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<strong>H<strong>in</strong>duism</strong>: <strong>What</strong> <strong>Really</strong> Happened <strong>in</strong> <strong>India</strong> – M. M. N<strong>in</strong>an<br />

Gaudiya Vaishanva siddhanta<br />

229<br />

Sri Baladeva Vidyabhusana was born <strong>in</strong> a place called Baleshvara, a<br />

village neighbor<strong>in</strong>g Remuna, <strong>in</strong> the early part of the 18th century A.D, as<br />

the son of a vaisya, an agriculturist. Baladeva became expert <strong>in</strong> the<br />

Gaudiya Vaishanva siddhanta. “The one absolute truth has two<br />

categories: the named (Krishna) and the name (Om). Parameshvara, Sri<br />

Krishna, the absolute person is the named; pranava, or omkara (Om) is<br />

the name. The named, or Parameshvara Sri Krishna, reveals himself <strong>in</strong><br />

different forms as Matsya, Kurma, and many other forms. In the same<br />

way the name of the Supreme Lord expands <strong>in</strong>to many different forms;<br />

such as the transcendental syllable Om, the gayatri mantram, and the<br />

Vedas themselves. There is no limit to the Supreme Personality of<br />

Godhead; he has no beg<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g and no end. As a consequence, his<br />

glorification is also eternal. He appears with<strong>in</strong> this material world, stays<br />

for some time, and aga<strong>in</strong> disappears accord<strong>in</strong>g to his own sweet will."<br />

Sri Baladeva Vidyabhusana disappeared <strong>in</strong> the Christian year 1768<br />

Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha by Madhava Acharya, translated by E. B.<br />

Cowell and A. E. Gough. Kegan Paul, Trench, and Trubner, London,<br />

1914.<br />

http://www.worldhistory.com/wiki/C/Carvaka.htm<br />

http://faculty.wash<strong>in</strong>gton.edu/kpotter/ckeyt/home.htm

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