Sri R.Kesava Iyengar needs no introduction to the
Srivaishnava community. His kainkaryam to Sri Ramanuja Darisanam is a
very great one and his devotion to Swami Desika is unparalleled. During
his lifetime he had translated almost all the works of Swami Desika and
a majority of our Samprathaya granthams. Adiyen has the bhagyam of
reproducing some of his works in this group. While many of the files
uploaded were published somewhere around 1950, two of his books very
recently published are now with me. "VALLUVAR ULLAM" and "ADIYAVARKKU
MEYYAN ARUL" both published in 1974 are books that must be read by all
Srivaishnavaites. While "Valluvar ULLam" establishes beyond doubt that
the sage Thiru vaLLuvar is a Srivaishnavite beyond doubt, "Adiyavarkku
Meyyan AruL" is an exhaustive commentary on Swami Desikan's "anthamil
seerayinthai amarntha nAthan". In the course of his commentary he also
proves that prior to 1900 Ramanusa nURRanthAthi was a part of "iyaRpA"
only . He goes on to establish Kamban was also a Srivaishnavaite. Both
the books are a very good example for students of dharkkam and logic.
Actually adiyen wanted to share both the books with you all. But
"VaLLuvar uLLam" (478 pages) because of its size can not be uploaded
with a dial-up connection I am using.
Any how with some difficulty I have uploaded the scanned pages of
"Adiyavarkku meyyan aruL" (179 pages).Please enjoy the book by
downloading from the link below. The quality of the uploaded file is
not good. Sorry I have no other alternative . The 528 Mb file has to be
resized for uploading to the net. It may also take a few minutes to
get downloaded as the resized file is also big (8Mb) . Nowhere I can
find a para in the book to split. Such a great master he was, Sri
Kesava Iyengar's commentary runs from page one to the end like amuda
dharai
The book can be downloaded from
http://www.scribd.com/doc/3297698/adiyavar
or you can read it there itself. Please select book mode under ipaper tab there for convenient reading.
dasan,
T.Raguveeradayal
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