appendix a:
summary biographical timelines
sōsale garaḷapurī śāstri
cāmar ājanagara śrīkaṇṭha śāstri
kuṇigala r āmaśāstri
Summary Timeline of Garaḷapurī śāstri’s Life SosaleGaraḷapurīŚāstriwasa HoysaḷaKarṇāṭakaSmārta brāhmaṇa of the Kāśyapa gōtra. His family were followers of the Drāhyāyaṇa S ūtraof the tradition of the Sāmavēda. His earliest known ancestor was Tammaṇṇa Śāstri, whose ancestors arrived in Ānēgondi from Dōrasamudra circa1300–1400 C.E. Tammaṇṇa Śāstri appears to have been minister to AḷiyaRāma Rāya’s descendants from the Āravīḍu lineage, who had continued at Ānēgondi after the disastrous loss at Tāḷikōṭe. Following a devastating attack by Gōlkoṇḍa circa1638 C.E., however, Tammaṇṇa Śāstri departed Ānēgondi for Anantaśayana. He appears to have arrived at Ānēkallu
just as Tammēgauḍa of the Sugaṭuru lineage was fortifying Ānēkallu, having been forced to move there after losing Hosakōṭe to the Bijāpur army under Śivāji’s father Śāhji. Subsequently, one of Tammaṇṇa Śāstri’s sons continued in Ānēkallu, but the other son Śaṇkarabhaṭṭa moved to Māgaḍi.
Śaṇkarabhaṭṭa’s son Veṇkaṭarāmabhaṭṭa later moved to Sōsale. Veṇkaṭarāmabhaṭṭa’s son was Timmappa Śāstri, whose son Veṇkaṭadāsappa, better known as Sōsale Aṇṇayya Śāstri, was Garaḷapurī Śāstri’s father.
Date (C.E.)
Event
Pages
1300s–1400s
Tammaṇṇa Śāstri’s ancestors come to
7, 390
Ānēgondi from Dōrasamudra.
1400s–1600s
Tammaṇṇa Śāstri and ancestors in
7
ministerial roles at Ānēgondi.
*c.*1600
Tammaṇṇa Śāstri is born.
67
*c.*1638–39
Haiderābādi army devastates Ānēgondi.
8, 380–6
Tammaṇṇa Śāstri departs southwards.
1638–39
Tammēgauḍa loses Hosakōṭe to Bijāpur
347–62
army under Śāhji. Moves to Ānēkallu
and begins fort’s construction.
*c.*1639
Tammaṇṇa Śāstri arrives at Ānēkallu.
10, 380–6
351–63
1822
Garaḷapurī Śāstri is born.
12
1830
Garaḷapurī Śāstri starts formal studies
12
under Rāmāśāstri of Tirumak ūḍalu.
287
Date (C.E.)
Event
Pages
1838
Garaḷapurī Śāstri marries Subbamma.
16
1838
Garaḷapurī Śāstri composes
18
*“vāmāṇkēgirijā. . . ”*in response to
Veṇkaṭasubbayya’s challenge.
*c.*1840
Garaḷapurī Śāstri begins study of logic
17
with Tammayyācārya in Sōsale.
1842
Garaḷapurī Śāstri composes
20
*“anāghrāta. . . ” *, lamenting the work of
inferior poets.
*c.*1845
Aṇṇayya Śāstri’s passing.
21
Mar. 4, 1855
Ayyā Śāstri is born.
335
*c.*1858
Garaḷapurī Śāstri moves to Maisūru.
24
*c.*1859
Garaḷapurī Śāstri composes
29
Kr̥ṣṇabhūpāḻīyam.
*c.*1859
Garaḷapurī Śāstri appointed as scholar
29
at the Mais ūru court.
*c.*1860
Garaḷapurī Śāstri called upon to judge
30
the merit of Varadācārya’s ślōka.
1861
Garaḷapurī Śāstri appointed instructor
36
at the Saṁskr̥taPāṭhaśāla.
*c.*1862–65
The Āśukavi comes to Mais ūru.
36
1865
Cāmarāja Voḍeyar X adopted.
39
Garaḷapurī Śāstri appointed as his tutor.
1866
Garaḷapurī Śāstri and Gōpālakr̥ṣṇācārya
40
begin editing Aṣṭāṇgahr̥daya.
1868
Episode of pun on kariwith Ayyā
43
Śāstri.
Mar. 27, 1868
Demise of Kr̥ṣṇarāja Voḍeyar III.
43
Aug. 12, 1868
Aṣṭāṇgahr̥dayapublished by the Palace
40
Press.
Dec. 24, 1868
Garaḷapurī Śāstri composes response to
47
Bhāgavatasaptāhainvitation.
