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Madhavendra Puri (' in IAST) also known as ''Madhavendra Puri Goswami'' is a Vaishnava saint who appeared in the 14th century. ==Biography== Very little is known about early years of Madhavendra Puri, as in majority of sources he is figuring already a mendicant, ''sannyasi''. After making an extensive pilgrimage of India as a ''sannyasi'' he passed his life in Vrndavana and Orissa. The main source of knowledge about this personality is Caitanya Caritamrita. What is known that he was a ''sannyasi'' of the ''Sankara sampradaya'' order, however he also belongs to Madhva line being a disciple of Lakshmipati Tirtha and it appears that Madhavendra was the founder of the Vaishnava centre at Mathura, Vrindavana.〔 Page 78: “It appears that Madhavendra was the founder of the Vaishnav centre at Mathura”〕 He is considered a fountainhead of devotional worship of Krishna and he has started the worship of the Gopala deity,〔Sukumar Sen, 1971. Page 77: “Started the worship of image of Gopala (Bala Gopala) in Vrindavana.”〕 better known as Shrinathji. He is attributed to mysterious discovery of the famous deity of Gopala near Govardhana that was later worshiped by Vallabhacharya, follower of Vishnuswami in Rudra sampradaya,〔Page 109: “Vallabha lived for some time in Vrndavana and for some time at Mathura.” It is alleged that Gopala-Krsna manifested himself on the Govardhana. Vallabha Vedantic system is the same as his predecessor Vishnuswami. This Vishnuswami was the son of a councillor of a Dravida vassal under Emperior of Delhi. “In his disciplic succession others such as Jnanadeva, Namdeva, Trilochana and Vallabha appeared.”〕 who in turn was influenced by devotional mood of Vrindavana.〔The Philosophy and Religion of Śrī Caitanya. Page 31 O. B. L. Kapoor, 1977,248 pages — Caitanya Caritamrta also records how Vallabha, who had introduced the worship of Bala-Gopala in his sect, was influenced by the Madhura Rasa .〕 He is also famed for receiving direct instructions and gifts from the deity of Gopinatha, who commanded him to travel for the supply of scarce sandal wood paste from the Orissa to Malaya Mountains.〔Page 36 Stuart Mark Elkman, Jīva Gosvāmī - 1986 “After being commanded by the deity to worship him with sandalwood from the South, Madhavendra set off for the Malaya Mountains”〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Madhavendra Puri」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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