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TEXT 65
sri-vijaya-dasa-nama prabhura akhariya
prabhure aneka punthi diyache likhiya
SYNONYMS
sri-vijaya-dasaof the name Sri Vijaya dasa; namaname; prabhuraof the Lord; akhariyachief singer; prabhureunto the Lord; anekamany; punthiliteratures; diyachehas given; likhiyaby writing.
TRANSLATION
Sri Vijaya dasa, 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 important places, and anyone who was interested in a book had to copy it by hand. Vijaya dasa was a professional writer who copied many manuscripts and gave them to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
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