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विट्ठल m. m. (also written
विठल, विठ्ठल, and विढ्ढल) N. of a god worshipped at Pandharpur in the Deccan (he is commonly called विठो-बा, and stated to be an incarnation of विष्णु or कृष्ण himself, who is believed to have visited this city and infused a large portion of his essence into a Brāhman named पुण्डरीक or पुण्डलीक, who had gained a great reputation for filial piety; his images represent him standing on a brick [cf. 2.विड्] with his arms akimbo), [RTL. 263]
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आचार्य (also with ,
दीक्षित, भट्ट &c.) N. of various authors and teachers (esp. of a grammarian, disparaged by भट्टोजि, and of a son of वल्लभाचार्य and successor to his chair, also called विट्ठल-दीक्षित or विट्ठल-नाथ or विट्ठलेश or विट्ठलेश्वर, said to have been born in 1515), [Cat.]
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