Dear All :
Quite often questions come
up about AzhwAr's
times based on Guru
Parampara and modern day
research . Here are soem
inputs . Please feel
free to comment . I have
also added the dates of
our AchAryans starting
from Swamy Naathamuni to
Swamy Desikana nd MaNavALa
MaamunihaL for
easy referecne
.
1. Pinbhazhagiya Jeeyar 's Guru Parampara
( First chronicle on AzhwAr's dhivya charitams)
belongs to the time of 11th to 12th century .
He was a sishyar of NampiLLai.
He was also a contemproary of PeriyavAcchAn
PiLLai and Vadakku Thiruveethi PiLLai .
2. Azhwar's times will vary for SampradhAyic to
modern Historical views . The 500 years
ranging
from 5th to 10th century A,D is the view
of
modern day scholars . Sampradhayic
view
places them from 4202 B.C ( Mudhal
Azhwars
to Thirumazhisai ) , Madhura Kavi ( 3224 B.C)
,
NammAzhwAr ( 3102 B.C) ,
Kulasekharar ( 3075 B.C) , PeriyAzhwAr ( 3056
B.C) ,
Andal ( 3005 B.C) , Thondaradippodi ( 2814 B.C)
,
ThiruppANar ( 2760 B.C) and Thirumangai ( 2714
B.C).
I am more comfortable with the 5th to 10th
century
A.D dates based on the clues in PeriyAzhwAr
and
Thirumangai Paasurams and stone inscriptions
in the Temples about rulers of Tamil Naadu
.
3. Acharya Paramparai :
Sriman Narayanan , Mahaa Lakshmi ,
VishvaksEnar
Swamy NammAzwAr ( born B.C 3102 )
Swamy Naatha Muni ( 824-924 A.D)
with sishyas of UyyakkoNDAr (826-931)
and MaNakkAl Nambi ( 832-937 A.D )
Swamy AlavantAr( 916-1041 A.D)
Thirumalai Nambi ( 973-1073 A.D)
Acharya RaamAnuja ( 1017-1137 A.D )
Kuresar ( 1010-1116 A.D)
Embar ( 1026-1131A.D )
Kidambi AacchAn ( 1057-1157 A.D)
Thirukkuruhai PirAn PiLLAn ( Son of
Thirumalai Nambi , 11th century A.D, Kali
4134)
Swamy ParAsara Battar ( Born 1074
A.D)
Namjeeyar ( 11th-12th Century A.D)
NampiLLai
(
"
)
PeriyavaacchAn PiLLai ( Born 1159 A.D)
Vadakku Thiruveethi PiLLai ( 12th century
)
Nadathur AaLvAn ( 10th-11th Century
A.D)
YengaL AzhwAn ( 1106-1206 A.D)
NadathUr AmmAL ( 1165-1275 A.D)
Sudarsana Battar ( 13th to 14th century)
AtrEya RaamAnujar ( 13th to 14th Century )
Swamy Desikan ( 1268-1369 A.D)
Swamy PiLLai LokaacchAr ( 1205-1326
A.D)
Kumara Varadachaar ( 1316-1401 A.D)
Brahma Tantra ParakAla Yati ( 1286-1386
A.D)
Swamy MaNavALa Maamuni (1370-1444 A.D)
PrativAdhi Bhayankaram ANNan ( 1300-1410
A.D)
Ranga RaamAnuja Muni ( 16th Century
).
Additional details on the SamaasrayaNa and
Kaalkshepa Paramparais are available at
under Acharya paramparai .
Detailed chronology of AchArya Raamanuja is
at
The original 6000 padi is by Pinbhazhagiya Jeeyar
Swamy
There are also 3000 and 6000 Padis on Guru
Parampara
by two ParakAla Matam Jeeyars
.
V.Sadagopan
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Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2008 8:08
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Subject: Re: Re:
[Srisathyanarayanap erumal_Mambalam] The stories of the Azhwars
Dear Shri Sadagopan
It is good to hear from you again.
Your comments are usefull. I will go through the websites. So which century
were the lives of the Azhwars first chronicled?
Regards
Pradeep