Raghunatha dasa Goswami

Srila
Raghunatha Dasa
রঘুনাথ দাস গোস্বামী
Goswami
Raghunatha dasa Goswami
Personal
Born1494
Krishnapur, Hooghly District of present-day West Bengal[1]
Died1586
ReligionHinduism
NationalityIndian
DenominationVaishnavism
LineageBrahma-Madhva-Gaudiya
SectGaudiya Vaishnavism
Known forCodifying Gaudiya Vaishnavism
Organization
PhilosophyAchintya Bheda Abheda
Religious career
GuruNityananda
Based inVrindavan, India
HonorsSix Goswamis of Vrindavana

Raghunatha dasa Goswami (1494–1586), a.k.a. Dasa Goswami, was a disciples of the Śrī Yadunandan-ācārya (see Vilāpa Kusumānjali, verse 4, Caitanya-Caritāmṛta Ādi chapter 12 and Antya 6) one of the apostle of the Vaishnava saint, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, the primary six of which were collectively known as the Six Goswamis of Vrindavan. Together the Six Goswamis established the philosophical writings and records which became the theological basis of the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition. Among the six, Raghunatha dasa was renowned for his qualities of simplicity and renunciation.

  1. ^ Sengupta, Subodh Chandra and Bose, Anjali (editors), (1976), Samsad Bangali Charitabhidhan (Biographical dictionary), (in Bengali), p 439