Person Index

Important: Before you try to pronounce these names, read the note about the Bengali transliteration used. If you are too impatient, then pronounce them as in English except that G and J (the capitalized ones) stand for a nasal soung like ng, and c is to be pronounced like ch. This way, what you pronounce will possibly be recognizable at least. The pronounciation of y (lower case) is often like j, and the combination kS is like kkh. y, v and m without preceding vowel, r or l duplicate the previous consonant: thus lakSmaNa is pronounced almost lakkhon.

Alphabetical (in bengali) listing of all names appearing in the geneology. The number gives the generations since bhavanAtha caTTopAdhyAYa. Roughly speaking, this gives an idea of the time someone lived.

Apart from last names that appear through marriage: gaGgopAdhyAYa and gAGgulI [colloquial from gaGgopAdhyAYa [gaGgA (a river; see here) + upAdhyAYa (teacher; see here)], the family has used three major last names: bhaTTAcAryya, cakra-varttI and caTTopAdhyAYa (see here for meanings). Strictly speaking, bhaTTAcAryya and cakra-varttI are supposed to be titles.

anu-lekhA bhaTTAcAryya 15

anu (along, following) + likh (from rikh; to tear up, furrow, scratch, engrave, write) + suffix. For bhaTTAcAryya, see here.

aJjali 15

aJj (to apply ointment, color, anoint, clarify, decorate, honour) + suffix = open hands slightly hollowed, reverence, handful of grain).

ambikA-nAtha 8

ambikA (pArvatI, see here) + nAtha (lord, see here.) = shiva

AratI bhaTTAcAryya 15

From saMskRta ArAtrika [A (near, towards, among, fully) + rAtri [from rAtrI, probably from rA (to give, see here) or ram (to calm, see here); night] + suffix = light waved before idol at night, worship]. For bhaTTAcAryya, see here.

Ashisa 16

Benediction. See here.

Rtam cakravartti 17

past participle of R (to rise, go, meet with, obtain) = proper, right, suitable, brave, honest, respected, fixed order, law.

kalpanA 15

kLp (to be well regulated, be suitable to, be fit for, fall to share, help obtain, bring into connection in, to declare as, to consider) + suffix = fixing, preparing, forming, forming in mind, form, shape, image, mental image.

kalyAnI cakra-varttI 16

kalya [from kal (to impel, accomplish), well, hale, vigorous] + suffix = beautiful, illustriuos, excellent, beneficial, prosperous, fortunate, lucky. For cakravartti, see here.

kAminI-kumAra 13

kAminI [kAma [kam (to love, desire, see here) + suffix = wish, desire, longing, love] + suffix (possessive+feminine) = desirous, longing, wanton, enamoured] + kumAra (son, see here)

kAlikA-prasAda 8

kAlikA [kAli (a goddess, see here) + suffix (diminuitive; no change in meaning)] + prasAda (gift, see here)

kAli-dAsa siddhAnta-vAgIsha 5

worshipper of the goddess kAlI. See here. siddhAnta (doctrine; see here) + vAgIsha (eloquent; see here)

kAlI-pada 10

kAlI (a goddess, see here) + pada [from pad (foot, to fall); step, footstep, foot] = kAli's worshipper.

kAshI-nAtha 7

Lord of kAsi. See here.

kRSNa-deva nyAYAlaGkAra 5

Worshipper of kRSNa, see here. For nyAYAlaGkAra, see here.

keshava-lAla 10

keshava [kesha [said to be from klish (to torment, molest, pain, afflict); hair, mane] + suffix = one with long, plentiful, handsome, hair, epithet of viSNu] + lAla (child, see here).

gaGgesha tarkAlaGkAra 3

gaGgA (name of a holy river; see here) + Isha (master, see here) = epithet of shiva. For tarkAlaGkAra, see here.

govinda 8

kRSNa, see here.

gaurAGga 15

gaura (white; see here) + aGga (body; see here) = epithet of the reformer caitanya.

gaurAGga-lAla 10

gaurAGga (caitanya; see here) + lAla (dear; see here).

gaurI-nAtha 6

Shiva; see here.

gaurI-prasAda 6

gauri (pArvati; see here) + prasAda (gift; see here = by the grace of pArvvatI.

candra-kumAra 12

candra (moon; see here) + kumAra (son; see here).

