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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Ādi 10.65
śrī-vijaya-dāsa-nāma prabhura ākhariyā
prabhure aneka puńthi diyāche likhiyā
SYNONYMS
śrī-vijaya-dāsa — Śrī Vijaya dāsa; nāma — name; prabhura — of the Lord; ākhariyā — chief singer; prabhure — unto the Lord; aneka — many; puńthi — literatures; diyāche — has given; likhiyā — by writing.
TRANSLATION
Śrī Vijaya dāsa, the twenty-seventh branch, another of the Lord's chief singers, gave the Lord many books written by hand.
PURPORT
Formerly there were no printing presses or printed books. All books were handwritten. Precious books were kept in manuscript form in temples or other important places, and anyone who was interested in a book had to copy it by hand. Vijaya dāsa was a professional writer who copied many manuscripts and gave them to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
Copyright © The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness