- romanized: pañcācārya), or five acharyas: Renukacharya, Darukacharya,
Ekorama, Panditharadhya, Vishwaradhya, and
first taught by
Renukacharya to Agastya...
- Arya-Taradevi (Cousens 1926, p11) It is said five
earlier saints Renuka, Daruka,
Ekorama,
Panditharadhya and
Vishwaradhya were the
original founders of Virashaivism...
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transmitted by five Panchacharyas,
namely Renukacharya, Darukacharya,
Ekorama, Panditharadhya, and Vishweswara, and
first taught by
Renukacharya to sage...