*c.*1868–69
Garaḷapurī Śāstri composes
44
Hariharāṣṭōttara.
summary timelines
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Date (C.E.)
Event
Pages
*c.*1869
Ayyā Śāstri marries Lakṣmīdēvamma.
53, 100
*c.*1870
Garaḷapurī Śāstri completes his
42
Campūrāmāyaṇa Yuddhakāṇḍa.
*c.*1873
Garaḷapurī Śāstri composes
35
*tvamasirasika. . .*Liṇgarāje Arasu gifts
him a new house.
Dec. 5, 1874
Demise of AḷiyaLiṇgarājē Arasu.
52
1877
Garaḷapurī Śāstri begins his
62
commentary on the Ṉīlakaṇṭhavijaya.
Mar. 26, 1877
Demise of Sōsale Garaḷapurī Śāstri.
63
1877
Ayyā Śāstri is appointed as scholar at
65
Mais ūru court.
1891
Ayyā Śāstri publishes the Yuddhakāṇḍa. 42
1931
Ayyā Śāstri publishes Kr̥ṣṇabhūpāḻīyam. 29
Apr. 17, 1934
Demise of Ayyā Śāstri.
342
Garaḷapurī śāstri’s Known Works
Garaḷapurī Śāstri’s known works include the Kr̥ṣṇabhūpāḻīyam, the Cam-p ūrāmāyaṇa Yuddhakāṇḍa, a commentary on the *Ṉīlakaṇṭhavijaya *(in-complete), and the Hariharāṣṭōttara, a poetic work that could be read either as in praise of Viṣṇu or Śiva. He also had substantial scholarship in medicine and logic. Jointly with Hulluhaḷḷi Nallāṁ Gōpalakr̥ṣṇācārya, he produced a corrected edition of the Aṣṭāṇgahr̥daya, a classical work on Āyurveda by Bāhaṭācārya. His surviving manuscripts include a substantial kroḍapatra on Gadādhara’s *Sāmānyanirukti *(unpublished). His ¯
Aryāmetre verses re-
sponding to the Bhāgavatasaptāhainvitation from an unidentifiied Marāṭha kingdom, and several citrakāvyacompositions appear in his biography. He is known to have authored many other poetical compositions, which are now lost. Additional works may exist in the now inaccessible archive of manuscripts under the control of Mr Sandeep Sastry. He also had substantial musical skills, and according to family tradition, the well-known musical composition Śr̥ṇgāralaharīin rāga Ṉīlāmbarīis the result of a collaboration between him and his patron AḷiyaLiṇgarāje Arasu.
Summary Timeline of Śrīkaṇṭha śāstri’s Life ŚrīkaṇṭhaŚāstriwasa Smārta brāhmaṇafromthe HoysaḷaKarṇāṭaka community, of the Bhāradvāja gōtraand the ¯
Aśvalāyana S ūtraof the
R.gvēdictradition. His ancestor Gaṇgādhara “Vāraṇāsi”, originally from Bādāmi, came to Honnavaḷḷi in Tumakūru district to escape political unrest. The local Muslim ruler’s depredations caused him to move to Sindhughaṭṭa, where the local pāḷeyagārawelcomed him, supporting him with a vr̥tti. Of his sons Narasiṁhabhaṭṭa and Kr̥ṣṇabhaṭṭa, the former remained in Sindhughaṭṭa. Kr̥ṣṇabhaṭṭa’s second son Veṇkaṭaramaṇa Śāstri, a deep scholar, came to Mais ūru in 1931. He attained such recognition at the royal court as to have received great benefactions from prominent fiigures, despite his indifference to worldly matters. The renowned scholar Rāmaśēṣa Śāstri gifted away his own vr̥ttiin the Katvāḍipura agrahārato Veṇkaṭaramaṇa Śāstri. Kr̥ṣṇarāja Voḍeyar III sought to keep him at his court, but later accommodated his wishes by granting him a position at the temple in Cāmarājanagara. Veṇkaṭaramaṇa Śāstri later became a saṁnyāsi, and spent his fiinal days in Kāśī. Śrīkaṇṭha Śāstri was Veṇkaṭaramaṇa Śāstri’s eldest son.
Date (C.E.)
Event
Pages
*c.*1730
Gaṇgādhara “Vāraṇāsi” moves from
76
Bādāmi to Honnavaḷḷi
1831
Veṇkaṭaramaṇa Śāstri moves to Maisūru 76
Oct. 23, 1833
Śrīkaṇṭha Śāstri born to Veṇkaṭaramaṇa 75
Śāstri
1834
Veṇkaṭaramaṇa Śāstri takes position in
78
Cāmarājanagara temple
1841
Upanayanaof Śrīkaṇṭha Śāstri, start of
80
instruction in R.gvēda
1843
Śrīkaṇṭha Śāstri’s brother Rāma born
90
1845
Śrīkaṇṭha Śāstri’s brother Narasiṁha
90
dies
1848
Śrīkaṇṭha Śāstri married to Subbamma
81
290
Date (C.E.)
