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Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha
Srimath Vara Vara Munaye Namaha
Sri Annan Thiruvadigale Saranam

1. Bhaagavadha Priya
2. Ramanuja / Acharya Priya
3. Ramanuja Divakaram
4. Ramanuja Darshanam
5. Prapanna Jana Kootam
6. Bhakthamrutham, Shatakopa Vangmayam
7. Yatheendra Pravanam

All our prabandha / acharya thaniyans contain wonderful names...

Adiyen,
Ramanuja Dasan

--- In ramanuja@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Mohan Ramanujan" 
<mohan_ramanujan@xxxx> wrote:
>  Here are some of names I could think of.........
> 
> 1) Paramam Padam
> 2) Saptha Sindhu
> 3) Panchavati
> 4) Nityotsavam
> 5) Pushkarini
> 
> Regards
> Mohan.R
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> On Fri, 02 Apr 2004 Srirangam Chakravarthy wrote :
> >Namaskaram
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> >I need a small favour from bhagavathas
> >Looking for sanskrit words which are in tune with our
> >vaishnavite/hindu tradition.
> >equivalent for
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> >I am looking for forming a company which will serve the intrests 
of
> >Vaishnavites/Vaishnava culture.
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> >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
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> >( 1 ) Gold
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> >example
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> >swarna,kanaga etc
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> >( 2 ) Kingdom/Empire
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> >example
> >rajya,samrajya,chakravarthy,etc
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> >( 3 ) Tradition/Culture
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> >samskriti,kalalaya,alaya,divyadesa etc
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> >I could think of some of these.
> >I need some help on this from sri vaishnavites
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> >Srirangam chakravarthy
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> >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). Sri kulasekara perumal in his divine 
work 'mukunda malai' beautifully portrays emperuman as 'maNi' as 
follows:
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> >"bhakthApAya bhujanga gArudamaNi:
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> > trilOkya rakshAmaNi:
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> >gOpeelOchana sAdhakAmbhudhamaNi:
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> > soundarya mudrA maNi: I
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> >ya: kAnthAmaNi rukmini ka nagucha
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> > dvanthvaikka bhooshAmaNi:
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> >srEyO dEvasikAmaNi: dishatu nO
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> > gOpAla choodAmaNi: II
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> >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 in our 
minds. Then is
> > emperuman such a high tattva that cannot be reached by us? The 
answer follows in the next line.
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> >Meanwhile let us see what geethAcharyan has to say about the 
above words of azhvar.
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> >"bhoomirApO nalO vAyu: kam manO bhuddi rEvacha I
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> >ahankAra etheeyam mE bhinnA prakruthirashtathA II" [7-4]
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> >[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 thread all 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't need the 
support of the beads. Similarly emperuman is hidden by the other 
tattvas 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 thread holds 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.
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> >"rasOhamapsu kowthEya prabhAsmi sasisooryayO: I
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> >pranavas sarva vEdEshu saptha: kE powrusham nrushu II" [7-8]
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> >[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. ]
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> >Let us enjoy the sowlabhyam of emperuman in the next posting.
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> >(To be continued)
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> >Azhvar EmperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharanam
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> >Adiyen ramanuja dAsee
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