cinmaYa cakra-varttI 16

cit (to perceive, be attentive, observe, comprehend) + suffix (changed from; made of) = consisting of pure thought. For cakravarttI, see here.

jagannAtha paJcAnana 5

epithet of viSNu; see here. paJcAnana is an epithet of shiva; See here.

jaYItA bhaTTAcAryya 16

jaYa (victory; see here) + suffix. For bhaTTAcAryya, see here.

jIvana 15

Life; see here.

jhanA 16

meaning unknown.

tanmaYa bhaTTAcAryya 16

See here.

tApasI bhaTTAcAryya 16

tapas [tap (to shine, give out heat, consume or destroy by heat, suffer pain, repent, be purified by heat, undergo austerity) + suffix = heat, pain, suffering, austerity] + suffix (possessor+feminine) = ascetic. For bhaTTAcArya, see here.

tArinI-nAtha 8

tAriNI [tRR (to save; see here + suffix (subject+feminine) = saving; an epithet of durgA] + nAtha (lord; see here).

tula-tula bhaTTAcAryya 15

Meaning unknown. For bhattAcAryya, see here.

dIna-nAtha 7

God, see here.

dIpAlI 15

dIpa [dIp (to blaze, shine, burn) + suffix = light, lamp] + suffix = row of lights, name of a festival.

deva-jA gAGgulI 17

deva (god; see here) + jan (to beget; see here) + suffix (object+feminine) = born to God. For gAGulI, see above.

dhIreNa bhaTTAcAryya 14

Probably from dhIrendra [dhIra (wise; see here) + indra (best of; see here)].

nagena 14

Probably from nagendra [naga [na (no) + gam (to go; see here) = mountain] + indra (best of; see here) = epithet of himAlaYa].

nivAraNa 14

ni (down, see here) + vR (restrain, see here) + suffix (subject) = restraining.

padma-locana tarkAlaGkAra 6

padma [etymology unknown, may be related to pad (foot, to fall; see above); lotus, lotus-shaped, red-mark] + locana (eyes; see here) = one with eyes like lotus. For tarkAlaGkAra, see here.

pArvatI-nAtha 8

pArvatI (name of a goddess, see here) + nAtha (lord, see here) = epithet of shiva.

pauSAlI gaGgopAdhyAYa 16

pauSa [puSyA [puS (to be nourished, thrive, prosper) + suffix = nourishment, blossom, best of, name of an asterism of the lunar zodiac] + suffix = time when the moon is there, month when the full moon is there] + suffix = related to pauSa, the newly reaped crops from this month. For gaGgopAdhyAYa, see here.

bula-bula bhaTTAcAryya 15

Meaning unknown; For bhaTTAcAryya, see here.

bhagavAna-candra 8

bhagavAna [bhaga [bhaj (to divide, allot, grant, bestow) + suffix = gracious lord, patron, wealth-bestower Aditya presiding over love and marriage, stars, sun, moon, fortune, happiness, prosperity, beauty, loveliness, love, affection, passion] + suffix = fortunate, prosperous, happy, glorious, divine, holy, god] + candra (moon, beautiful, see here).

bhava-nAtha caTTopAdhyAYa 1

bhava [bhU (to become, see here) + suffix = coming into existence, birth, origin, life, world] + nAtha (lord, see here). For caTTopAdhyAYa, see here.

bhairava-candra 7

bhairava [bhIru [bhI (to fear, be anxious about) + suffix = fearful, cowardly, dreading] + suffix = frightful, terrible, formidable, an epithet of shiva] + candra (beautiful, see here).

mathurA-candra smRti-tIrttha 9

mathurA [related to math (to stir, produce fire by rubbing sticks, rub, churn, mix, mingle, shake, agitate); name of kRSNa's birthplace] + candra (beautiful, see here).

manu 15

man (to perceive, see here) + suffix = thinking, intelligent, man.

manu-lAla 10

manu (man, see here) + lAla (dear, see here).

mAkhana-lAla 10

mAkhana (or mAkhama, butter, see here) + lAlA (dear, see here).

mANika-lAla 10

mANika (jewel, see here) + lala (dear, see here).

mAdhava 3

An epithet of kRSNa, see here

mAnasI bhaTTAcAryya 16

manas (mind, perception, see here) + suffix (related+feminine) = belonging to the mind, expressed or conceived only in the mind. For bhaTTAcAryya, see here.

mAlA 16

garland, see here.

