The Disciplic Succession

There are four bonafide vaishanava sampradayas – all starting from Vishnu or Krishna. These are Brahma Sampradaya, Laxmi Sampradaya, Siva Sampradaya & Kumar Sampradaya.

Following is a summary of all four bonafide vaishanava sampradayas in a tabular form: 

Following is the disciplic succession of Brahma Madhava Gaudiya Sampradaya: The International Society for Krishna Consciousness draws its legitimacy from its place in a long succession of spiritual teachers and disciples (parampara). There are four major disciplic successions (sampradayas), ISKCON belongs to the Brahma Sampradaya, founded by Lord Krishna Himself.

Lord Sri Krsna • 01 Krsna
lord brahma • 02 Brahma
narada 03 Narada
vyasa 04 Vyasa
madhava 05 Madhva
padmanabha 06 Padmanabha
nrhari 07 Nrhari
madhva mun 08 Madhava
aksobhya 09 Aksobhya
jayatirtha 10 Jaya Tirtha
jnanasindhu • 11 Jnanasindhu
dayanidhi • 12 Dayanidhi
vidyanidhi 13 Vidyanidhi
rajendra 14 Rajendra
Jayadharma 15 Jayadharma
purusottama • 16 Purusottama
brahmanyattrtha 17 Brahmanya Tirtha
vyasatirtha 18 Vyasa Tirtha
laksmipati 19 Laksmipati
madhavendra puri 20 Madhavendra Puri
isvara puri 21 Isvara Puri, • NityanandaAdvaita
lord_caitanya 22 Lord Caitanya
rupa goswami 23 Rupa, • SvarupaSanatana
raghunatha 24 RaghunathaJiva
krsnadasa 25 Krsnadasa
narottama 26 Narottama
visvanatha 27 Visvanatha
jagannatha 28 BaladevaJagannatha
bhaktivinoda 29 Bhaktivinoda
gaurakisora 30 Gaurakisora
31 Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati
32 Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
  Source – www.rvc.edu.com
   

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