Dear SrI Mani Varadarajan: Selava Nampi of ThirukkOshtiUr was PeriyAzhwAr's AchAryan and not a benefactor in the sense of Sadayappa VaLLal was to Kamban. V.Sadadgopan >--- In bhakti-list@xxxx, "murali vanamamalai" <VMURALI@xxxx> wrote: >> Kamban, due to his deep gratitude to Sadaiyappa Vallal had >> referenced Sadaiyappa Vallal or to his ansestors in the Kamba >> Ramayanam. This was in about every 100 verses. At the time of >> Arangetram of the Kamba Ramayanam in SriRangam Temple, the scholars >> objected to this and said this is not very appropriate to refer, >> that too every 100 verses. So Kamban readily removed the reference >> in most places and kept the reference at about once every thousand >> verses. > >This is very interesting. Could Hari Krishnan or someone else >who is well versed in Kamban confirm if such verses do exist, >and whether they rise to the level of nara-stuti? If so, why >would not Periyalvar also be disqualified for his citation of >'abhimAna-tungan-selvan' who is reputed to have been his >benefactor? > >adiyen >Mani
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