The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c31.50

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But the great philosopher of Venkata's court was his own *guru* Tatacharya, called, as previously noted, 'the ornament of the wise' ³. The philosophical work he wrote was entitled *Sattvikabrahmavidyavilasa*. He composed also a legendary account of a shrine of Vishnu as Panduranga, who is supposed to have sanctified by his presence in this form the town of Pandharpur, on the left bank of the Bhima; this work is named *Pandurangamahatmy* ⁴. We have previously spoken of this man and shall return to him in the following chapter, when reviewing the progress of Vaishnavism during the reign of Venkata II.