SrI :
Dear Fellow Students of the
History of Sri VaishNavam :
Before we get to the time
lines of the Kings , Emperors
who strutted the stages of
historical India , we have to summarize
the time lines of our
VaishNavite AchAryAs and see where they intersected
and impacted each other
.
For reference purposes , we
stated that the AzhwArs & AchAryA's times
span from the 3rd
Century A.D ( Mudhal AzhwArs ) to the 9th Century A.D
( Thirumangai AzhwAr , the
last of the AzhwArs) . Once again , let me state
that there are understandable
problems in dating the exact times of the AzhwArs .
Regarding the AchAryAs , We
will start with Swamy Natha Muni ( 824-924 A.D)
and conclude with Swamy
MaNavALa Maamuni ( 1370-1444 A.D) . A brief
coverage would be made to the
current times .
In between Swamy Naatha
Muni's times and today , there have been many AchAryAs ,
who grew VaishNavam
to newer
pinncales of excellence and that tradition continues
.
Here is a roaster in
a chronological
sense and AchArya-Sishya hierarchy . There might be
some gaps
and knowledgable
devotees are requested to step in and correct . It would
not be possible to include
all sishyAs of a particuar AchAryan :
1. Naathamuni ( 824-924
A.D) , Sishyar of Swamy NammAzhwAr
2.
PunDareekAkshar/UyyakkoNDAr ( 826-931 A.D), Sishyar
of
Swamy Naatha Muni .
3. MaNakkAl Nambi /
Raama Misrar ( 832-937 A.D) , AchAryan of
YaamunAchArya ( Swamy AaLavanthAr )
.
4. YaamunAchArya (
916-1041 A.D ) , the grand son of Naatha Muni.
5. Sri Saila PoorNar/
Thirumalai Nambi ( 973-1073 A.D) ,
Uncle of AchArya RaamAnujA and one of the
five AchAryAs
of
Bhagavad RaamAnujA . He was the Sishyar of Swamy
AaLavanthAr.
6. Periya
Nambi ( b 998
A.D) , One of the five AchAryAs of
Bhagavad RaamAnujA . He is another sishyar of Swamy
AaLavanthAr . More information is available at :
7. AchArya RaamAnujA (
1017-1137 A.D) , Many sishyAs , 74 SimhAsanAdhipathis
from
whom the AasrayaNa Paramparai , Sri BhAshya Paramparai and
Bhagavad Vishaya Paramparais are traced .
8. Thirukkuruhai PirAn PiLLAn
(Jn~Ana Puthran of Bhagavad RamaanujA )
and
son of Sri Saila PoorNar /Thirumalai Nambi , author of 6000 PaDi
,
the
first commentary on ThiruvAimozhi .
9. KurEsar ( 1010-1116
A.D ) or (1031-1137 A.D) ,
AchAryan of Thiruvarangatthu AmudanAr
. Father of
both
Swamy ParAsara Bhattar and Veda VyAsa Bhattar ,
who
gave his eyes for the Darsanam .
10 . EmbAr ( 1026-1131 A.D) ,
Cousin of Bhagavad RaamAnujA,
AchAryan Of ParAsara Bhattar
.
11. MadapaLLi AacchAn /
Kidambi AacchAn ( 1057-1157 A.D ) ,
who performed MaDapaLLi Kaimkaryam
for AchArya RaamAnujA
at the request of ThitukkOttiyUr
Nambi , another AchAryan of
Bhagavad
RaamAnujA.
12. NadAthUr AzhwAn/ Varada
VishnumisrA ( 1165-1275 A.D ),
AchArya RaamAnujA's sister's son
.
13. YengaL AazhwAn / VishNu
Chitthar ( 1106-1206 A.D),
Sishyar of PiLLAn , Commentator on
VishNu PurANam.
14. Thirumalai AaNpiLLai
AnanthAzhwAn (b 1053 A.D) , who
volunteered to go to Thirumalai to
perform Pushpa Kaimkaryam
at the behest of AchArya RaamAnujA
.
15. AathrEya
RaamAnujar ( 1220-1310 A.D) , Maternal uncle of
Swamy Desikan and latter's AchAryan
.
16. Vatsya VaradAchArya
/NadAthUr AmmAL ( 1165-1275 A.D) ,
The AchAryan of AthrEya RaamAnujar
and Sudarsana Bhattar ,
the author of Srutha PrakAsikA
.
17. ParAsara Bhattar ( b 1074
) / Sri RangEsa Purohithar , the Elder son
Of Swamy KurEsar and ANDAL and AchAryan of
Nanjeeyar .
