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Sri Sri Lakshmi Hayagreeva Parabrahmane Namaha//
Sri Parakal Yteendra Mahadesikaya Namaha//



Sree:



I would request you to consider mentioning the name of
Tallapaka Annamacharya in the list of the history of
SreeVaishnavism. Being the diciple of Sri Sri AdiVan
Satakopa Jeer, Annamacharya studied the Sri Bhasyam
and Ramayanam under his holiness and by the Acharyas
grace, he has composed some 32,000 Sankirtanas, which
are nothing but divine melodious forms of the tenets
of Ramanuja siddantha.
Not much is known about Annamacharya and his
contibutions to Ramanuja Siddantha. It was his
presence along with greats like Ahobilam Jeer,
PrathivAdhi Bhayankaram Annan, etc that
SreeVaishnavism flourished once again in the 15th
century. His sankirtanas were hidden in a rock cell in
the tirumala temple beside Sree Bhasyakarla Sannidhi
and was found only in the 1950's. SreeVaishnavas DO
NOT really know about the immense contributions he has
made to our sampradayam, and i feel that it is our
duty to give him the due respect when we speak of our
purvacharyas.

Out of his 32,000 kirtanas,14000 are available, and
not one is on any other deity than Sriman Narayana.
The only kirtanas which are not on Narayana are a few
on Ramanuja, who was Annamacharyas 'Speaking God' (as
he calls him) and one was on SRi SRi Adivan Satakopa
Jeer.
Every sankirtana is faithfully adherent to the
commandments of Ramanuja. You will be surprised to
know that some of the sankirtanas have words verbatim
from Ramanujas bhashyas or Alwar Pasurams.

M.S Subbulakshmi has rendered some excellent
sankirtanas of Annamacharya in the balaji
pancharatnamala series. The notable ones are:
1) Tolliyunu Marraku- kirtana on Srirangam Ranganatha
2) Vande Vasudevam- kirtana sung in praise of kanchi
Varadaraja
3)Sriman Narayana- a kirtana based on the Dvayam
4)Bhavamu Lona- a kirtana summarizing the supremacy of
Sriman Narayana
5) Entamatramuna- a kirtana declaring that the deity
at Tirumala is none other than Lord Narayana

Please listen to these songs carefully and analyze the
Visistadvaita bhavam in Annamacharyas Sankirtanas. You
will realize what a great SreeVaishnava he is.

sadly, his name is always left out. I feel that it is
not right to ignore such a great contribution made to
Ramanujas Siddantham by this Parama bagavatha. Though
no school of Ramanuja recognizes his contributions, i
never forget to chant his Taniyan when i think of our
purvacharyas. If his name is left out, it is like
leaving out one precious gem from the garland of
SreeVaishnava acharyas.

it is my sincere request that Adiyen help me in
propogating the contributions of Annamacharya. i am
willing to share with the group some very brilliant
sankirtanas of annamacharya that contain the nectar of
the teaching of Ramanuja matham.  I assure you that
reading every single one of them will be an exhuberant
experience and will enlighten us on the great life of
Annamacharya, the amsa of nandaka, - the true follower
of Ramanujas divine commandments.

Please tell me you opinion Adiyen.

Yours Respectfully,
With all humility,

Adviteeya

 
 

--- sgopan <sgopan@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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
> :
> 
>      http://www.srivaishnava.org/sva/pnambi.htm
> 
> 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 :
> 
>        http://www.parakalamatham.org/welcome.shtml  
> 
> 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 :
> 
>         http://www.ahobilamutt.org/intro.html
> 
> 
> 20. ThiruvAimozhi PiLLai  , AchAryan of Swamy
> MaNavALa Maamuni revered 
> 
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