Vitthala, Pundalika and Panduranga

[Pierre-Sylvain Filliozat]

>I am researching a chant - Jaya Jaya Vitthala. Would anyone know who
>Pundalika and Panduranga are and what is the significance of Vitthala, who I
>believe is the incarnation of Visnu, standing on a brick. Also is there
>significance in the names? The dictionary, i.e. Monier-Williams, does not
>indicate that.
>
>Thank you for your kind response.
>
>Martin

ViTThala and PANDuraGga are names of the same deity, a form of ViSNu-KRSNa.
PuNDarIka or PuNDalIka is the name of a sage devotee of the same. For the
myth and cult of this deity prevalent in KarnATaka and MahArASTra you may
consult:
Deleury, The Cult of ViThobA, Deccan College, Poona, circa 1970.
P.-S. Filliozat & V. Filliozat, Hampi-Vijayanagar, The Temple of ViTThala,
Sitaram Bhartia Institute of Scientific Research, New Delhi, 1988.

Pierre-Sylvain Filliozat