Vaishnava Carana dasa Babaji () was a

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guru. A

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by caste, his birth name was Gokulananda Sen. His ''sripata'' (temple seat) was located at Tena Vaidyapura, about six miles from Jhamatpur in modern-day

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. He compiled the ''Padakalpataru'' in AD 1718–1723. He also wrote the preface for the ''Mahā-vandanā''. He was the disciple of

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, a descendant of

Srinivasa Acarya Śrinivāsa Āchārya Thakur (May 15, c. 1517 – May 9, ?) was a famous Vaishnava guru, the pupil of Jiva Gosvamin and teacher of Yadunandana dasa and Radhavallabha dasa, among others. He converted King Bir Hambir to Vaishnava. His daughter, ...

. His own disciples included Krishna das Babaji. He was an accomplished musician and popularized the tradition known as ''Tenar chap' or ''dhap''. He was the friend of a Vaishnava poet named Uddhava dasa (Krsnakanta Majumdar). Vaishnava Carana dasa was present at the debate held in Bengal in 1708 AD (1115) wherein the superiority of ''svakiya'' or ''parakiya'' (

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's love with his wives in

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and the unmarried ''

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s'' in

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, respectively) was discussed.

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