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Vaishnava Acharya

Srila Srinivasa Acarya

Srinivasa Acarya Prabhu · 1519 – 1610 CE

Known As Author of Sri Sad-Goswamy-ashtakam, Leader of Post-Chaitanya Renaissance
Principal Seat Vrindavan Dham & Jajigram, Bengal
Samadhi Mandir Dhir Samir & 64 Mahantas Samadhi, Vrindavan
Sampradaya Brahma-Madhva-Gaudiya Sampradaya

Life & Pastimes

Foremost disciple of Gopala Bhatta Goswami and Jiva Goswami. Together with Narottama Dasa Thakura and Syamananda Pandita, he transported the sacred Goswami literature from Vrindavan to Bengal and converted King Birhambir of Vanavisnupura.

Teachings & Siddhanta

Codified the deep mood of longing for the Six Goswamis of Vrindavan, teaching that genuine residence in Vrindavan requires emulating their supreme renunciation and ecstatic absorption in Harinama.

Major Canonical Works

  • Sri Sad-Goswamy-ashtakam (The Eight Glorious Prayers to the Six Goswamis)
  • Commentaries and preservation of Goswami treatises

Observances in the Vaishnava Calendar: Appearance on Srila Srinivasa Acarya -- Appearance · Disappearance on Srila Srinivasa Acarya -- Disappearance

Devotional Writings in Vaishnava Bhajan

3 Works
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