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 504 BENGALI LANGUAGE & LITERATURE. [ Chap, recognised by the Emperor, who trusted them with important functions. But they felt the irresistible attraction of Chaitanya Deva’s personality, and renounced the court and their homes with all their sweet bonds, took the vows of Sannyasins, and joined Chaitanya Deva. Rupa and Sanatana trace their descent from Vipra Ray, a Raja of Karnat. They were required by Chaitanya Deva to pass their lives in Vrindavan, conducting religi- ous studies and practising the austerities of the religious life. We find descriptions of their great scholarship and piety and of the austirities they practised, incidentally in many _ biographi- cal works of the Vaisnhavas—chiefly in the first chapter of the Bhaktiratnakar by Narahari Chakra- varti. They wrote in Sanskrit; so their works do not fall within the scope of our subject. The Sanskrit works written by Rupa, Sanatan and their nephew Jiva Gosvami form by far the best portion of the Sanskrit literature belonging to the Bengali Vaisnavas.* Sanatan was born in 1484 A.D. and died in 1558. Rupa was born in 14go and died in 1563. called ‘The Dik Pradargani.’ His learned commentary on the tenth chapter of Crimatbhagavat is called ‘The Vaisnava Tosini.’ Besides this he wrote Bhagavatamrita in two parts, and a sans- krit poem called Lilastava. Rupa Gosvami wrote (1) The Ham- saduta (2) Uddhava Sandeca (3) Krishiia Janmatithi (4) Ganoddeca Dipika (5) Stavamala (6) Vidagdha Madhava (7) Lalita Madhava (8) Danakeli Kaumadi, (9) Ananda Mahodadhi (10) Bhaktirasa- mrita Sindhu (11, Ujjvala Nilamoni (12) Prayukta Khyata Chan- drika (13) Mathura mahima, (14) Padyavali (15) Raghu Bhaga- vatamrita {16) Govinda Virudavali and other works. Jiva Gosvami is the author of Harinamamrita Vyakaran, Sutramalika, Krisnar- cona Dipika, Gopal Virudavali, Madhava Mahotsava, Sankalpa Vriksa, Bhavartha Siksa Champu, and a good many other works on miscellaneous subjects. A full account of these is to be found in Bhaktiratnakar,
 * Sanatan wrote annotations on Haribhaktivilas which he