Maheśvara Viśārada was a classmate of Nīlāmbara Cakravartī's. He lived in the Nadīyā district in a village called Vidyānagara and had two sons named Madhusūdana Vācaspati and Vāsudeva Sārvabhauma. His son-in-law was Gopīnātha Ācārya.