lOe RELIGIOUS SECTS 



triumphed over various teachers, and amongst others, it is said, over SanJcara 

 Ackdrya—he finally, in his 79th year, departed to Badarihdsrama, and theref 

 continues to rjeside with Vyasa, the compiler of the Vedas and Puranas. 



Before his relinquishing charge of the shrine he had established, Madhwa- 

 CHARYA had very considerably extended his followers, so that he was enabled 

 to establish eight different temples, in addition to the principal temple, or that 

 of Krishna, at Udipi : in these wepe placed images of different forms of Vishnu^* 

 and the superintendance of them was entrusted to the brother of the founder, 

 and eight Sanydsis, who were Brahmans, from the banks of the Godaveri, 

 These establishments still exist, and, agreeably to the code of the founder, 

 &2iC\i Sanyctsi, in turn, officiates as superior of the chief station at Udipi for two 

 years, or two years and a half. The whole expense of the establishment devolves 

 upon the superior for the time-being, and, as it is the object of each to outvie 

 his predecessor, the charges t are much heavier than the receipts of the insti- 

 tution, and, in order to provide for them, the Sanydsis employ the intervals of 

 their temporary charge in travelling about the country, and levying contri- 

 bution on their lay votaries, the amount of which is frequently very large, and 

 is appropriated for the greater part to defray the costs of the occasional pon- 

 tificate. 



The eight Mafhs are all in Tuluva, below the Ghats,1: but, at the same 

 time, Madhwacharya authorised the foundation of others above the Ghats, 

 under Padmanabha Tirtha, to whom he gave images of Rama, and the 

 Vydsa Sdlagrdm, with instructions to disseminate his doctrines, and collect 

 money for the use of the shrine at Udipi : there are four establishments under 



* RamaVitli Sita 2. Sita and Lakshman. — 3. Kaliya Mardana, with two arms — i. Kalijra 



Mardana, with four arms. — 5. Suvitala. — 6. Sukara.— 7. Nrisinha — 8. Vasanta Vitala. 

 ■f Buchanan states them at 13,000 Rupees at least, and often exceeding 20,000. 

 j: They are at Kanur, Pejawer, Admar, Phalamar, Krishnapur, Sirur, Sode, and Puttf. 