Event
Pages
1849
Śrīkaṇṭha Śāstri comes to Maisūru to
82
study grammar under Kāśī Śēṣa Śāstri
1852
Śrīkaṇṭha Śāstri’s son Narasiṁha born
83
Nov. 1858
Śrīkaṇṭha Śāstri delivers rājāśīrvāda
84
before Kr̥ṣṇarāja Voḍeyar III
1854
Śrīkaṇṭha Śāstri’s brother Kr̥ṣṇa dies
90
1859
Śrīkaṇṭha Śāstri returns to Maisūru, and 87
is appointed scholar at the court.
Apr. 21, 1861
Śrīkaṇṭha Śāstri’s wife Subbamma dies
92
Aug. 12, 1861
Veṇkaṭaramaṇa Śāstri becomes
93
Śaṇkarānanda Sarasvatī, a saṁnyāsi
1866
Śrīkaṇṭha Śāstri’s son Narasiṁha dies
97
1867
Śrīkaṇṭha Śāstri’s second marriage
98
1868
Demise of Kr̥ṣṇarāja Voḍeyar III
98
1869
Śrīkaṇṭha Śāstri is working on Annals of99
the Mysore Royal Family
1869
Śrīkaṇṭha Śāstri’s daughter Lakṣmīdevī
100
marries Ayyā Śāstri
1871
Śaṇkarānanda Sarasvatī moves to Kāśī
100
1873
Śrīkaṇṭha Śāstri has daughter Bhāgīrathī 100
by second wife
1876
Śaṇkarānanda Sarasvatī’s demise in Kāśī
108
*c.*1873–76
Wife of Śrīkaṇṭha Śāstri’s brother Rāma
101
dies. Rāma remarried.
1879
Śrīkaṇṭha Śāstri’s son Subrahmaṇya dies 100
1880
Śrīkaṇṭha Śāstri’s daughter Bhāgīrathī
100
dies
1883
Śrīkaṇṭha Śāstri’s second wife dies
100
1884
Śrīkaṇṭha Śāstri returns to Maisūru,
102–4
works on Hitabōdhiṉī
1891–98
Śrīkaṇṭha Śāstri works on and
106
completes the Dhātur ūpaprakāśikā
1898
Śrīkaṇṭha Śāstri moves to house in
110
Rāmacandra Agrahāra
292
sons of sarasvatī
Date (C.E.)
Event
Pages
Dec. 30, 1900
Śrīkaṇṭha Śāstri’s son Veṇkaṭakr̥ṣṇa dies
112
1903
Śrīkaṇṭha Śāstri retires from service
114
1903
Śrīkaṇṭha Śāstri appointed Mahāvidvān115
1909
Deaths of Veṇkaṭaramaṇa Śāstri’s fiirst
117
and second wives
May 12, 1911
Śrīkaṇṭha Śāstri’s brother Rāma Śāstri
118
dies
1912
Veṇkaṭaramaṇa Śāstri starts publishing
119
the Kādambarīsaṇgraha
1913
Śrīkaṇṭha Śāstri made Dharmādhikāri
119
1914
Śrīkaṇṭha Śāstri’s audience with king on
122
day of Prathamēkādaśī
1916
Episode of Śrīkaṇṭha Śāstri’s becoming
133
lost in the darkness near Kaṭṭe Haḷḷa
Jan. 24, 1917
Śrīkaṇṭha Śāstri’s daughter Lakṣmīdēvī
140
(wife of Ayyā Śāstri) dies
May 24, 1917
Śrīkaṇṭha Śāstri departs Cāmarājanagara 143
for the last time
Jul. 27, 1917
Demise of Śrīkaṇṭha Śāstri
147
Śrīkaṇṭha śāstri’s Known Works
Śrīkaṇṭha Śāstri’s fiirst major work was the Ti ˙nantar ūpāvali, a work on grammar which was misappropriated by a trusted friend and published under his own name. It has not been possible to identify this faithless friend or locate this work, which may have been published under a different title. His second major work was the monumental Dhātur ūpaprakāśikā, a comprehensive compendium of Saṁskr̥taverbal conjugations. His Mahārājābhyudayapraśaṁsāis a collection of verses in praise of Kr̥ṣṇarāja Voḍeyar IV, his family, and achievements under his rule. He also completed three-fourths of a translation into Saṁskr̥taof the Yavanayāmiṉī Vinōda Kathegaḷuby Veda-Mitra, a Kannada version of the *Arabian Nights.*Śrīkaṇṭha Śāstri also worked on the *Annals of the Mysore Royal Family *( Śrīmanmahārajaravara Vaṁśāvaḷi), and on the staff of the Kannaḍa monthly *Hitabōdhiṉī. *
Summary Timeline of Kuṇigala Rāmaśāstri’s Life
KuṇigalaRāmaśāstriwasa Smārta brāhmaṇaoftheTelugu-speaking Mulukunāṭucommunity, and was born into the Kāśyapa gōtra. His family were followers of the ¯
Apastamba S ūtraof the Taittirīyabranch of the Kr̥ṣṇayajurvēda. Rāmaśāstri’s great-grandfather Yajñanārāyaṇa Śāstri was a strictly observant brāhmaṇa from Yeḍatore, who became a saṁnyāsiin his sixtieth year, and died in the village of Seranmahādēvi in his seventieth year.
