वरदाम्बिकापरिणयचम्पूः Varadambika Parinaya Campu

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This Campù was discovered from Tanjavur Library as early as 1924. It is a historical Campú. In its first part, a detailed account of Yaduvamsa and Narasaraja is given. Then the description of Varadambika is graphically delimated. The author Tirumalámbá was a beloved of Achyutaraya, who ruled in Penagonda, the second capital of Vijayanagara empire. This Achyuta raya visited the place known as Achyutarayana Katte on the bank of river Malaprabha on his way to Goa.

It is also known as Yadavaraya Katte since this saint stayed in this place Achyutaraya's beloved Tirumalamba has authored Varadāmbika Parinaya Campu. This Varadámbiká has been the wife of King Achyutaraya, the son of Narasimha. His son Venkatadri is mentioned by Appayya Diksita at the close of his Kuvalayananda.

I was on a tour in Southern India in 1924. 1 visited Tanjore and happened to see a manuscript of the Varadambikáparinayacampu in the Royal of old manuscripts. As a loan of the ms. could not be secured, a Devanagari transcript was prepared for my use. The Campù was hitherto unpublished. It was the work of a learned lady. Its fortunate discovery was announced at the Fourth¹ Oriental Conference, held at Allahabad in 1926. I read a paper, entitled Tirumalamba's Ambikaparinaya 2 at the Fifth Indian Oriental Conference, held at Lahore in 1928. It contained a brief description of its contents and discussed among other things its style, its language and its historical importance. It was my desire to prepare its editio princeps. I, therefore, made a wide search for more mss. But eight year's constant efforts failed to bring forth any other ms; or even give the slightest information about the existence of any other ms. I was anxious that the work may not be lost for ever, so I edited it, and published it for the first time in the Oriental College magzine, Lahore.

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