Dear SrI Mani Varadarajan: SrI Selva nampi of ThirukkOttiyUr is generally recognized as the AchAryan of PeriyAzhwAr prior to the time he was commanded by the Lord to go to the Madhurai King's sabha to establish NaarAyana Parathvam. PeriyAzhwAr until then was not tutored in VedAs and Upanishads . He was just doing Maalaa Kaimkaryam at SrIvilliputthUr. Due to Vada Perum Koil UdayAn's anugraham and anupravEsam , He was able to win over great scholars and performed the kaimkaryams that he alludes to in the Paasuram that you referred to. This is my understanding . Other bhakthAs are requested to comment. V.Sadagopan At 10:04 PM 10/31/02 -0000, you wrote: >--- In bhakti-list@xxxx, "Sadagopan gopan" <sgopan@xxxx> wrote: >> 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. > >Dear Sri Sadagopan, > >Do we really know that the Selva Nambi mentioned >by Periyalvar was his acharya? I am reminded of >his own statement "peethaka aadai pirAnAr pirama >guruvaagi vandhu ennaip payiRRi paNi seydhu koNdAn" >which would suggest that the Lord Himself was >his acharya. This is supported by the traditional >taniyan, "gurumukham an-adhItya..." > >ramanuja dasa >Mani
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