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nityananda-bhrtya--paramananda upadhyaya
sri-jiva pandita nityananda-guna gaya
SYNONYMS
nityananda-bhrtya—servant of Nityananda Prabhu; paramananda upadhyaya—of the name Paramananda Upadhyaya; sri-jiva pandita—of the name Sri Jiva Pandita; nityananda—Lord Nityananda Prabhu; guna—qualities; gaya—glorified.
Paramananda Upadhyaya was Nityananda Prabhu’s great servitor.
Sri Jiva Pandita glorified the qualities of Sri Nityananda Prabhu.
PURPORT
Sri Paramananda Upadhyaya was an advanced devotee.
His name is mentioned in the Caitanya-bhagavata, where Sri Jiva Pandita is also mentioned as the second son of Ratnagarbha Acarya and a childhood friend of Hadai Ojha, the father of Nityananda Prabhu.
In the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika, verse 169, it is said that Sri Jiva Pandita was formerly the gopi named Indira.