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² Ibid., v. 270, p. 157. చదువులెల్ల జదివి, సర్వజ్ఞుడైయుండి, బ్రహ్మవిద్యలెల్ల పడట గలిపి, యిరుక యోని జూచి, పరమ యోగముమాను. See also, vv. 191-2, p. 141. The date of Vēmana is a debatable point. C. P. Brown places him "about the beginning of the seventeenth century of our era". *Verses of Vēmana*, Preface, p. 111 (1829). Chenchiah and Bhujanga Rao remark: "It is probable that he lived in the beginning of the fifteenth century." *A History of Telugu Literature*, p. 99. (Heritage of India Series). Vēmana's description may be compared with that given by Lakshmipati Dhūrjaṭi, *Hamsa-vimśati Kathegalu*, p. 18 (Trans. into Kanarese by Krishnayya, Bangalore, 1871).