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Upon the completion of his studies in vyākaraṇa (Saṁskṛta
grammar), he moved to Saiyadabad-grāma, Murasidabad District,
where he studied the bhakti-śāstras (literature of devotion) in the
home of his guru Śrī Rādhā-ramaṇa Cakravartī. This Rādhā-
ramaṇa was the disciple of Śrī Kṛṣṇa-caraṇa Cakravartī, who was
in turn the disciple of Śrī Gaṅgā-nārāyaṇa Cakravartī (one of the
chief disciples of Ṭhākura Narottama.) Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī
Ṭhākura later composed Saṁskṛta prayers describing this disciplic
succession Śrī Gurudevastika, Śrī Parama-Gurudevastika, Śrī
Pratapara-Gurudevastika, and Śrī Parama-parāt-Gurudevastika. All
these stotras can be found, along with many other compositions, in
his book named Śrī Stavāmṛta-lahari (Waves of Nectarean Prayers).

His Residence in Śrī Vraja Maṇḍala

By the mercy of his spiritual master, Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī
Ṭhākura lived in many different places within Vraja-dhama, and
composed various transcendental literatures there. Most of these
books are very difficult to find nowadays; however a few of them
are well known, and are considered to be the supremely honorable
wealth of the Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavas.

Sometimes Śrīla Cakravartī Ṭhākura lived at Śrī Govardhana,
sometimes on the bank of Śrī Rādhā-kuṇḍa, sometimes at Śrī
Yāvata and sometimes in Śrī Vṛndāvana within the compound of
Śrī Gokulānanda’s temple. His movements here and there are made
very clear by the statements found at the end of his books.

The Date of His Birth

In Attempting to ascertain the time of Cakravartī Ṭhākura, we see
that he states at the end of Śrī Kṛṣṇa-bhāvanāmṛta that this book
was completed on the full moon day of the month of Phālguna,
1607 Śaka (1685 A.D.). This was the day commemorating the
auspicious appearance of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu on the full
moon in February-March. Additionally, in his commentary of the
Śrīmad Bhāgavatam named Sārārtha-Darśinī we see that this ṭīkā

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