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SrI:

Dear Srimathy Sranathan :

You had asked for the meaning of Rangan and RanganAthan
and suggested that Rangan  is none other than Lord Ramachandra
in archA form . Here are some additional reasons :

Furthher to the dhivya Prabhandham Paasurams cited ,
it is traditionally believed that the Uthsavar at
Srirangam is Lord Raamachandran and the Moolavar
is DhAmOdhara KaNNan with His 3 welt marks on
His waist .  AzhwArs and AchAryAs ,as you know ,
have experienced Him as DasAvathAran and more .

Sri RanganAtha PaadhukA Sahasram(SRPS)  of Swamy Desikan
celebrates Sri RanganAthan's Paadhukai as that of Raamachandra .
At the very beginning of SRPS salutes BharathAzhwAn for revealing
the Vaibhavam of Sri RanganAtha Paadhukais FOR THE CITIZENS
OF THE WORLD and links them to the  PaadhukAs to Lord Ramachandra
( SlOkam 2 of SRPS :

" BharathAya param namOasthu tasmai
   praTamOdhAharaNAya bhakthibhAjAm
  yadhupaj~namasEshatha: PruTivyAm praTithO
  RAAGHAVA-PAADHUKAA-PRABHAAVA:"

Sri RanganAtha Paadhukai is Swamy NammAzhwAr . Bharathan is the One ,
who carried them on His head to Nandigramam ; later VibhishaNa carried
the whole VimAnam (  PraNavAkAram) and landed it with Sri Raamachandra 
inside .

Swamy DEsikan salutes these Padhukais as " Rangapathy vibhrama
" Paadhukais " , the Paadhukais intended for the sport of Lord Ramachandra
(Ranganatha) , the processional deity . At other places , Swamy Desikan 
salutes
these RanganAtha Paadhukais as those of the enemy of Kamsan (SRPS: Slokam 9) 
:
" KamsArE: PaadhukE ! Here , the identity of Moolavar is revealed .

Various naamArchanams for RanganAtha in SRPS reveal the dance stage (Rangam)
of Lord RanganAtha :

Ranga Kshithi RamaNa ( SlOkam 10) ; Ranga BhUmi , aranga MEdai is referred
to and the Lord is recognized as the Master of that space for His leelais . 
On
this divine stage dances Lord RanganAthan the various dances ( aha and Pura
Kootthus).

Many VinOdha Koothus are performed by the Lords here such as KudamAdu
Kootthu , Nokku ( a dance form marked by agility and grace) like one of
the ten gamakams in VeeNaa playing , where dextirity is needed to execute .
Here on this aranga Medai, the great Master defines His dances of Srushti ,
Sthithi and samhAram within the framework of stylized movements and
symbolic gestures with Rasaa and Bhaavaa for the benefit of His devotees
in genral and the AzhwAars and AchAryAs in particualr . Their rasAnubhavam
flpwed as divine Paasurams .For them , He plays the Alliya Kootthu , Kuda
Kootthu , Mohini Aattam , Vari Kootthu ( vipralambha SringAram) . Arayars 
took
their cues from here . In this context , one has to remember the Arayars 
enact on
the 4th day of adhyayana festival at Srirangam , the RanganAtha avathAram .

On this Ranga BhUmi , the Lord of that stage enjoys Navasandhi Kavutthuvam
by Brahma DEvan and ohter dEvAs with the Jathis , TaaLams and Raagams
assigned to them as per the Aagama Saasthrams , one of which is expounded by
BhagavAn Himself (Sriprasna Samhitha section) .

On this divine Ranga BhUmi , the blissful RasAnubhavam is experienced by
" the idnetification of the spectator with the spectacle" . Rasa has been
defined as both the tasting and what is tasted . It has been described as
the most  relishable , blissful experience reminding one of the Aanandha of
Brahman described by the Upanishad . AzhwArs had this rasAnubhavam
and left the outpourings of that anubhavam for us to enjoy as Kuladhanam.

Sage BharathA , known for Bharatha Saasthram ( Bhaavam+Raagam+TaaLam)
describes this bliss ( at Ranga BhUmi) :

yathO hasthas-tathO dhrushti:
yathO dhrushtis-tathO mana:
yathO manas-tathO bhAva:
yathO bhAvas-tathO rasa:

We follow the dance of RanganAtha on this stage of srirangam.

In Tamil , it has been translated as :

kai vazh nayanam sella
kaNN vazhi manam sella
manam vazhi uNarcchi sella
athaninRu Suvai piRakkum

I will conclude this big topic rather quickly with the slOkams
used for Aranga Poojai and the spirit behind such an aarAdhanam
by dancers :

Bharathakula bhAgya kalikE ! BhAvarasAnandha
pariNathAkArE ! JagadhEka Mohana
kalE Jaya Jaya RANGADHI
DEvathE DEvi " .

After ThOdaya MangaLam and MeLa PrApthy rituals , the lady dancer
(Sri Ranga Naayaki) pays Her salutations to the Aranga Devathai
(Her Divine consort) and performs the AarAdhanam treating that
arangam ( stage ) as the Temple . OhmkAra Tulya Naadham
arises from that Rangam because of its association with
PraNavAkAra VimAnam forming the roof for that stage and
links to the AkAra-MakAra-UkAra roopan  presiding over that
stage as Lord Ramachandran . The identity of Sri RanganAyaki as
SithA PirAtti is revealed by the RanganAtha PurOhithar in
His GuNa Rathna Kosam , where he addresses Her as " Maathar
Mythili "

Srimath Azhagiya Singar Thiruvadi ,
Oppiliappan Koil V.Sadagopan







Regarding the meaning of RanganAthan , the literal meaning is
Master of Rangam , the dance stage ( arangam ) in His LeelA
VibhUthi .


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "jayasartn" <jayasree.saranathan@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <Oppiliappan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, November 25, 2005 3:32 AM
Subject: [Oppiliappan] Re: padithadhai-ch-cholgirEn (Vishnu sahasra nama)


> SrI:
>
> Can anyone help us with the meaning for Ranga or Ranganathan?
> Regards
> jayasree
>
>
> --- In Oppiliappan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "jayasartn"
> <jayasree.saranathan@xxxx> wrote:
>>
>> SRIMATHE RAMANUJAYA NAMAHA.
>>
>> There is solid evidence in Naan mugan Thiruvandhadi that it is Lord
>> Rama who has taken his abode in Thiruvarangam.
>> I request the fellow bhagavathas to refer to verses 29 & 30 of this
>> Thiruvandhadhi.
>> In verse 29, (ugappuruvam thane..) Raman's beauty is described as
>> also His valour in having overcome Kumbhakarnan.





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