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hena-kale aila raghupati upadhyaya

tiruhita pandita, bada vaisnava, mahasaya

SYNONYMS

hena-kale—at this time; aila—arrived; raghupati upadhyaya—a brahmana named Raghupati Upadhyaya; tiruhita—belonging to the Tiruhita state; pandita—a very learned scholar; bada—great; vaisnava—devotee; mahasaya—respectable gentleman.

At that time there arrived Raghupati Upadhyaya, who belonged to the Tiruhita district.

He was a very learned scholar, a great devotee and a respectable gentleman.Tiruhita, or Tirhutiya, is a combination of four districts in Behar: Sarana, Camparana, Majahphara-pura and Dvarabhanga.

The people of this state are called Tirutiya.