CC Madhya 19.92
TEXT 92
hena-kāle āilā raghupati upādhyāya
tiruhitā paṇḍita, baḍa vaiṣṇava, mahāśaya
SYNONYMS
hena-kāle—at this time; āilā—arrived; raghupati upādhyāya—a brāhmaṇa named Raghupati Upādhyāya; tiruhitā—belonging to the Tiruhitā state; paṇḍita—a very learned scholar; baḍa—great; vaiṣṇava—devotee; mahāśaya—respectable gentleman.
TRANSLATION
At that time Raghupati Upādhyāya of the Tiruhitā district arrived. He was a very learned scholar, a great devotee and a respectable gentleman.
PURPORT
Tiruhitā, or Tirhuṭiyā, is a combination of four districts in Bihar: Saran, Champaran, Muzaffarpur and Darbhanga. The people of this state are called Tiruṭiyā.