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] 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),
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