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hara. Somanatha describes himself as one versed in the four
kinds of versification and one capable of keeping eighty-
four pens working at the same time.
7. Vyasaraya is known to have sat on the throne of
Vijayanagar; yet the vivid description of the sixth chapter
of this book is a revelation. All the available historical
particulars will be discussed in the Introduction to the Vyasa-
yogi Charita when it is published. But it may be stated
here that the evidence fairly points to the following con-
clusions:- (1) That the Kuhuyoga during which Vyasaraya
sat on the throne of Vijayanagar according to tradition,
corresponds to the period that ended with the Raichur battle
fought on 19th May, 1520 A.D. according to Sewell; (2)
that the privilege of displaying the green flag on a camel
which the Vyasaraya Mutt even now enjoys originated in
the Hindu-Moslem amity that followed the great battle of
Raichur, and (3) that Vyasaraya was at the head of what
was practically a Hindu University in Penugonda and
Vijayanagar for a period of about fifty years from about 1487
A.D. to 1539 A.D. when Vyasaraya entered Brindavana
on the island in the Tungabhadra.
8. Brahmanya Thirtha transferred his Mutt to Vyasa-
thirtha in the year Sarvajit according to accepted tradition
and Vyasathirtha then went on pilgrimage. A few years
later Brahmanya Thirtha departed from this life about the
year 1475 A.D. after a great famine leaving his Brindavana
to the care of Sridhara Thirtha from whom the Brahmanya
Thirtha Mata at Abbur is descended. Sripadaraya must
have entered Brindavana before the end of the fifteenth
century before his student Vyasaraya sat in state in Vijaya-
nagar in Naiasa's time.
hara. Somanatha describes himself as one versed in the four
kinds of versification and one capable of keeping eighty-
four pens working at the same time.
7. Vyasaraya is known to have sat on the throne of
Vijayanagar; yet the vivid description of the sixth chapter
of this book is a revelation. All the available historical
particulars will be discussed in the Introduction to the Vyasa-
yogi Charita when it is published. But it may be stated
here that the evidence fairly points to the following con-
clusions:- (1) That the Kuhuyoga during which Vyasaraya
sat on the throne of Vijayanagar according to tradition,
corresponds to the period that ended with the Raichur battle
fought on 19th May, 1520 A.D. according to Sewell; (2)
that the privilege of displaying the green flag on a camel
which the Vyasaraya Mutt even now enjoys originated in
the Hindu-Moslem amity that followed the great battle of
Raichur, and (3) that Vyasaraya was at the head of what
was practically a Hindu University in Penugonda and
Vijayanagar for a period of about fifty years from about 1487
A.D. to 1539 A.D. when Vyasaraya entered Brindavana
on the island in the Tungabhadra.
8. Brahmanya Thirtha transferred his Mutt to Vyasa-
thirtha in the year Sarvajit according to accepted tradition
and Vyasathirtha then went on pilgrimage. A few years
later Brahmanya Thirtha departed from this life about the
year 1475 A.D. after a great famine leaving his Brindavana
to the care of Sridhara Thirtha from whom the Brahmanya
Thirtha Mata at Abbur is descended. Sripadaraya must
have entered Brindavana before the end of the fifteenth
century before his student Vyasaraya sat in state in Vijaya-
nagar in Naiasa's time.