Vaishnava Carana dasa Babaji
Introduction '''Vaishnava Carana dasa Babaji''' () was a Gaudiya Vaishnava guru. A Vaidya 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 Katwa. He compiled the ''Padakalpataru'' in AD 1718–1723.He also wrote the preface for the ''Mahā-vandanā''.He was the disciple of Radhamohana Thakura, a descendant of Srinivasa Acarya. 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'' (Krishna's love with his wives in Dvārakā and the unmarried ''gopis'' in Vrindavan, respectively) was discussed.
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