Elements of Hindu Iconography v1.c7.143

v1.c7.143

We have another collection of *Saṃhitās* called the *Pāñcharātra Āgama*. This also belongs to the *Vaishṇavas*, and is said to comprise as many as 108 *saṃhitās*. Many of these are not forthcoming and are perhaps lost. A very large number out of the extant *saṃhitās* are quite modern. For instance, the *Īśvara-saṃhitā* mentions the saint Saṭhakōpa and the *āchārya* Rāmānuja, who lived about 800 and 1000 A.D. respectively. Similarly the *Bṛihad-brahma-saṃhitā* also mentions Rāmānuja. The *saṃhitās* that mention this great Vaishṇava teacher and reformer have necessarily to be later than the eleventh century after Christ.