Dear Sriman Vijayasarathy, The following may also (in addition to Sri Varadhan's post) shed some light on your query. During Swami Emberumanar's time there was a dispute as to whether the archa tirumeni in Tirumalai was that of Emberuman or Siva or Shakti etc. Despite Swami Emberumanar's attempts to present multiple evidence to the fact that it was Emberuman who was the presiding deity, the turmoil continued as Swami's words fell on deaf ears. Finally, it was decided that the sanctom sanctorum would be filled with ayudhams of different deities and the doors secured for the night. In the morning when the doors were opened, it was reasoned that those ayudhams that were typical of the presiding deity would be taken up. Lo and behold! Emberuman took up the Tiruvazhi and Tiruchakaram which all of us behold today at Tirumalai. As to the question of why the deity had no wepaons prior to this incident, is the fact that Lord Srinivasan lent his Tiruchakram and Tiruvazhi to his devotee Tondaman Chakravarti for assistance in the latter's armed conflicts. Thus, at the point of Swami Emberumanar's intervention, Emberuman's tirumeni at Tirumalai was without the traditional conch and discuss. This situation encouraged rival sects to advance arguments that the deity at Tirumalai was Shiva, Shakti etc. Swami Emberumanar's intervention helped to secure these ayudhams for Emberuman. Sampradayam holds that the individual who invests people with "changka - chakra laanchanam" is the acharyan. Swami Emberumanar invested Tiruvengadamudaiyan with changkam and chakaram and may thus be regarded as HIS acharyan. Therefore the upadesha mudra. This is not adiyen's thesis. Adiyen became aware of this angle based on a traditional upanyasam. Unfortunately, adiyen is not able to recall the scholar and is wary of hazarding a guess. Additionally based on traditional accounts, books published by TTD etc. no other acharyan is mentioned in this connection. Considering Swami Emberumanar's monumental contribuition (without which this glorious divya desam and Emberuman who was hailed by Azhvar as "alarmel mangai urai marbha" may not have continued as a Sri Vaishnava Tirutalam!!!) in regard to Tirumalai it hardly surprising that this one and only one acharya has sannidhi inside the temple. regards rAmAnuja dAsan, Vedaraman Sriraman --- In ramanuja@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, vijayasarathy iyengar <ramanujadasan86@xxxx> wrote: > adiyen > ramanujadasan > adiyen is totally confused of the fact happening in thirumalai.the thirumeni of deity bhaskara in thirumalai srinivasan sannidi is presented to devariers in the attachment. actually he is present in the temple with ubdesa mudra and with oolai suvadi in his hand and this idiol without thirukodi suits very well for swami vedanta desigan. now i am in a confusion that wheather the thirumeni present is desigan and not ramanuja or else since swami is called bhasyakara or the writer of bhasyams he holds that thirumeni in thirumala. or any other specific reason for it . i request periyavas to tell me this and clear my iyyam. > ramanujadasan > dhivya nadhan > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail - 250MB free storage. Do more. Manage less. 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: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Home Page
http://www.ibiblio.org/sripedia |
ramanuja-subscribe@yahoogroups.com To subscribe to the list |