. 14 TH DEC.2003 IS NARAYANEEYAM DAY.
SrimanNarayaniyam is a masterly condensation
of the famous Srimad Bhagavata
Purana, and was
composed by Melputhur Narayana
Bhattatiri, a great devotee-poet
who lived in Kerala
in the 16th. Century, A.D. The Bhagavata,
consisting of about 18000
verses, has been summarised
in this work in 1034
verses, divided into 100
Dasakas (Cantos).
The author
of this work, Melputhur
Narayana Bhattatiri, was born
about the year 1560
in a village near the
famous temple of Tirunavaya in
Kerala. Even at a
very young age he
mastered the Vedas and
the Vedangas. He learnt Mimamsa
and the other Sastras
from his father, Matrudatta,
the Vedas from one
Madhavacharya, the science of
Logic (Tarka) from his
elder brother Damodara, and
Sanskrit Grammar from Achyuta
Pisharoti, a celebrated grammarian.
He composed the Narayaniyam at the age of 27 and dedicated to Lord Guruvayurappan and got relieved fully from his age old illness.LET US PAY OUE OBEISANCE. ref.guruvayur devaswom
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