The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c8.s14.108

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pontiffship of it to his son, Rudramunîśvara; that in Rudramunîśvara's lineage were born Uddânaganadhîśvara, Annadânîśa, Rêvaṇasiddhêśvara, and Chikkaviradêva, who established a *matha* at Danugûr, south of Bangalore, and became the *svâmi* or pontiffs of it; that in Chikkaviradêva's lineage was born the poet Shadakshari, the author of the *Râjaśkharavilâsa*, who became the *Paṭṭadasvâmi* of the Danugûr *matha* about A. D. 1631; that Shadakshari died at Yeḷendûr, in Mysore, where the people set up in memory of him a *linga* which they worship to this day; and that his descendants are still found at Koḷḷipâki, Danugûr, and Yeḷendûr. But he did not give any information as to where Koḷḷipâki is to be looked for. As Koḷḷipâkkai, the place is also mentioned in the Chôḷa inscriptions (e.g., *South-Ind. Inscr.*, Vol. I. pp. 96, 99). And an inscription of A. D. 1131 at Drâkshârâm (*Elliot. Telugu Sasanams*, p. 287) styles the *Mahâmaṇḍalêśvara* Yoṅgiramârga (sic) "supreme lord of Koḷḷipâki, the best of towns; lord of the six-thousand district on the south bank of the river Krishṇavêṇi; and foundation-pillar of the sovereignty of the Châlukyas of Veṅgî."—Mr. Kittel says (*Nâgavarma's Cânarese Prosody*, Introd. pp. xlviii., lxviii., note 2) that the Guru's throne of the present Rêvaṇasiddha, the disciple-descendant of Rêṇukêśa, is at Bâḷehaḷḷi, which is called in Sanskrit Kadaḷîpura, near Honnûr in the Maleḍêśa or hill-country along the Western Ghauts. And the suggestion has been made to me, that Bâḷehaḷḷi may be Koḷḷipâke. But I know of nothing tending to prove this. The Kasâkuḍi Pallava grant (see page 323 above) mentions a village named Koḷḷipâkam, in the vicinity of Conjeeveram. But, whether this is the Koḷḷipâke of the references, is doubtful.