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KRISHNA, which have been enumerated when speaking of the followers of RÁMÁNUJA and MADHWACHARYA.
The doctrines of the followers of CHAITANYA are conveyed in a great number of works, both in Sanskrit and Bengali. The sage himself, and the two other Mahaprabhus, NITYANAND and ADWAITA, do not appear to have left any written compositions, but the deficiency was amply compensated by RÚPA and SANÁTAN, both of whom were voluminous and able writers. To RÚPA are ascribed the following works; the Vidagdha Madhava, a drama; the Lalitá Mádhava, Ujjvala Nilamani, Dána Kéli Kaumudi, poems in celebration of KRISHNA and RÁDHA; Bahustavávali, hymns; Ashtadasa Lílá Khand; Padmávali, Govinda Virudávali, and its Lakshana, or exposition; Mathurá Máhátmya, panegyrical account of Mathurá, Nataka Lakshana, Laghu Bhagavat, an abridgment of the Sri Bhagavat, and the Vraja Vilása Varnanam, an account of KRISHNA's sports in Brindavan. SANÁTAN was the author of the Hari Bhakti Vilás, a work on the nature of the deity and devotion, the Rasámrita Sindhu, a work of high authority on the same subjects, the Bhagavatámrita, which contains the observances of the sect, and the Siddhanta Sára, a commentary on the 10th Chapter of the Sri Bhagavat. Of the other six Gosuins, Jiva wrote the Bhagavat Sandarbha, the Bhakti Siddhanta, Gopala Champú, and Upadesámrita, and RAGHUNATH Dás, the Manassiksha and Gunalesa Sukhada. These are all in Sanskrit. In Bengali, the Ragamaya Kóna, a work on subduing the passions,
