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Title: The archaeological survey of Mayurabhanja
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Nagendra-Natha Vasu
Subjects: Cults Buddha and Buddhism
Publisher: (Calcutta Printed by U.N. Bhattacharyya at the Hare Press)
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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d. Inour report on Pratapapur we have already statedthat in that village Maharaja Prataparudra Devahad an image of Cri Chaitanya made of nimwood. This example set by the king was soonfollowed by the people, and now there is scarcelyany important village in Orissa that has not itsimage of Chaitanya for worship. Of all theimages of Cri Chaitanya found in Orissa, theone discovered at Pratapapur is the oldest,having been made during the life-time of theMaster. It is however lying in a neglectedcondition, though its great historical importanceought to have attracted the attention and homageof the people. (Fig. 54). After Cri Chaitanya had passed away, the taskof propagating his religion in Utkala devolvedupon two great VaisnaVa apostles, Cyamanandaand Rasikananda. Accounts of these Vaisnava wor-thies are to be found in almost all the importantVaisnava works, but chiefl.v in Bliaktiratnakara,Cyamaiumda-PrakaQa and in Rasika-Maijgala byGopijana-vallabha. MaYURABHAN.TA AROHyFOT^OGICAL SURVEY.
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54. Cri CluiitanyuJeva jruiii Fnttdinipui I.) LATER VAISNAVA INFLUENCE. CI Cyamanandas parents lived in Gauda butafterwards came to Orissa. They first settled atDande9vara and afterwards removed to DharendaBahadnrpnr where Cyamananda was born. Afterhis marriage, a change came over his mind.This world and its pleasures lost their attractionfor him. He left home and came to Ambikain Kalna where he embraced Vaisnavism imderthe spiritual guidance of Hrdaya Chaitanya, afavourite disciple of Gauridasa and himself acompanion of Cri Chaitanya. Cyamanandaspreceptor commanded him to preach this religionof love to one and all in Utkala. After hisrenunciation, he visited the principal places ofIndia and finally came to Vrndavana. Here hemet Raghunatha Dasa, on whose advice he com-menced studying the Vaisnava scriptures underJiva Gosvamin, one of the reputed Gosvamins orspiritual leaders of the Vaisnava society. He had before this called himself DukhiKrsna Dasa but henceforth adopted the name ofCy

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