In his lifetime his disciples had organized a mission. In Bengal the new creed was preached and spread far and wide by Nityánanda, who afterwards came to be regarded as a god, co-ordinate with Chaitanya. Modern Brindában, with its temples, Sanskrit seminaries and haunts for recluses, is the creation of the Bengali Vaishnavs, and it has eclipsed the older city of Mathura. Here the brothers Rup and Sanátan,--descended from a Prince of Karnat who had settled in Bengal and whose descendants had become completely Bengalized, joined Chaitanya's Church. These two and their nephew Jiv Goswámi were great Sanskrit scholars and their devotional works, commentaries, &c. encouraged a revival of Sanskrit studies in general in that Muslim age. These three, with Gopal Bhatta, nephew of the celebrated Vedantist Prakashananda who was latterly converted to _bhakti_ by Chaitanya and changed his name into Prabodhananda, and Raghunath Bhatta, son of an up-country Brahman bhakta, and the last Raghunath-das, a Kayastha saint of the Saptagram zamindar family of the Hugli district and the guru of our author, formed the six Fathers of Chaitanya's Church. Except Rup and Sanátan, most of the other disciples of Chaitanya adopted the Bengali tongue as their medium, and greatly enriched it with their songs, biographies, poems, travels, and translations of the bhakti literature from Sanskrit. The Vaishnav Goswamis, both at Brindában and Navadwip, have kept up the study of Sanskrit to our own day. A classified list of Chaitanya's disciples is given in Book I. canto x and those of Nityánanda and Adwaita's disciples in cantos xi and xii respectively. GLOSSARY _Abadhut_--an ascetic who has renounced the world. _Acharya_--a family name or title of Brahmans, _lit._, teacher. _Adwaita Acharya_--an elderly scholar of Shantipur and associate in Chaitanya's devotions before he became a sannyasi. _Arati_--divine service performed to a god in the early morning or after dusk, with lamps, incense, and instrumental music, especially bells. _Balarám_--the elder brother of Krishna; the images of the two with that of their sister Subhadrá between them, are worshipped in the temple of Jagannáth. _Baniá_--grocer, (also acts as banker). _Bhágabat_--an adorer of Bhagabán or Vishnu as God; the Bhágabat, the name of a Puran, regarded by the Vaishnavs as their Scripture. _Bhakta_--a devotee, who seeks salvation through faith. _Bhakti_--faith, devotion. _Bhárati_--the title of an order of monks. _Bhattáchárya_--a title of Brahmans. _Bhog_--see _prasád_. _Dhoti_--a sheet of cloth worn round the lower limbs by Hindu males. _Gandharva_--a class of celestial musicians. _Garuda_--a bird ridden by Vishnu, sacred to the Vaishnavs. _Gaur_--(1) a city in the Malda district, the capital of Bengal during the Pathan period; also applied to the whole country of Bengal, (Gaur). (2) or _Gauránga_, a title of Chaitanya. _Gauriyá_--a native of Bengal. _Ghághar_--a musical instrument.