n_kannan3 wrote: > Srimate Ramanujaya Namaha: > Azwar Thiruvadigale Sharanam > > Dear Sir, > > Would it be possible for you to tell me the time by which the two > Kalais had become distinct. Were they already distinct by the time of > the last Acharyas of the two Acharya paramparaigal (Swami Vedanta > Desikar and Manavala Mamunigal) ? Around what time did the two kalais > adopt the different namams? > Please forgive any mistake which I may I have commited in the above > questions. > > Thanks, > Kannan > > Dear Mr. Kannan, Neither Swamy Vedanta Desika nor his contemporary, Swamy Pillai Lokacharya, saw themselves as formulators of some unique path - nor for that matter did Sri Manavalamamunigal, who was 50 years later. On the contrary, the two contemporaries had great regard for one another, even conferring accolades upon each other on occassion. And all of them recognized themselves as servants to the Acharya Paramaparai of Ramanuja only. The differences in interpretation were more the subject of scholarly study and healthy debate, and probably did more to infuse the community with refreshing new ideas just as any good, intelligent debate does today. Regarding the thiruman, which to me is perhaps the least important among the differences, it would be safe to assume that the shapes and sizes of thirumans varied from location to location, perhaps even between persons. But, the establishment of the two generalized shapes to serve as as the "logo" of a particular kalai came with the firm demarcation of the two kalais, which most students of religion place somewhere in the mid to late 1700s, when the activities of the British suddenly brought out the need to concretize specific beliefs for the sake of preservation of the tradition. Mohan 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/
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