The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s12.72

c5.s12.72

Tuluva—South Canara (Skanda P., Sahyadri Kh.), lying between the Western Ghats and the sea and between the Kalyanapur and the Chandragiri rivers, where Madhvacharya called also Purnaprajna and Madhyamandira, the founder of the Madhvachari or Chatuhsana sect of the Vaishnavas, was born (see Udipa). According to Dr. Hultzsch, Tulu is northern Malayalam (Ep. Ind., vol. I, p. 362).