Śruti
śruti
no human author
The Vedas and Upaniṣads — “what was heard”: by tradition no person composed them; they were revealed to the sages.
1 book9,568 verses
Authors
Who wrote the books of the library — from Vyāsa and Vālmīki to Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura. Pick an author to see their books, or find one with the search.
25 authors65 books283,544 verses
Śruti and the ancient sagestradition4 authors
Brahmā
tradition
The creator of the universe. The fifth chapter of the Brahma-saṁhitā is his prayer to Govinda.
1 book62 verses
Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vyāsa
tradition
The sage who divided the Veda; by tradition the author of the Mahābhārata, the Purāṇas and, as Bādarāyaṇa, the Vedānta-sūtra.
11 books209,789 verses
Vālmīki
tradition
The ādi-kavi, “the first poet”: his Rāmāyaṇa is honoured as the first poem in Sanskrit.
1 book18,762 verses
Poets before Śrī Caitanya8th–14th centuries3 authors
Śaṅkarācārya
8th century
The founder of Advaita Vedānta; tradition credits him with the hymn Jagannāthāṣṭaka.
1 song
Jayadeva
12th century
A Bengali poet at the court of King Lakṣmaṇasena. Śrī Caitanya relished his Gīta-govinda in Purī.
1 book289 verses
Bilvamaṅgala Ṭhākura (Līlāśuka)
South India, dates disputed
A poet of South India. Śrī Caitanya brought his Kṛṣṇa-karṇāmṛta back from his pilgrimage to the south.
1 book328 verses
Śrī Caitanya and his companions16th century10 authors
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
1486–1534
The founder of the saṅkīrtana movement in Bengal and Orissa. He left only eight verses of his own, the Śikṣāṣṭaka; his companions wrote the rest.
1 song
Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya
15th–16th century
A renowned logician and Vedāntist of Purī who became a follower of Śrī Caitanya.
1 song
Vāsudeva Ghoṣa
16th century
A Bengali poet among Śrī Caitanya's companions, author of songs about Gaurāṅga.
1 song
Sanātana Gosvāmī
16th century
The elder of the Gosvāmī brothers, once a minister of the Sultan of Bengal. At Śrī Caitanya's request he set out the foundations of bhakti in Vṛndāvana.
2 books2,945 verses
Rūpa Gosvāmī
16th century
Sanātana's younger brother and the chief teacher of the science of rasa: treatises on bhakti, plays, poems and hymns.
14 books8,721 verses1 song
- Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu2,138 verses
- Ujjvala-nīlamaṇi1,344 verses
- Laghu-bhāgavatāmṛta822 verses
- Upadeśāmṛta11 verses
- Nāṭaka-candrikā206 verses
- Mathurā-māhātmya446 verses
- Rādhā-kṛṣṇa-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā475 verses
- Vidagdha-mādhava738 verses
- Lalita-mādhava906 verses
- Dāna-keli-kaumudī231 verses
- Haṁsadūta142 verses
- Uddhava-sandeśa131 verses
- Stava-mālā743 verses
- Padyāvalīcompiler388 verses
Raghunātha Dāsa Gosvāmī
16th century
The son of a wealthy landowner who left everything for Śrī Caitanya. He lived for many years at Rādhā-kuṇḍa; his hymns are the voice of Rādhā's maidservant.
4 books1,055 verses
Gopāla Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī
16th century
From the South Indian family that hosted Śrī Caitanya. He compiled the code of Vaiṣṇava rites and conduct.
1 book9,434 verses
Jīva Gosvāmī
16th century
The nephew of Rūpa and Sanātana and the philosopher of the tradition: the Ṣaṭ-sandarbha, poems, commentaries and manuals of worship.
7 books9,023 verses
Prabodhānanda Sarasvatī
16th century
A sannyāsī who lived in Vṛndāvana, poet of love for Rādhā, for Śrī Caitanya and for Vṛndāvana itself.
6 books2,978 verses
Kavi Karṇapūra
16th century
The son of Śivānanda Sena, who saw Śrī Caitanya as a child. A poet, playwright and theorist of poetry.
5 books4,708 verses
The successors16th–18th centuries7 authors
Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī
16th century
A disciple of Raghunātha Dāsa, author of the Bengali Caitanya-caritāmṛta and a Sanskrit poem on the eight periods of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa's day.
1 book2,511 verses
Narottama Dāsa Ṭhākura
16th century
The preacher who brought the Gosvāmīs' teaching to Bengal; his Bengali songs are still sung today.
11 songs
Śrīnivāsa Ācārya
16th century
Together with Narottama he carried the Gosvāmīs' books from Vṛndāvana to Bengal.
1 song
Locana Dāsa Ṭhākura
16th century
A poet, author of the Bengali Caitanya-maṅgala and of songs about Nityānanda and Gaura.
3 songs
Govinda Dāsa Kavirāja
16th century
One of the most honoured Bengali padakartās, who wrote in Brajabuli.
1 song
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
17th — early 18th century
A teacher in Vṛndāvana, author of commentaries on the Bhāgavatam and the Gītā, poems and treatises on rāgānugā-bhakti.
6 books2,352 verses1 song
Baladeva Vidyābhūṣaṇa
18th century
Author of the Govinda-bhāṣya, the Gauḍīya commentary on the Vedānta-sūtra, and of its summary, the Prameya-ratnāvalī.
2 books702 verses
Modern times19th century1 author
Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura
1838–1914
A Bengali magistrate, writer and poet who revived Śrī Caitanya's teaching in modern times; author of hundreds of songs.
29 songs
In the anthology “Songs of the Ācāryas”
Jaya Rādhā-MādhavaGaura-āratiJīv JāgoŚarīra Avidyā-jālaŚrī Tulasī-pūjā-kīrtanaGurudev, Kṛpā-bindu DiyāKabe Habe BoloBhoga-āratiRādhā-Kṛṣṇa BolOhe Vaiṣṇava ṬhākuraŚrī NāmaMānasa, Deho, GehoVibhāvarī ŚeṣaUdilo AruṇaGopīnāth (I)Śuddha-bhakataGopīnāth (II)Gopīnāth (III)Emona DurmatiĀmāra JīvanaYaśomatī-nandanaĀtma-nivedanaNadīyā-godrumeBoro Sukher Khabor GāiTumi SarveśvareśvaraSarvasva TomāraKṛṣṇa-nāma Dhare Koto BalŚrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Prabhu Jīve Doyā Kori'Bhuliyā Tomāre
Anthologies1 book
Books that gather texts by many authors; each of them is named above next to their songs.