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16 THE lilFK OF BAMANOJA. CH. II.
needful preliminaries prescribed for the Vaislinavas according
to the Eaiicharatra text:
Who was this holy child, but Yamunacliarya' (the Samskrit
synonym) ; Alavandar (the Tamil name),—the famous
forerunner of Sri Ramanuja, who was to come"
' We were mucli amused to read
in Svami Day3.uanda Sarasvati's
Satyartha- Prakasa, Ttimitjutctidnja
transmuted into TavaiMchdrya
who—it is further naively added
is " born of a Greek or Moslem
family " !!! [Vide p. 62, English
translation by Durga Prasad of
Lahore, 190G]. And again in page
73, it is written :—" The first
teacher of this faith (Yaishnavism)
was Satbakopa, who according to
the BhaktamallL written by Nabha,
was of the Doom (low caste) tribe.
I'or, it says that the Yogi Sathakopa
used to make and sell winnowing
fans (f^rq^j^ R^^K^PTt),
that is to say he was born of the
tribe of Kanjar. When he had
wanted to read with the Brahmins
or to hear their Scriptures, they
must have treated him with contempt.
He then might have coined
new things against the Brahmins
and their Scriptures such as
the forehead mark, cauterising the
forearms with the discus, &o. His
disciple was Uunibahan, born of a
Chandal or low caste family. He
had a, disciple, named Yavan4-
chiirya, born of a Moslem or Greek
family. But his name was changed
to Tamnnacharya." Our readers
have onlv to read the Lives of
AzhvS,rs written bj' us and this
life of YAmuna, and then he may
more than smile at the ridicnious
account given by Hayanand.
" This is very much parallel to
John the Baptist preceding Jesus.
Vide No. 21 Hierarchic Table in
our Lives of Azhrart:, Born 916 A.C.
at Knppangali, one mile from
KiittumannAr-koil.