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208 TEMPLE AUillNISTllATION. f!H. XXXII.
of Kriniika:it)ia-Ch6lii, who was a pro-Vaishnavite and wlio
had in vaiu tried to convince his father of the futility of his
schemingR agaicstthe Vaishnavas inasmuch as their strongliolds,
the E&mayana and the MahabhArata could never be i-epressed,
thoagh he might demolish all the Vaishnava temples on earth,
and had also suffered reverses of fortune on nccount ' of Ihe
sins of his father, heating of Ra,manuja's arrival, repaired to
Srirangam in haste, taking with him the PAndya and Chera
Kings. Approaching Ra.mS,nuja, he fell at his feet and craved
pardon for his father's faults. From the largeness of his heart,
BamSiQUJa granted it ; and took Kulottnnga, by his request,
into the Vaishnava fold by administering due Sacraments and
made him a disciple of DaSarathi. " No more ", cried the king,
"shall I exei'cise any jurisdiction over the Temples August
Sire. I pray you to assume the entire control yourself from
this day." Bamanuja consented, and calling Dasarathi, had
the entire administriition of tlie Temple formally bestowed on
him as a gift in the manner prescribed by the Sastras. It is
written in the work, called Koil-ozhugu, that a stone inFcripton
to this effect was caused io bs installed at the Arya-bhattal
gate.' Bdimsinuja is stated to be past his centenary by this
time.
' These reverses appear to have pp. 97-99, it may be seen that the
been an invasion by the P3,iidyaiis, prant of Vira-Chola, or son of
and subsequent vassalage under the Kulottnnga I gives more than 245
kings of Vijayanagaram. [Fide p Vaislmava names ; showing how
37, GontrCbiitionf to the hnperial Sri-Vaishnavism had been well
Gazetteer, Trichinopoly, IQOl A.C.] established and its adherent? vene-
' See No. 23, Map of Temple tj rated. And Tithala, » Madhva
the second collection of Papers re- sang of Kamanuja thus:— (Rev.
lating to Srlrangain, 1S94, A.C. Kittel's Translation in ludian Anti,
From Epigraphica Indica, Vol. V, quary Vol II).
Refrain.
SAm&nnja, Doctrine-supporter !
Rod for the great mountain of Dark heretics !
Sons'.
" They say the Chola put up a post (Kambha) saying:—
' He with the eye on his forehead (Siva), and no other Godhead
there js '
The Master of the Tatis (Yatipati) seized and flayed him alive