Madhava Das was Vaishnava poet, most probably born in the first half of the sixteenth century in the Brahmagiri region of Puri district in odisha. He is also known as Madhava Ratha. Chaitanya came to odisha in 1599 and soon the foundation of odishan Vaishnavism was laid. Madhava Das, who was staying at Puri came into contact with the Vaishnava saint of the time. He wrote a small book named Chaitanyavilasa, depicting the life history of Chaitanya with specific reference to his devotional aspects or lila. The book contain ten, chapters.

The language of Chaitanyavilasa is very simple and pleasant; still at some places, the poet has used a few Bengali parts of speech. In addition to this Chaitanyavilasa a few bhajanas and Chaupadis have been attributed to him. None of his books has been published so far. As revealed from his legends, poet Madhava Das wrote his last work in the second phase of the sixteenth century while he was on pilgrimage immediately after the death of Chaitanya.

Chaitanyavilasa
Chaupadis