mRtyuJjaYa sArvva-bhauma 6

Overcoming death, see here. For sArvvabhauma, see here.

mRnmaYa cakra-varttI 16

mRd [mRd (to press, squeeze, trample, tread on, destroy, ravage, rub into, mingle) + suffix = earth, soil, clay] + suffix (changed from; made of) = made of mud. For cakravartti, see here.

raghu-deva 3

See here.

ratana-lAla 10

ratan [from ratna (jewel, see here)] + lAla (dear, see here).

ratna-kRSNa 11

ratna (jewel, see here) + kRSNa (name of a god, see here).

ramA-kAnta vAcaSpati 4

ramA (epithet of lakSmI, see here) + kAnta (beloved, see here) = epithet of viSNu. For vAcaSpati, see here.

rAghava 4

An epithet of rAma, see here.

rAma-kishora 10

rAma (a god, see here) + kishora (youth, see here.

rAma-gopAla kavi-rAja cakra-varttI 2

rAma (a god, see here) + gopAla (an epithet of kRSNa, see here). kavi [kU (to sound, cry out, moan, hum) + suffix = singer, poet, insightful, intelligent, thinker, sage] + rAja (king, see here) = king of poets, doctor. For cakravarttI, see here.

rAma-candra 9

See here.

rAmeshvara 6

See here.

rAmeshvara 9

See here.

ruNTu 16

Meaning unknown.

rUpaka mukhopAdhyAYa 16

rUpa (form, beauty, see here) + suffix = having form, figurative. For mukhopAdhyAYa, see here.

rUpasA cakra-varttI 17

Meaning unknown, probably related to rUpa (beauty, see here), name of a river. For cakravarttI, see here.

rauNaka mukhopadhyAYa 17

See here.

lokanAtha 7

loka [or uloka, probably connected with roka [ruc (to shine, be bright, be agreeable) + suffix = brightness] and lok (also connected to ruc above, to see, perceive, recognize) = free or open space, room, free motion, region, country, wide space, world, universe + nAtha (lord, see here) = an epithet of various gods.

viSNu-nAtha 7

viSNu (a god, see here) + nAtha (lord, see here).

sadA-shiva vidyA-vAgIsha 6

always kind, see here. vidya (knowledge, see here) + vAgIsha (eloquent, see here) is a title.

sItA-nAtha tarka-siddhAnta 7

sItA [a complex of words is explained by possibly artificial root sI (to draw a straight line); a furrow, track of ploughshare, furrow personified as a goddess, goddess of agriculture, wife of indra, wife of rAma] + nAtha (lord, see here) = rAma. tarka (debate, see here) + siddhAnta (demonstrated conclusion, see here is a title.

shaGkara 15

An epithet of shiva, see here.

shasha-dhara 9

The moon, see here.

shephAlI bhaTTAcAryya 15

Said to be derived from shephas [probably related to shvi (to swell, see here); male reproductive organ, male egg sac] + ali [from alin [ala [may be related to al (to adorn); sting] + suffix = possessed of a sting, a black bee], a black bee]; name of a flower. For bhaTTAcArya, see here.

saGgItA bhaTTAcAryya 16

See here.

santoSa bhaTTAcAryya 15

Satisfaction, see here. For bhaTTAcAryya, see here.

sukha-dA 14

sukha [sukh (to make happy) is probably a back formation; su (good, see here) + kha [khan (to dig, excavate) + suffix = cavity, hole, aperture, aperture of the human body, wound, hole in the nave of a wheel, vacuity, air, sky] = having good axle hole, running swiftly and easily, easy, pleasant, comfortable, happy, prosperous, ease, comfort; in some meanings may have been confused in prAkRta with sustha [su (good, as above) + sthA (to stand, stay) + suffix = well situated, healthy, prosperous, happy]] + dA (to give, see here) + suffix = one who gives comfort.

sundarI 15

sundara [Though sund (to shine) exists, probably su (good, see here) + nara (man, see here) = beautiful, handsome] + suffix (feminine).

svapana 15

From svapna [svap (to sleep, lie down, be dead) + suffix = sleep, drowsiness, dream] or svapana [svap (to sleep, as above) + suffix = sleeping, numbness].

hara-nAtha 7

See here.

hari-prasAda 7

See here.

hemanta-kumAra 13

hemanta (cold season, see here) + kumAra (youth, see here).