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Of this dharma-pīṭha (siṁhāsana), Mr. Rice further says : ‘The Śriṅgeri dharma-pīṭha or religious throne was established as is well known (refers to the inscription quoted above) by Śaṅkarāchārya, the great Śaiva reformer of the eighth century. It is situated on the left bank of the Tuṅgā river, in a fertile tract near the Western Ghats. The celebrated scholar Mādhava or Vidyāraṇya (forest of learning), author of the *Veda-bhāshya*, who was instrumental in founding the Vijayanagar Empire in 1336, was the head of the establishment at that time.’ (Then is added that his brother was Sāyana, the well-known commentator of the *Ṛig-Veda*. The architectural characteristics are, however, not given.)—(*Ep. Carnat.*, Vol. vi, Śṛiṅgeri Jāgīr, no. 11; Transl., p. 95, last para.; Roman Text, p. 195, lines 1, 12 f; Introduct., p. 23, para. 5.)