Vaiṣṅavas—The points of similarity.—The message of Eastern India and the apostles of Bengal.—The environment of Chaitanya, 398-409.—Navadwipa the birth place of Chaitanya—A seat of learning.—The Navya Nyāya.—The flourishing condition of Navadwipa—Its area—Sceptical tendencies of the age.—The defects of the Renaissance—Bengal ready for a great faith—The advent of Chaitanya Deva, 409-414.
II. The life and teachings of Chaitanya Deva, 414—439.—Chaitanya's asceticism and severity.—His frenzied ecstasies.—Reorganisation of the Vaiṣṅava order—Chaitanya as an exponent of the Renaissance. 439-444.
III. Vaisnava biographies, 444-495.—A new start in biography and the ignoring of Caste, 444-446.
(a) Kadcha or notes by Govinda Das, 446-464.
(b) Chaitanya Bhagavata by Vrindavana Das, 464-471.—Çrivāsa's Ānginā—Attacks on the non Vaiṣṅavas—Valuable side-lights—Chaitanya's contemporaries, 464-497.—Chaitanya's visit to Gaya and the 'lotus feet'—Meeting with Içwara Puri, 467-471.
(c) Jayananda's Chaitanya Mangala, 471-477.—The new facts brought to light by him—The passing of Chaitanya Deva—The Brahmins of Pirulyā, 471-477.
(d) Chaitanya Charitamrita by Krisna Das, 477-489.—Early misfortunes and Vaiṣṅava influence—Chaitanya Charitāmrita commenced when the author was 79.—His vast Scholarship—Defects of style—The excellence of the work.—The last days of Chaitanya—The death of the author in a tragic manner, 477-489.
