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226 Saṁskṛta verses in four chapters of short stories depicting
                Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s mischievious pranks conducted in various disguises:
                1) Meeting in the Box, 2) Meeting in the Disguise of Abhimanyu,
                3) Meeting in the Disguise of a Female Doctor, 4) Meeting in the
                Disguise of a Female Singer.
            4.  Prema-sampuṭa  :  (The  Jewel-box  of  Love)  141  Saṁskṛta
                verses  narrating  the  story  of  Kṛṣṇa  coming  before  Śrī  Rādhā
                in  the  disguise  of  a  demigoddess,  and  Rādhikā’s  confidential
                confessions of the innermost core of Her selfless love for Him.
            5.  Vraja-rīti-cintāmaṇi : (The Touchstone of Life in Vraja) 234
                Saṁskṛta  verses  in  three  chapters  describing  the  holy  flora,
                fauna,hills,  lakes,  groves,  temples,  and  towns  of  the  eternal
                realm of Vraja.
            6.  Gaurāṅga-līlāmṛta  :  (The  Nectar  of  Śrī  Gaurāṅga’s  Daily
                Pastimes) 11 Saṁskṛta verses depicting Śrī Mahāprabhu’s daily
                pastimes conducted in eight periods of the day; the descriptions
                of  the  pastimes  in  each  verse  are  expanded  by  the  extensive
                Bengali verses composed by Śrī Viśvanātha’s direct disciple, the
                poet Kṛṣṇa dāsa.
            7.  Caitanya-rasāyana :(The Nectar-Tonic of Śrī Caitanya) A work
                that was never finished; the story of it is mentioned in the 13th
                chapter of Śrī NarottamaVilāsa by Śrī Narahari Cakravartī, the
                son of Viśvanātha’s disciple JagannāthaVipra.
            8.  Rāga-vartma-candrikā :(A Moonbeam Revealing the Path of
                Spontaneous Devotion) 22 Saṁskṛta paragraphs in two chapters
                of prose and verse which elaborate on the proper behavior and
                attitudes of one following the path of spontaneous devotional
                service.
            9.  Mādhurya-kādambinī  :(A  Row  of  Clouds  of  Sweetness)
                8  “showers  of  nectar”  (chapters)  of  Saṁskṛta  prose  which
                scientifically analyzes the various stages of advancement that
                one ascends while on the devotional path.
            10. Aiśvarya-kādambinī  :(A  Row  of  Clouds  of  Majesty) A  work
                mentioned by Viśvanātha in the second chapter of his Mādhurya-
                kādambinī. It is different from the work by Śrīla Baladeva Vidyā-
                bhūṣaṇa of the same name. The book by Viśvanātha discusses
                the philosophy of “Dvaitādvaita-vāda”; However no copy of this
                work has ever been found


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