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‘SRI SANKALPA KALPADRUMA 65. Sankalpa kalpadruma A short work from Sri Visvanatha Cakrayarti Thakura's Stavamrta-lahari. It details the mood and aml ns of a mafijari and gives a glimpse of the varieties of sei es that Srimati Radharani's dear maid-servants do for her. f 66. Sankalpa kalpa-vrksa Known to be one of the last works of Sri Jiva Gosvami, it describes the pastimes of Krsna from his appearance to disappearance, thereby connecting the prakata-lilas (manifest pastimes in material world) with the nityatilas (eternal pastimes in spiritual world). It is reiterates Jiva Gosvami's stand on the svakiya-parakiya issue. The book is also known by the name Safkalpa-kalpa-druma but Bhakti-ratnakara lists. it as Sankalpa-kalpa-vrksa. 67. Siddhanta-ratnam Siddhanta-ratnam is a long work in prose written by Baladeva Vidyabhasana. It is philosophical in nature, analyzing the svarapa and qualities of the Lord, his abode and pastimes as well as bhakti. A great deal of effort is spent on refuting other philosophies, particularly Advaita-vada. 68. Sruti-stuti-vakya Our acaryas such as Jiva Gosvami, Sandtana Gosvami and Visvanatha Cakravarti have given extensive commentaries on the prayers of the personified Vedas, since those prayers refute the idea that Upanisads present the Supreme Brahman as impersonal. Prabodhananda Sarasvati gives a completely different interpretation of the verses. Since the Upanisads became gopis, he gives the meaning of the verses in terms of madhurya-rasa, as spoken by those Upanisad-gopis. He also gives a meaning according to the eternal gopis.

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