Novey BER, 1873.]

Purandara lived, to his being posterior to Pu randara.

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KARNATAKA VAISHNAVA DASAs.

That Mad h w a Dāsa was later than

(or contemporaneous with) Pur and a ra ap pears certain from his Abhimanyu Kálaga, a song which he composed “having remembered the feet of the excellent Pu ra n d a r a Dăsa.”

There are seven songs more or less connected with Udupu, the author of which I am inclined to call Hay a v ad an a , as this is the con stantly recurring epithet of Krishna in the mu drikás. The songs of Vaiku in th a Dăsa in the collection all state that his idol, the Wai

kuntha Keśava or Vaikuntha Chan nig a (i.e. Raiga), was in Velá p u ra; in one he speaks

of a Sri Rafi ga Y a trä (pilgrimage to a town Śri raiga P or generally pilgrimage con nected with Krishna P), calling, however, his deity V el à purā dh is a. Another place re ferred to by one song is Kéra vå si pura,

where Sri Subrahim a nya (Saikara) re sides, who in another one is entitled Subba

Rāya, and in the mudriká of this is spoken of as follows: “On earth in Kukk & pura who

has seated himself, he, 15 a., is, and no other.”

on : “Bow to the lord of the guru Madh v a c h fi r ya! Say with praise that Hari is truly the supreme deity Except Hari there is no perceptible supreme deity. You must read Hari's tale, you must read the veda that says there is Duality (dvaya) in the One. Have continual intercourse with the W i r a Vaish -

n a vast ! Do not adore all the deities you see Join the Hari Däs a s, saying: ‘They are my relations!' Burn thy bad deeds in the fire of Hari's tale !

The name of Govinda is the orb

of the sun for all darkness. Go to emancipa tion (moksha) by steadily following the Ma dh v a doctrine ! Say the world is the imperish able Vithala (Krishna)' Continually remember the thousand names of Hari!

Perform Ma -

dh v a 's pūji with devotion Say, that of all which is going on, Raiga's pilgrimage is the best! As IRādhā put her desire on Raiga, quickly place your love in Mukunda (Vishnu) ' To overcome the fear of death, daily think of and bow to him who is one with the eternal

spirit ! Love Narasińha, and thus burn the germ-body (lingáñga), and thus burn the dread ed births connected with Advaita |

Look

At the renowned place of pilgrimage, I may remark, at the north-western foot of the Coorg mountains, called Subra h m any a, the ge neral cry is: “Govinda, Govinda " I do not know who were the originators of the Vaishnava Dāsa movement in the south ; but it seems to have been only a new effort for the development of what had been begun al

age, and thus get rid of your sins you have committed from want of (Hari) knowledge |

ready in R a m a nuja's and Madh v a 's time, in opposition to the Små r t as or A. d va it a s, Saikarāchārya’s followers. Let us

match it.

See.

Madh v a Dăsa says: “From love to man in the Kali age Vishnu came down. He, the

best of all, took care of the Urdhva Pun d r a * doctrine (mata) that had become unstable (chalita), and remembered Madh v a mun i. Remember ye our Madh v a muni, who is the slave (kijikara) of the feet of the Narahari Gopāla that is very firm on the coast of the excellent (pârva) sea which is great in the world!” And in a song of 66 verses he goes

• The perpendicular sectarian mark; the S m fir tas

put horizontal marks on their foreheads.

upon Madh v a 's doctrine as the true Hari doctrine !

See the Hari Däs a s in this Kali

Observe the doctrine of the Guru that favours

the Tulu Brahmans ! He who knows the sweetness of Hari's name knows indeed ; to

him who knows it, sugar and honey do not Come and eat the dainties of Hari's

tale! The charm (mantra) that raises the unknowing ignorant is the charm that the Hari D as a is kind enough to give.” And in other places he says: “In a ship our Raiga came, he came to Ud up u and remained there. See, O mother ' " “Say: Hari, Go vinda, thou who, in the world, tookost thy seat in U d up u, didst found the Madh v a doctrine in the world, didst fulfil the wishes of devotees,

Krishna, lord of Madh va, who art with thy followers (sara na).' " “Treating with contempt the twenty-one (?) doctrines, telling people the going on still later.

For their service to Jañgamas the

under the Bijjal as of Kalyāna, they were still fighting

Liſgåitas (Saivas) accepted the term 'd & só ham, using it as a declinable substantive. Instead ºf d is a the Liñ: gātas generally use s a ran a ; the Vaishnavas, as far as I know, do not make so much use of this term, at least in the Dása Padas. Vira Vaishnavas or Suddha Vaishnavas

against each other.

are Brahmans prečminently or wholly devoted to Vishnu.

+ Compare the Vira Saiva s! According to the Ka narese Basava Purāa 1, the struggles between Saivas and Vaishnavas existed under the Ch 0 | a kings; and later, According to the Channa (= Haiga)

Basava Puráka (of A.D. 1583), the fight was also continually