SrI: Dear Sri Dixit : Your Message is most welcome and appropriate . As the beloved SishyA of HH Sri Aadhi VaNN SaThakOpa Jeeyar , Sri AnnamAchArya's NaadhOpAsanai about the Lord Of Thirumalai and HIs divine Consort , Sri AlarmEl mangai and AchArya Bhakthi reached heights of glory . You are so right in pointing out the need to include an avathAra Purushar , Sri Annamayyaa, whose music reverberates across the seven hills even today and beyond wherever bhakthAs of Lord SrinivAsa assemble . NamO VenkatEsAya , V.Sadagopan P.S : Please write about the krithis of Saint Annamayyaa in Oppiliappan and Raama Bhakthi Lists . You probaly are familiar with the excellent monograph by Professor M.NarasimhAchAry , Editor of Sri Nrusimha PriyA about Saint AnnamAchAryA's contributions to VisishtAdhAvaitham released by TTD . Here Prof. M.N Swamy maps the thoughts of Saint Annamyyaa to selected Paasurams of AzhwArs . Please cover the rare krithis , where Saint AnnamayyA salutes His AchAryan , Sri Adhi VaNN SaThakOpa Jeeyar . Thanks . ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adviteeya Dixit" <visistadvit@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <Oppiliappan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 2:18 AM Subject: Re: [Oppiliappan] A peep into thousand years of the history of Sri VaishNavam : Part III > Sri Sri Lakshmi Hayagreeva Parabrahmane Namaha// > Sri Parakal Yateendra 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 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& >> 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 >> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Oppiliappan-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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