Chaitanya Mangala

The Chaitanya Mangala () (c.16th century) of Lochana Dasa is an important hagiographical work on the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Sri Krishna Chaitanya - Chaitanya Mahaprabhu in Bengali. This work of Lochana Dasa or Lochananda Dasa is influenced by the Sanskrit "Kadacha" of Murari Gupta. The complete text is divided into four sections: the "Sutra Khanda", the "Adi Khanda", the "Madhya Khanda" and the "Shesh Khanda". As this work was written for the purpose of singing only, it is not further sub-divided into chapters.
Contents.
The "Chaitanya Mangala" comprises about 11000 verses. The "Sutra Khanda" has around 1800 verses, the "Adi Khanda" has about 3300 verses, the "Madhya Khanda" consists nearly 4300 verses and the "Shesh Khanda" comprises about 1600 verses. The "Sutrakhanda" is a prelude to the Krishna's appearance as the Gauranga avatar in Nabadwip, which describes the events which led to this incarnation. The "Adi Khanda" narrates the early life of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu up to his trip to Gaya. The "Madhya Khanda" describes events in Mahaprabhu's later life up to his meeting with Sarvabahuma Bhattacharya. The "Shesh Khanda" narrates his pilgrimages to southern and northern India. Some manuscripts also consist a description of the last part of the Mahaprabhu's life till his disappearance.