Epigraphia Indica Vol 14

SR No.: 032568
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Sten Konow, F W Thomas
Publisher: Archaeological Survey of India
Publication Year: 1917
Total Pages: 480
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 24 MB

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reasons for assuming that he lived for no less than 60 or 70 years. The education of Parisara and his brother was entrusted by Rāminnja to Embār, his own cousin. Bhattar wrote the
Srirangaraja-stava, Srigunaratnakośa, Sahasranāma-bhashya, Kriyadipa, Ashtaslõki, Chatusślõki, Duayasloki and Tanislöki.?
Parāśara Bhatta, the elder son of Srivatsachihna Miśra, says the inscription, had a large number of disciples, of whom Vodānta-vidya was the most important. Vedänta-vödya is better known to the Srivaishnavas as the "Vēdāntin of the West country' (mêl-naftu Vēdānti). He was defeated in a religious wrangle by Parāśara Bhatta, whose devout disciple he soon after became, and he assumed holy orders, after which he was known as Nanjiyar, meaning literally
our jiya,' for he was so addressed by his guru. The name of this sannyāsin in his pür. väsrama (that is, before he assumed holy orders) was Madhava.
As soon as Parāśara Bhatta and Rama Miéra were born, the god Ranganatha commanded their father through the archaka (the performer of puja) to bring the children to His temple and bring them up there. They are therefore believed to be the adopted sons of the god Ranganátha and his goddess Sri. It is this faith of the Srivaishnavas that is recorded in verse 35.
Vägvijaya Bhatta was the son of Rama Miśra, the brother of Parafara. He is known to the Srivaishṇavas as Nadavil Tiravidi Pillai Bhattar ("the Bhatta of the middle street "). He was the author of Kshamashodasi, and is hence called also Kshamashodasi Bhatta,
It is a well-known fact that Parisara Bhatta was born some time before the Chola persecution and the subae. quent flight of Ramanuja to the Hoysals country. I have shown in my History of the Srivaishnavas (Madras Review for 19:5) that Ramanuja must have lived in the Hoysals kingdom for no less than 20 years, during which period Kürattalván, who was blinded by the Chöļa king, was living in Srirangam with his sons. On the return of Ramanuja to Srirangam after the demise of the persecuting Chöļa prince in A.D. 1118 the remaining third part of the Srithashya was finished. After this Rimija lived for ten years; Parasara succeeded hiin on the pontifical sent, vanquished the Vedantin of the West Country, taught him the Drividi. Vodas, and, after the latter had made sufficient progress in them, ordered him to write the Owpadinayirappadi vyakhyanam on the Tiruvaymoli. The Guruparampara-prabharam of Piybalagiya-Jiyar (p. 210) states that Paribara Bhattar lived as late as in the reign of Tribhuvanavira-Deva, that is, Kulottunga-Chöļa III, who ruled from A.D. 1178 to 1216 ; and the author of the Guruparamparà referred to above was almost contemporary of the illustrious Bhattar and is therefore likely to know about what he states in his work. Therefore we may rely on his assertion that the Bhattar lived at least down to some few years later than A.D. 1178, and therefore was more than 76 years when he died. The majority of the Srivaishnava chronicles affirm that Parisara Bhattar had no children, which appears to be the fact.
पुचीकती रडधुरन्धरण पराशरः कूरकुलप्रदीपः । गोविन्दशिष्यस्म तु यामुनार्थमनोरथं पूरितवान् हिलीयम् । श्रीपराशरभट्टायधीरजेशपुरोहितः।
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