Rāghavānanda
Rāghavānanda · rāghava-ānanda, “bliss in Rāghava”
Rāghavānanda is the yati who was the guru of Śrī Rāmānanda, as the Pratisarga Parva of the Bhavishya Purāṇa tells.
Sūta tells the ṛshis that Rāmānanda, a jñānī from childhood, given to japa of the Rāma nāma, left father and mother and came to the refuge of the yati Rāghavānanda. At that moment Bhagavān Śrī Rāma, Sītāpati, suddenly came to dwell in his heart (Khaṇḍa 4, Chapter 7).
Later, Sūta tells Śaunaka that Tulasīśarmā stood in the line of Śrī Rāmānanda, the disciple of Rāghavānanda (Khaṇḍa 4, Chapters 22–23).
Source: Bhavishya Purāṇa, Pratisarga Parva, Khaṇḍa 4, Chapters 7, 22–23
Sources
- Bhavishya Purāṇa, Pratisarga Parva, Khaṇḍa 4, Chapters 7, 22–23