Sri Purusottama Thakur
"The twenty-third and twenty-fourth prominent devotees of Nityananda Prabhu were
Sadasiva Kaviraja and his son Purusottama dasa, who was the tenth gopala. Since
birth, Purusottama dasa was merged in the service of the lotus feet of Lord
Nityananda Prabhu, and he was always engaged in childish play with Lord Krsna."
[C.C. Adi 11.8-39]
"Sri Sadasiva Kaviraja was extremely fortunate. His son's name was Sri
Purusottama das. He was never externally conscious of his material body.
Nityananda Candra enacted many pastimes from within his heart." [C.B. Antya
5/741-742]
Sri Purusottama Thakura had three main disciples: Sri Madhavacarya, Sri
Yadavacarya and Devakinandana dasa, who were born in Kulina brahmana families.
Madhavacarya married Nityananda Prabhu's daughter, Ganga-devi. Devakinandana was
the author of the book Vaishnav-vandane. Purusottama Thakura's Sripat was
previously at Sukhasagar. Now his Deities are at Candriya Gram.
This temple is called Vasu-Jahnava Pat. Perhaps this is due to the fact that
Kanai Thakura, the son of Purusottama, was the adopted son of Sri Jahnava.
Sri Purusottama Thakura was the cowherd boy Stoka-krsna in Krisna-lila.
Note: Special thanks to Jaya Tirtha Caran prabhu from NZ for allowing us to use some of the content from his site to compile these pages - http://www.hknet.org.nz
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