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Four Authorized Successions of Disciples

According to the Padma Purana, there are four authorized chains that came from Lord Krsna. While there might some differences in certain aspects of the philosophy, the overall spirit is the same amongst the four successions. While the great majority of the site is centered on the Brahma Sampradaya or the succession of disciples transmitted from Lord Krsna through Lord Brahma, songs from other authorized sampradayas have been included whenever found. This is a siksa-parampara, therefore, it describes the transmission of knowledge from the bonafide spiritual master to the student. More detail of this is mentioned in the Introduction Bhagavad-Gita As It Is by Srila Prabhupada.

Brahma Sampradaya:

1) Krsna

2) Brahma

3) Narada

4) Vyasadeva

5) Madhvacarya (founder)

6) Padmanabha

7) Nrhari

8) Madhava

9) Aksobhya

10) Jaya Tirtha

11) Jnanasindhu

12) Dayanidhi

13) Vidyanidhi

14) Rajendra

15) Jayadharma

16) Purusottama

17) Brahmanya Tirtha

18) Vyasa Tirtha

19) Laksmipati

20) Madhavendra Puri

21A) Isvara Puri

21B) Lord Nityananda

21C) Advaitacarya

22) Lord Caitanya

23A) Rupa Goswami

23B) Svarupa Damodara

23C) Sanatana Goswami

24A) Raghunatha Dasa Goswami

24B) Gopala Bhatta Goswami

24C) Jiva Goswami

25) Krsnadasa Kaviraja

26) Narottama Dasa Thakura

27) Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura

28A) Baladeva Vidyabhusana

28B) Jagannatha Dasa Babaji

29) Bhaktivinoda Thakura

30) Gaura Kisora Dasa Babaji

31) Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati

32A) Bhakti Prajnana Kesava Goswami

32B) A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami

Kumara Sampradaya:

1) Krsna

2) Visnu

3) Hamsavatara

4) Sanaka Kumara

5) Nimbarkacarya (Nimbaditya) (founder)

6) Srinivasa Acarya

7) Visva Acarya

8) Purusottama Acarya

9) Vilasa Acarya

10) Svarupa Acarya

11) Madhava Acarya

12) Balabhadra Acarya

13) Padma Acarya

14) Syama Acarya

15) Gopala Acarya

16) Krpa Acarya

17) Deva Acarya

18) Sundara Bhattacarya

19) Padmanabha Bhattacarya

20) Upendra Bhattacarya

21) Ramacandra Bhattacarya

22) Vamana Bhattacarya

23) Krsna Bhattacarya

24) Padmakara Bhattacarya

25) Sravana Bhattacarya

26) Bhuri Bhattacarya

27) Madhava Bhattacarya

28) Syama Bhattacarya

29) Gopal Bhattacarya

30) Balabhadra Bhattacarya

31) Gopinath Bhattacarya

32) Kesava Bhattacarya

33) Gangala Bhattacarya

34) Kesava Kasmiri

Songs on this site from the Kumara Sampradaya:

Jaya Radhe Jaya Radhe Radhe Jaya Radhe

Jnana Svarupam Ca Harer Adhinam

Namaste Sriyai Radhikayai Parayai

Rudra Sampradaya:

1) Krsna

2) Siva (Rudra)

3) Visnu Swami (founder)

4) Tirtha Swami

5) Sridhara Swami

Songs on this site from the Rudra Sampradaya:

Adharam Madhuram (Vallabhacarya)

Sri Sampradaya:

1) Krsna

2) Narayana (Lord Visnu)

3) Sri (Laksmi-devi)

4) Nathamuni

5) Yamunacarya

6) Ramanujacarya (founder)

Songs on thie site from the Sri Sampradaya:

Jaya Jaya Nrsimha Sarvesa

Krsna Ena Barade Krsna Ena Barade (Purandara Dasa)

Matah Sudhaphala Late Mahaniyasile (Tottaiyacarya)

Sri Vallabheti Vara Deti (Mukunda Mala Stotram) (Kulasekhara)

Srimad Akalanka Paripurna (Sankara Paramesvarena)

Udaya Ravi Sahasra Dyotitam (Trivikramacarya)

Vrttotphulla Visalaksam (Sankara Paramesvarena)

UPDATED: July 26, 2010