m. (also written viṭhala, viṭhṭhala, and viḍhḍhala) N. of a god worshipped at Pandharpur in the Deccan (he is commonly called Viṭho-bā, and stated to be an incarnation of Viṣṇu or Kṛṣṇa himself, who is believed to have visited this city and infused a large portion of his essence into a Brāhman named Puṇḍarīka or Puṇḍalīka, who had gained a great reputation for filial piety; his images represent him standing on a brick [cf. 2. viḍ] with his arms akimbo), [RTL. 263]
(also with ācārya, dīkṣita, bhaṭṭa &c.) N. of various authors and teachers (esp. of a grammarian, disparaged by Bhaṭṭoji, and of a son of Vallabhācārya and successor to his chair, also called Viṭṭhala-dīkṣita or Viṭṭhala-nātha or Viṭṭhaleśa or Viṭṭhaleśvara, said to have been born in 1515), [Cat.]