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His studies of grammar, poetry and rhetoric were completed while he still lived at Nadia.
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Visvanatha Chakravarti
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He also had two brothers named Rambhadra and Raghunatha. His initiating guru was Sriyuta Krsnacarana Cakravarti of Saiyadabad, Murshidabad, who was fourth in the line from Narottama Dasa. Visvanatha Chakravarti resided with his guru for many years and composed many books during that time.
There is a story that he defeated one conquering pandit while he himself was still only a student.
From his childhood he was completely indifferent to household life. However, he finally renounced family life and came to live at Vrindavana.
His family members tried to bring him back but were unsuccessful. Sri Chakravarti Thakura took up residence with Mukunda Dasa, who lived in Krishnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami"s bhajana kutir at Radha-kunda.
There he very intently studied the books and letters of the Gosvamis and composed many commentaries on their writings.
He used to worship a Deity named Golokananda. His another name was Harivallabha Dasa. He composed the following books on Gaudiya Vaishnava Theology:
Vraja-riti-cintamani
Camatkara-candrika
Prema-samputa
Gitavali
Subodhini,a commentary on the Alankara-Kaustabha
Ananda-Candrika,a commentary on Ujjvala-Nilamani
A commentary on the Gopala Tapani Upanishad
Stavamrta-Lahri
Sri-Krishna-bhavanamrta-mahakavya
Sri Bhagavatamrta Kana
Sri Ujjavala-nilamani-kirana
Dana-Keli Kaumudi-tika
Sri Lalita-madhava-nataka-tika
Sri Caitanya-caritamrta-tika(incomplete)
Sarartha-Varsini tika
Sarartha-darsini tika
He died on the Vasanta-pancami in the month of Magha.
