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 Champati Ray. Daivaki- nandana. Narasinha Deva. Vira Ham- ৬112. Madhavi, 556 BENGALI LANGUAGE & LITERATURE. [ Chap. Champati Ray—a famous Padakarté. We find the following line about him in the Sanskrit notes affixed to the Padamrita Samudra by Radha mohan Thakura. of Chaitanya by the name of Champati. He is this হু )) famous Padakarta. Daivakinandana, a contemporary of Chaitanya Deva and author of Vaisnava Vandana. Narasinba Deva—Raja of Pakva Palli whose efforts to vanquisn Narottama Thakur in a_ contro- versial discussion culminated in complete failure and his own acceptance of the creed of the Vaisna- vas. The Raja wrote several padas ol great beauty. Raja Vir Hamvira of Vishupur to whom a re- ference has already been made, composed many padas some of which we find in the Bhaktiratnakara by Narahari Chakravarti. Madhavi—a sister of Cikhi Mghiti and a con- temporary of Chaitanya wrote padas under the name of Madhavi Das. She was renowned for her piety and purity of life. This is, briefly, an account of only a few of the great masters of songs who followed Chaitanya Deva. A brief notice of some more Padakartgs is to be found in my Bengali work ‘ Vangabhasa O Sahitya,’ in the Bengali Encyclopedia—the Vicva Kosa and in the collection of songs in praise of Chaitanya পপ ্্ কশ্চিৎ আসীং স এব গীতকতী |” Padamrita Samudra.
 * « There lived in Southern Indiaa great follower
 * “চম্পতি নাম দ্রাক্ষিণাতা-শ্রী কষ্ণ-চৈত্তন্া-ভক্তরাজঃ