Yajñanārāyaṇa Śāstri’s son Nārāyaṇa Śāstri, who lived till the age of ninety-three, continued his father’s traditions of strict observance. Nārāyaṇa Śāstri’s son Lakṣmīnarasiṁha Śāstri was born in 1772, and died in 1822 at the age of fiifty. He had been employed as a scholar at the Mais ūru court. Rāmaśāstri was Lakṣmīnarasiṁha Śāstri’s second son.
Date (C.E.)
Event
Pages
1772
Birth of Nārāyaṇa Śāstri
167
Apr. 25, 1807
Birth of Kuṇigala Rāmaśāstri
169
1822
Nārāyaṇa Śāstri’s passing
167
1822
Rāmaśāstri moves to Mais ūru
171
1822
Rāmaśāstri challenges scholar from
173
Śr̥ṇgēri maṭhaabout anyathāsiddhas
1822
Rāmaśāstri moves to Rāyadurga to
183
study with Tryambaka Śāstri
1822
Rāmaśāstri defends proposition about
185
13th vyāptidefiinition in the Dīdhiti
1823
Rāmaśāstri returns to Mais ūru to study
189
with Tirupati Śrīnivāsācārya
*c.*1835
Demise of Tryambaka Śāstri
176, 190
*c.*1831
Rāmaśāstri buys house from Tañjāv ūru
194
Nāyakafor 400 R ūpīs
*c.*1839
Rāmaśāstri travels to Rāmēśvaram
213
May 15, 1840
Rāmaśāstri’s son Lakṣmīnarasiṁha born 214
*c.*1841
Rāmaśāstri overcomes Vārkhed.
212
Timmaṇṇācārya in debate
293
294
sons of sarasvatī
Date (C.E.)
Event
Pages
1843
The Śriyappācārya episode
207
1844–45
Travels in southern countries
215
1846–47
Rāmaśāstri establishes jaganmithya
218
doctrine in Kāñci temple
May 1846
Yajñanārāyaṇa born to Rāmaśāstri in
219
Kāñci
*c.*1848
Śatakōṭiauthored by Rāmaśāstri
219
1849–50
Rāmaśāstri overcomes Anugamabhaṭt.-
230
ācāryaVeṇkatarāya Śāstri in debate
1849–50
Sarvatōmukha Yāgaby Rāmaśāstri
232
1852–53
Rāmaśāstri overcomes
235
Muddukr̥ṣṇācāryain debate
1854–55
Southward travels following demise of
249
Paṭṭamahiṣi Lakṣmīvilāsa Sannidhāna
1854–55
Rāmaśāstri shows nārāyaṇato mean
253
Śiva, in debate in Kāñci
1854–55
Rāmaśāstri authors Navakōṭi
254
*c.*1856
Rāmaśāstri returns to Mais ūru
257
Dec. 1857
Episode demonstrating Rāmaśāstri’s
259
prescience regarding his son’s saṁnyāsa
Mar. 11, 1858
Rāmaśāstri’s third son Śivasvāmi born
260
1858–59
Travels again in the south
261
Jan. 27, 1860
Demise of Kuṇigala Rāmaśāstri
262
Aug. 2, 1866
Śivasvāmi takes the vows of asceticism
261
Kuṇigala Rāmaśāstri’s Known Works
Among the works of Kuṇigala Rāmaśāstri are the Śatakōṭi, also known as the Gadadharīya Satpratipakṣa Kroḍapatram, offering a hundred refutations of the defiinitions of the fallacy of satpratipakṣaby Gadādhara. His Navakōṭiis a defense of Advaitaand Śaivism, and refutes many of the arguments of Vaiṣṇavism. He is also the author of the Vyutpattivāda, Pañcavāda, as well as numerous other less prominent works.