vyasayogicaritam /295
This page has not been fully proofread.
APPENDIX.
(From the Mythic Society Journal, October 1924)
VYASARAYA, THE HINDU UNIVERSITY AT VIJAYANAGAR
AND SOME SUBSEQUENT HISTORY.
By B. VENKOBA RAO, ESQ., B.A.
New light has been thrown on Vijayanagar History by a
palm leaf manuscript in Nagari characters which was found
with the family of a Brahman priest of the Madhwa
community who worships at Tirumakudlu in the Mysore
District at the Brindavana of Sesha Chandrikacharya who
was a Swami of Sri Vyasaraya Mutt, the present head-
quarters of which is at Sosale in the Mysore District near
Tirumakudlu. It was known for a long time that the
manuscript was there, but as it is the only manuscript of
the work so far known, the family who had possession of it
was unwilling to part with it. Recently however it became
possible for me through the exertions of Mr. M. Srinivasa-
murthi, Sarvadhikari of Sri Vyasaraya Mutt, to obtain the
manuscript for examination. The manuscript being not in
the Devanagari but in the Nagari characters which are
rather unfamiliar now-a-days, I had to obtain a skilled
reader to read the manuscript. As the style is highly ornate
and descriptive like the style of Bana and as the incidents
described are not familiar, I had to devote my scanty leisure
for many days in a period of over a month personally to
examine the historical references in the book. Luckily my
labours were richly rewarded and the manuscript* is now in
If any readers of this book can secure other copies of the work
they are requested kindly to send them to the publisher who will arrange
to get the manuscripts used for purposes of collation and supply
printed copies to the owners of the manuscripts.
*
(From the Mythic Society Journal, October 1924)
VYASARAYA, THE HINDU UNIVERSITY AT VIJAYANAGAR
AND SOME SUBSEQUENT HISTORY.
By B. VENKOBA RAO, ESQ., B.A.
New light has been thrown on Vijayanagar History by a
palm leaf manuscript in Nagari characters which was found
with the family of a Brahman priest of the Madhwa
community who worships at Tirumakudlu in the Mysore
District at the Brindavana of Sesha Chandrikacharya who
was a Swami of Sri Vyasaraya Mutt, the present head-
quarters of which is at Sosale in the Mysore District near
Tirumakudlu. It was known for a long time that the
manuscript was there, but as it is the only manuscript of
the work so far known, the family who had possession of it
was unwilling to part with it. Recently however it became
possible for me through the exertions of Mr. M. Srinivasa-
murthi, Sarvadhikari of Sri Vyasaraya Mutt, to obtain the
manuscript for examination. The manuscript being not in
the Devanagari but in the Nagari characters which are
rather unfamiliar now-a-days, I had to obtain a skilled
reader to read the manuscript. As the style is highly ornate
and descriptive like the style of Bana and as the incidents
described are not familiar, I had to devote my scanty leisure
for many days in a period of over a month personally to
examine the historical references in the book. Luckily my
labours were richly rewarded and the manuscript* is now in
If any readers of this book can secure other copies of the work
they are requested kindly to send them to the publisher who will arrange
to get the manuscripts used for purposes of collation and supply
printed copies to the owners of the manuscripts.
*