12. Nanjeeyar ( b 1054) ,
Author of 9000 PaDi , who hailed from Melkote
prior to his losing the debate with
Swamy ParAsara Bhattar.
13 . NampiLLai / LokAcchAr( b
1127 A.D) : Great Commentator on
ThiruvAimozhi
.
14. Vadakku Thriuveethi
PiLLai ( 1167-1264 A.D), Father of Swamy
PiLLai
LokAcchAr and
Azhagiya MaNavALa NaayanAr and
a distinguished sishyar of NampiLLai
.
15. PeriyavAcchAn PILLai /
KrishNa Suri ( b 1159) ,
VyAkhyAna Chakravarthy , who was
another
distinguished sishyar of NampiLLai
.
15. Swamy PiLLai LOkAcchAr (
1205-1326 ) , anchor of
TennAchArya SampradhAyam
; author of Ashta Dasa
RahasyAs and the elder
son of Vadakku Thiruveethi PiLLai .
16. Swamy VedAntha Desikar (
1268-1369 A.D) , anchor of
Vadakalai SampradhAyam after AchArya
RaamAnujA's time
and a contemproary
of PiLLai
LokAcchAr & Sudarsana Soori .
17. KumAra VaradAcchAr (
1316-1401 A.D) , Son and Primary
disciple of Swamy Desikan
.
18. Brahma Tantra Svatantrar
( 1286-1386 A.D) , Founder of
ParakAla
Matam and Key
disciple of Swamy Desikan .
More information about the
Vaibhavam of the revered Jeeyar's
of Parakaala Matam is available
at :
19. PrathivAdhi Bhayankaram
Annan ( 1300-1410 A.D) , a disciple of
both KumAra VaradhAcchAr first &
Swamy MaNavALa Maamuni
later.
19. Adhi VaNN SaThakOpa
Jeeyar ( 1378-1458 A.D ) , the Founding
Jeeyar of Ahobila Matam , who was
initiated into SanyAsAsramam
by Lord Narasimhan at AhObila
KshEthram . He iniitiated Swamy
MaNavALa Maamuni into
SanyAsa Aasramam . Sri Ahobila Matam
has 45 illustrious
Jeeyars until now . More information about
the Vaibhavam of Ahobila
Matam Jeeyars are available at :
20. ThiruvAimozhi PiLLai
, AchAryan of Swamy MaNavALa Maamuni revered
as Periya Jeeyar
.
21 . Swamy MaNavALa Maamuni (
1370-1444 A.D) : VaanamAmalai Matam ,
Srirangam NaarAyaNa Jeeyar
Matam , Thirumalai Jeeyar Matam and
Melkote YathirAja Matam &
SrivilliputthUr Matam et al belong to this
SampradhAyam . adiyEn's web
page for Swamy MaNavALa Maamuni
with Sri Haresh
Balasubramanyan can be accessed at :
22. Munithrayam
SampradhAyam's illustrious founder was Theiukkudanathai
Gopala MahA Desikan ( 1700-1783 A.D)
. He was a sishyar of SaakshAth
Swamy , who blessed us
with the 24,000 paDi commentary for PiLLAn's
6000 Padi commentary of
ThiruvAimozhi .Thirukudanthai Desikan
is the 15th descendant of
Swamy AppuLLAr , the AchAryan of Swamy
Desikan . The current
PeetAdhipathy of this illustrious matam is
HH SrimushNam Andavan , who
celebrated his 71st birthday last
month at Srirangam .
Poundarikapuram Andavan , HH Gopala MahA Desikan
is the
current PeetAdhipathy of the PoundarIkapuram Andavan
Aasramam
and has blessed us with
comentaries for so many AzhwAr-AchArya
SrI Sookthis . The Vaibhavam
of the Srirangam Srimath Andavan and
PoundarIkapuram Andavan
Aasramam are covered at the following
web sites
:
Much more information on
AchArya Vamsa Vruksham are also available at:
This excellent article is by
Sri Anbil Ramaswamy .
This article is by adiyEn
.
Now that we have the
chronology of AchArya lineage from
the Ninth Century to
current day , let us link the political times
that the AchAryAs had to
face to carry on with their divine missions .
We will start
with Pallava Kings first and move on to ChOLaa and
Paandya-ChEra Kings later
. We will see next as to how the kingdoms of
ChALukya , Rashtrakootaa
, Sultanate of Delhi affected the kingdoms
of Southern part of India
.
Srimath Azhagiya Singar
ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,
Daasan , Oppiliappn Koil
V.Sadagopan
AzhwAr , AchAryan
ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil
V.Sadagopan
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