In the Caitanya-bhāgavata, Madhya-līlā, Chapter One, it is said that a gentleman known as Ratnagarbha Ācārya was a friend of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's father. They were residents of the same village. He had three sons-Kṛṣṇānanda, Jīva and Yadunātha Kavicandra.