age of Jagannath Mishra?

 

Only this is available from the above mentioned files:

 

53.JAGANNATHA MISRA (PURANDARA):

 

He was the father of Lord Caitanya. Jagannatha Misra was the fifth son of

Upendra Misra and one of the grandsons of Madhu Misra (Premavilasa 24). He

was Sri Nanda in Vrajalila. Jagannatha Misra was the embodiment of

Sarvavasudeva-tattva or Sarvasuddha-tattva. (See also CBh. 1.2.136-138;

1.3.6-42; 1.4.54-59; 1.5.3-15; 1.5.16-121; 1.6.2-3; 1.6.56-135; 1.7.74-88;

1.7.120-196; 1.8.8-23; 1.8.28-303; 2.22.65-72; CC. 1.13.80-118; 1.14.9-94;

1.15.23; CBh. 1.92-108; 1.8.109)

 

Sources: GVA, CCU, Visvakosa.

 

 

Hope this helps

 

ys bh. Jan

 

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