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Caitanya Caritāmṛta of Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja

By Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja

Translated by Edward C. Dimock Jr.

Edited by Tony K. Stewart

Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass., 1999, Harvard Oriental Series

First written late 16th or early 17th century

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Dimock’s translation of the great Bengali biography and theology of Caitanya, which presents him as Krishna and Rādhā in one body and sets out the Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava doctrine of devotion and pure love.

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Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja. Caitanya Caritāmṛta of Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja. Edited by Tony K. Stewart. Translated by Edward C. Dimock Jr.. Harvard Oriental Series. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass., 1999.

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@misc{sources-caitanya-caritamrta-dimock,
  title = {{Caitanya Caritāmṛta of Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja}},
  howpublished = {The Library, Unitive Knowledge Society},
  note = {Source. Last modified November 7, 2026},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://www.unitiveknowledge.org/library/sources/caitanya-caritamrta-dimock}
}