ANANTA ACARYA

pandita-gosanira sisya--ananta acarya

krsna-premamaya-tanu, udara, sarva-arya

Ananta Acarya was a disciple of Gadadhara Pandita. His

body was always absorbed in love of Godhead. He was
magnaminous and advanced in all respects.

tanhara ananta guna ke karu prakasa

tanra priya sisya inha--pandita haridasa

Ananta Acarya was a reservoir of all good qualities. No

one can estimate how great he was. Pandita Haridasa was
his disciple.

Sri Ananta Acarya is one of the eternal associates of Sri

Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Previously, during the advent of
Lord Sri Krsna, Ananta Acarya was Sudevi, one of the
eight gopis. This is stated in the Gaura-gannodesa-dipika,
verse 165, as follows; anantacarya-gosvami ya sudevi
pura vraje. "Ananta Acarya Gosvami was formerly
Sudevi-gopi in Vraja [Vrndavana]." In Jagannatha Puri,
or Purusottama-ksetra, there is a monastery known as
Ganga-mata Matha, he is known as Vinoda-manjari. One
of his disciples was Haridasa Pandita Gosvami, who is
also known as Sri Raghu Gopala and as Sri Rasa-
manjari.