Essays Lectures on Religion of Hindu Vol 01

SR No.: 007688
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: H H Wilson
Publisher: Trubner and Company London
Publication Year: 1861
Total Pages: 480
Language: English
Classification: Interfaith & Hinduism
File Size: 28 MB

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OF THE HINDUS.
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faith. The Rájá assumed the title of Vishnu Vardhana. RÁMÁNUJA remained several years in Mysore, at a temple founded by the Rája on Yadava Giri, now known as Mail Cotay, for the reception of an image called Chavala Ráya, a form of Raňachhor, or Krishna, which the local traditions very ridiculously pretend he obtained from the Mohammedan sovereign of Delhi. RÁMÁNUJA resided here twelve years, but on the death of his persecutor, the Chola king, he returned to Sri Ranga, on the Káverí, and there spent the remainder of his life in devout exercises and religious seclusion.
The establishinents of the Rámánujíyas are numerous in the Dekhan still, and the same country comprehends the site of the Gaddi, the pillow or seat of the primitive teacher; his spiritual throne, in fact, to which his disciples are successively elevated'. This circumstance gives a superiority to the Acharyas of the Dakshina, or south, over those of the Uttara, or north, into which they are at present divided
1 According to information obtained by Dr. Buchanan, RámsNUJA founded 700 Maths, of which four only remain; one of the principal of these is at Mail Cotay, or Dakshina Badarikáśrama, the Badarí station of the south. RÁMÁNUJA also established 74 hereditary Guruships amongst his followers, the representatives of which still remain and dispute the supremacy with the Sannyasi members of the order; these last, however, are generally considered of the highest rank (Buchan. Mysore 2, 75). In another place (1, 144), he says that 89 Guruships were established, 5 in the Sannyasí class, and 84 in the secular order: the Madams of the five former are Ahobilam, Totádri, Rameswara, Šri Rangam, and Kánji.