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Date: Mon Aug 07 1995 - 08:44:24 PDT
I belong to Shatamarshana Gothram and my father K.S. Krishnatatachar wrote a book in Kannada (of course with Sanskrit and Tamil quotes) entitled Shatamarshanara Ajana Siddha Mahime in which he traces from Chatur Mukha Brahma down to himself the lineage which includes Natha Muni, Nambis, Yamuna Muni, Ramanuja Charya(nephew to our family tree) and so on. I will post an English translation of his book in the near future (I am doing this for my children's sake). Herein you will see the origin of the words Tatachar, Iyengar, Pushkarani in Tirumalai, Patrachar, Melkote-before it was raided by the Moslem chiefin and its reinstallation by Ramanuja etc. The information Mr. V. Sadagopan has given about Shatamarshana lineage matches perfectly with the info in my dad's book. -K. Sreekrishna