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the hands of Mr. M. Srinivasamurthi, the Sarvadhikari of
Sri Vyasarayaswami Mutt, who is making arrangements to
publish it.
2. The manuscript is entitled "Vyasayogi Charitram",
i.e., "The Life of Vyasayogi" and consists of six Ucchvasas
or chapters. It is a work in Champu style and is in both
prose and verse. In the first chapter, the author makes
obeisance in verse to the ten Avatars of Vishnu, praises
Kalidasa and Bana and says that he is attempting to write
the life of Vyasayogi according to his capacity only, as it
is impossible for him to do full justice to a life full of inci-
dent of a scholar whose learning was of encyclopædic range.
The story begins by narrating how the Devas go to Veda-
vyasa and ask for succour, as real knowledge has disappeared
from the world. Vedavyasa promises to send Madhwacharya
again into the world. In the second chapter, a Brahman
couple of Bannur in the Mysore District are described.
They feel keenly the absence of children and pray to
God. Vedavyasa in a dream offers progeny to the lady
giving her a gold plate full of light and points a sage
Brahmanya Thirtha as the person through whom the desire
for children would be gratified. Soon after, the ascetic
Brahmanya Thirtha appears and being pleased with the
devotion of the couple, gets a sacrifice made in fire and
gives three morsels of consecrated food to the couple and
promises them three children. The last child will be a son.
Brahmanya Thirtha desires the last son to be given to himself
and returns in due course to Channapatna, near which place
his hermitage lies.
3. In the third chapter, the birth and education of the
hero of this biography are described. Brahmanya Thirtha
claims and obtains this boy in due course. The boy who
the hands of Mr. M. Srinivasamurthi, the Sarvadhikari of
Sri Vyasarayaswami Mutt, who is making arrangements to
publish it.
2. The manuscript is entitled "Vyasayogi Charitram",
i.e., "The Life of Vyasayogi" and consists of six Ucchvasas
or chapters. It is a work in Champu style and is in both
prose and verse. In the first chapter, the author makes
obeisance in verse to the ten Avatars of Vishnu, praises
Kalidasa and Bana and says that he is attempting to write
the life of Vyasayogi according to his capacity only, as it
is impossible for him to do full justice to a life full of inci-
dent of a scholar whose learning was of encyclopædic range.
The story begins by narrating how the Devas go to Veda-
vyasa and ask for succour, as real knowledge has disappeared
from the world. Vedavyasa promises to send Madhwacharya
again into the world. In the second chapter, a Brahman
couple of Bannur in the Mysore District are described.
They feel keenly the absence of children and pray to
God. Vedavyasa in a dream offers progeny to the lady
giving her a gold plate full of light and points a sage
Brahmanya Thirtha as the person through whom the desire
for children would be gratified. Soon after, the ascetic
Brahmanya Thirtha appears and being pleased with the
devotion of the couple, gets a sacrifice made in fire and
gives three morsels of consecrated food to the couple and
promises them three children. The last child will be a son.
Brahmanya Thirtha desires the last son to be given to himself
and returns in due course to Channapatna, near which place
his hermitage lies.
3. In the third chapter, the birth and education of the
hero of this biography are described. Brahmanya Thirtha
claims and obtains this boy in due course. The boy who