Here are some of names I could think of......... 1) Paramam Padam 2) Saptha Sindhu 3) Panchavati 4) Nityotsavam 5) Pushkarini Regards Mohan.R On Fri, 02 Apr 2004 Srirangam Chakravarthy wrote : >Namaskaram > >I need a small favour from bhagavathas >Looking for sanskrit words which are in tune with our >vaishnavite/hindu tradition. >equivalent for > >I am looking for forming a company which will serve the intrests of >Vaishnavites/Vaishnava culture. > >I am looking for some ideas for a name which has >sanskrit/tamil and traditional equivalents ( which also looks good in >the modern world ) from people who have more >knowledge on slokas/sastras etc > >( 1 ) Gold > >example > >swarna,kanaga etc > >( 2 ) Kingdom/Empire > >example >rajya,samrajya,chakravarthy,etc > >( 3 ) Tradition/Culture > >samskriti,kalalaya,alaya,divyadesa etc > >I could think of some of these. >I need some help on this from sri vaishnavites > >Srirangam chakravarthy > > >Sumithra Varadarajan <sumivaradan@xxxx> wrote: >Sri Parthasarathi thunai > >Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha > >Sri Vara Vara munayE Namaha > >Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha > > > >In the previous posting we enjoyed emperuman as 'ponnuru'. Next azhvar >attributes the qualities of precious gems to emperuman - 'maNiyuruvil bhoodham >IyindhAi'. Emperuman is like a precious gem and he is the five bhoodhas,Akasam >(sky), vayu (air), agni (fire), jalam (water), bhoomi (earth). Srikulasekara >perumal in his divine work 'mukunda malai' beautifully portraysemperuman as >'maNi' as follows: > > > >"bhakthApAya bhujanga gArudamaNi: > > trilOkya rakshAmaNi: > >gOpeelOchana sAdhakAmbhudhamaNi: > > soundarya mudrA maNi: I > >ya: kAnthAmaNi rukmini ka nagucha > > dvanthvaikka bhooshAmaNi: > >srEyO dEvasikAmaNi: dishatu nO > > gOpAla choodAmaNi: II > > > >Keeping the same in mind Thirumangai azhvar calls emperuman to be 'maNiyuruvil >bhoodham IyindhAi'. Emperuman stays as the body made of pancha bhoodhas and >has the qualities of the gems. Sri Periya vAchan pillai compares the qualities >of emperuman and the gems as 1) vadivil tEjOmayan- emperuman glitters like the >gems 2) mAnikka seppilE pon pOlE tanakkAsrayamAna svaroopaththikkum >svaroopAsrayamAna guNangalukkum thAn suddha sattvamaya mAgaiyAlE >prakAsakamAyirukkai- Take for example a gem studded plate decorated with gold. >Emperuman being suddha sattva mayan his glory spreads to both the svaroopa >that gives him form and also the qualities that depends on the svaroopam. 3) >thAn svaroopaththai kAttilum bhOkyamAyirukkai - highly enjoyable. So there by >azhvar showed that emperuman is someone much different from the chit and the >achit and is a supreme tattva. Thereby the tattva traya knowledge was clearly >imparted by azhvar following which another doubt arises inour minds. Then is > emperuman such a high tattva that cannot be reached by us? The answer follows > in the next line. > > > >Meanwhile let us see what geethAcharyan has to say about the above words of >azhvar. > > > >"bhoomirApO nalO vAyu: kam manO bhuddi rEvacha I > >ahankAra etheeyam mE bhinnA prakruthirashtathA II" [7-4] > > > >[know that this nature spread as panchabhoodhas earth, water, fire, air and >sky and manas, mahan and ahankAram, so totally 8 different things all belong >to me] > > > >"mayi sarvamidham prOktham sootrE manikaNA eva" [7-7] > > > >[All these things are joined to me like the beads connected with a string] > > > >In this example, geethacharyan shows his sAmyam (similarity) with the >thread/string that connects all the beads in a chain of beads. Like the >threadall the chetanas and achetanas are connected with emperuman. The thread >goes into the beads and binds all of them together. Similarly all the chetanas >and achetanas remain as the body and emperuman their athma. A single thread >holds all the beads similarly emperuman alone supports all the chits and >achits. The thread is hidden at the back of the beads still it doesn'tneed the >support of the beads. Similarly emperuman is hidden by the othertattvas but he >doesn't need the support of the other tattvas. If the thread is removed then >the beads fall down which indicates that only the threadholds the beads and >the thread is independent. Similar is the case with emperuman and the other >two tattvas. Though all these similarities hold good between the thread >example and emperuman they lays one difference. As per the sastric verse, > "anthar bahischa tat sarvam vyApya nArAyaNa: stita: [In all the objects in > this world narayaNa: remains inside and outside] which doesn't suit the > thread case. > > > >"rasOhamapsu kowthEya prabhAsmi sasisooryayO: I > >pranavas sarva vEdEshu saptha: kE powrusham nrushu II" [7-8] > > > >[Kunteeputra! Iam the taste in water, light of the sun and the moon, pravanam >among all the vedas, the sound characteristic of the sky, and the maleness of >the males. ] > > > >Let us enjoy the sowlabhyam of emperuman in the next posting. > > > >(To be continued) > > > >Azhvar EmperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharanam > > > >Adiyen ramanuja dAsee > >Sumithra Varadarajan > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > >azhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyAr thiruvadigalE saranam > > > > >--------------------------------- >Yahoo! Groups Links > > To visit your group on the web, go to: >http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ramanuja/ > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: >ramanuja-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > >Win an evening with the Indian cricket captain: Yahoo! 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