The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s12.90

c5.s12.90

Udipa—In South Canara in the Karwar district, on the river Pâpanâsinî, where a Math was established by Madhvâchârya called also Pûrnaprajñâ, the author of many of the commentaries on the Vedas (see Tuluva) The image of Krishna, which is called Udupa Krishna in the *Chaitanya-charitâmrita* (II, 9) and which was visited by Chaitanya, was established there by Madhvâchârya who recovered it from a vessel which had foundered near the coast of Tuluva Madhvâchârya wrote many of his works while residing at this town (A K Dutt's *Religious Sects of the Hindus*, *Chaitanya-charitâmrita*) He was born in 1199 A D and was educated at Anantesvara (*Literary Remains of Goldstucker*, vol I, p 248) Udipa is evidently a corruption of Udupa (*Bhavishya P*, Pratisarga P, pt. III, ch 3, p 35)