author
Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmi
b. 1518
Best known as the author of the Caitanya Charitamrita, this 16th-century Bengali Vaishnava writer helped preserve the life and teachings of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu in one of the tradition’s most influential works. His writing blends devotion, theology, and storytelling in a way that still shapes Gaudiya Vaishnavism today.
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Chaitanya's Life And Teachings From his contemporary Begali biography the Chaitanya-charit-amrita
by Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmi
About the author
Remembered as Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmi, he was a Bengali Vaishnava author traditionally placed in the 16th and early 17th centuries. He is most famous for writing the Caitanya Charitamrita, a major biographical and theological work on Chaitanya Mahaprabhu that became central to the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition.
Modern reference sources do not agree exactly on his birth year: some library records list 1518, while other standard references describe him as born around 1528. What is clear is that he wrote in his later years and that his work became one of the most important literary sources for understanding Chaitanya’s life, teachings, and devotional world.
Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja is also associated with the honorific “Kavirāja,” often understood as “prince” or “king” of poets. Readers continue to value his work for its warmth, humility, and its rich combination of biography, philosophy, and sacred poetry.