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the most sage and wise and the head of all the seekers of truth, in 
consideration of his virtue and piety that he may erect a temple there- 
on and plant a garden. The latter grants to the same individual in 
the same terms, 50 bighas of land on the same sito in Mauza Bar. 
bakpur, consisting of three portions situated within the properties 
of Maharaja Nab Kishan. 1 Raj Chand Rai, and Raja Rdm Lochan. 2 
also two with the titles of Vann and Aranya : 3, Mandana who had three designat- 
ed Oiri, Parvata and Sdgara : Totaka who had likewise three with tho appellations 
of SaraswaU, lihdratC and Puri. Dnsandmi (having ten names) is the name of these 
four disciples and their followers collectively. The first two founded a school of 
teaching in the Sarada Matha ; tho second two in tho Govardhana Matha ; the next 
three, including Giri, in the Jyosi Matha ; and tho last three in tho S'ringagiri Matha. 
Tho common characteristic of all the Daianamfs is their regarding S'iva as another 
name of Brahma, and their faith mainly accepts the teachings of the Vedantio philo- 
sophy according to the interpretation of S'ankara’s commentary. The S'iva Sarjihit a 
teacheB the contemplation of S'iva as nirakdra (having no form), the aehintya or in- 
conceivable, the an ant a or infinite, the amara or immortal, tho one, the all-pervading 
&c. Among the DaSan&mis were celebrated characters of great scholarship and ascetic 
lives, authors and commentators : tho name of Ananda Giri is well-known as 
the writer of the S'ankara Digvijaya and of the glosses on the commentaries of 
the Vedanta Sutra and of the Upanishats ; Ramasrama was a commentator of tho 
Veda, Mfidhavdohdrya had the title of Vidyaranya Svami. There were also, amongst 
this class of ascetics, men who were possessed of indomitable courage and of extra- 
ordinary powers of endurance, who were great travellers in India or in tho most 
distant countries beyond it, as seekers of knowledge and experience, or as enter- 
prising merchants. Our Purna Giri Gosain and Puryn Puri are the names of two 
most unique characters reflecting the highest oredit on the DasanSmfs as enter- 
prising spirits, combining the qualities of active benevolence and philanthropy with 
knowledge of philosophy, piety, devotion, and in the case of the latter, of a travel- 
ling tapasioi practising the most astounding austerities. The life of the former 
appears in the text, and that of Purna Puri has appeared in tho Researches of the 
Society and in other books. Captain Turner saw him and heard much of him from 
the Regent at Tashi Lliunpo, and he gives some notices of him in his report. [See 
Jonathan Duncan’s acoount in the Asiatic Researches Vol. V, p. 37/, VI, p. 103. 
With regard to S'ankarachtirya and the Dasanamfs, see II. H. Wilson’s acoount, ibid., 
vol. XVII, p- 178-182. According to him, the Giris, Parvatas and Sdgaras are 
disciples of Totaka. En.] 
1 Nab Kishan, corruption of Navakrishna. The sanad has only ^££6 Nab Kish. 
The well-known Maharaja’s estate still holds lands in Barbakpdr, on the other Bide of 
the river opposite to Calcutta. 
8 Raja. Rdm Lochan and Raj Chand Rai. Theso persons were the sons of Rama- 
charan Rai, who was the Dewfin of Governor Vansittart and General Smith. He 
acquired a large fortune and lived in Pathuriy&ghatta in Calcutta, his descendants 
removed to Andul, and were known as Andul Rajas. One of their scions, Raja Raja- 
narkyana, attempted to establish the identity of his caste (Kayastha) with the 
Iishatriya, and is said to have put on the sacrificial thread, but his caste-men 
repudiated the prentension, or dared not follow his example. Ho was also vain 
enough to introduce a new era in his family, styled tho A'ndulabda ! 
