caitanya-dÄsa, rÄmadÄsa, Ära karṇapÅ«ra
tina putra Å›ivÄnandera prabhura bhakta-śūra

 caitanya-dÄsa - Caitanya dÄsa; rÄmadÄsa - RÄmadÄsa; Ära - and; karṇapÅ«ra - KarṇapÅ«ra; tina putra - three sons; Å›ivÄnandera - of ÅšivÄnanda Sena; prabhura - of the Lord; bhakta-śūra - of the heroic devotees.


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The three sons of ÅšivÄnanda Sena, named Caitanya dÄsa, RÄmadÄsa and KarṇapÅ«ra, were all heroic devotees of Lord Caitanya.

Purport

Caitanya dÄsa, the eldest son of ÅšivÄnanda Sena, wrote a commentary on Kṛṣṇa-karṇÄmá¹›ta that was later translated by ÅšrÄ«la Bhaktivinoda ṬhÄkura in his paper Sajjana-toá¹£aṇī. According to expert opinion, Caitanya dÄsa was the author of the book Caitanya-carita (also known as Caitanya-caritÄmá¹›ta), which was written in Sanskrit. The author was not Kavi-karṇapÅ«ra, as is generally supposed. This is the opinion of ÅšrÄ«la BhaktisiddhÄnta SarasvatÄ« ṬhÄkura. ÅšrÄ« RÄmadÄsa was the second son of ÅšivÄnanda Sena. It is stated in the Gaura-gaṇoddeÅ›a-dÄ«pikÄ (145) that the two famous parrots named Daká¹£a and Vicaká¹£aṇa in kṛṣṇa-lÄ«lÄ became the elder brothers of Kavi-karṇapÅ«ra, namely Caitanya dÄsa and RÄmadÄsa. KarṇapÅ«ra, the third son, who was also known as ParamÄnanda dÄsa or PurÄ« dÄsa, was initiated by ÅšrÄ«nÄtha Paṇá¸ita, who was a disciple of ÅšrÄ« Advaita Prabhu. KarṇapÅ«ra wrote many books that are important in Vaiṣṇava literature, such as the Ä€nanda-vá¹›ndÄvana-campÅ«, Alaá¹…kÄra-kaustubha, Gaura-gaṇoddeÅ›a-dÄ«pikÄ and the great epic Caitanya-candrodaya-nÄá¹­aka. He was born in the year 1448 ÅšakÄbda (A.D. 1526). He continually wrote books for ten years, from 1488 until 1498.