The timeline below shows where the term Sankara-Vijayas appears in Kanthapura. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Section 1
...later that day. Ramakrishnayya, the most “serene and deep-voiced” of all the Brahmins, reads the Sankara-Vijaya day in and out with his “calm, bell-metal voice” while the brahmins watch and weep....
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