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Introduction

In his Vaiṣṇava-vandanā, Vṛndāvanadāsa writes:
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vandoṁ kariyā bhakti, prabodhānanda sarasvatī, parama
mahattva guṇa-dhāma | śrī-caitanya-candrāmṛta pustaka
yāṁhāra kṛta, ei pūnthi bhakta-dhana-prāṇa ||

“With great devotion I offer obeisances to Śrīla
Prabodhānanda Sarasvatī, who is an abode of
transcendental qualities and greatness. He composed
the book Śrī-Caitanya-candrāmṛta, which is the devotees’
treasure and life.”

In the Sādhana-dīpikā (Aṣṭama-kakṣā), Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa
Gosvāmī states:
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śrīmat-prabodhānandasya bhrātuḥ putraṁ kṛpālayam |
śrīmad-gopāla-bhaṭṭaṁ taṁ naumi śrī-vraja-vāsinam ||

“I offer my humble obeisances unto Śrīla Gopāla Bhaṭṭa,
who was the son of Śrīla Prabodhānanda’s brother, a
resident of Vraja and a reservoir of mercy.”

In the first chapter of the Anurāgavallī (dated 1696 AD),
Manohara Dāsa writes:
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3. This is not the author of Caitanya-bhāgavata. In the Karṇānanda,
Yadunandana dāsa mentions two devotees with this name – one
was a son and the other was a disciple of Śrīnivāsācarya (17th
century AD).
4. He was a pujārī in the Govindadeva Mandira in the 17th
century. His guru was Haridāsa Paṇḍita, sevādhikārī of the
temple and a disciple of Anantācārya, a disciple of Gadādhara
Paṇḍita. Vide Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā, 8.54-65.
5. He was a disciple of Śrī Rāmaśaraṇa Caṭṭarāja, who was the