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Dear Sri Sudarshan,

I have heard many Srivaishnava acharyas and scholars
refer to Sri Ramanuja as Swami Ramanujar. In fact,
I have even heard them say that the single title
"Swami" refers only to Ramanujar, whereas for others
we have to add their names - such as Swami Desikar
or Swami Manavala Mamunigal and so on. This is
similar to "Azhvar" refering to Nammazhvar only,
"kOyil" refering to Srirangam only, and so on.

In fact, at Sriperumbudur to date everyone refers
to Ramanujar as just "Swami".

adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan


--- "M.K.Sudarshan" <sampathkumar_2000@xxxx>
wrote:
> ...
> Just as Sage VyAsa was addressed as "bhagavAn" and
> not "swAmi", so
> too do we SriVaishnavites, who regard Sri
> RamanujAchArya as our
> foremost 'guru', we do not ever refer to him as
> "Swami Ramanuja".
> More often we refer to him as "bhagavath ramanuja";
> or else, we refer
> to him with some other hallowed honorific such as
> "uDayavar" or
> "bhAshyakArar", never at all "swAmi".
> ...

=====
Azhvar Emperumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Sharanam

adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan

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