Dr. SMS Chari Dr. S.M.Srinivasa Chari ( Dr.SMS Chari) attained his AachAryan's sacred feet at the age of 89 on Iyppasi SravaNam day ( November 5,2008) at Los Angeles , California . At the time of his passing away , he was busy editing a new monograph on Swamy Desikan's Sri Kosam of Dramidopanishad Taatparya RatnaavaLi . His revered Acharyan was the late Ghoshtipuram Sowmyanarayanacchar Swamy . Dr.Chari had also completed Kaalkshepams under the late Putttankottai Srinivasacharya Swami, and Sri Saragur Varadacharya Swami and has been commended by many AchAryas for his prolific and scholarly contributions to Vedantic literature . Dr.SMS Chari , a highly regarded Sampradhayic Scholar of Vedanta in general and Bhagavad Raamanuja siddhantam in particular is an author of many important and lucid monographs in English covering a wide range of Vedantic subjects rooted in the commentaries of Poorvacharyaas . Some of the authoritative and scholarly books released by Dr.SMS Chari are: (1) Vaishnavism-its Philosophy ,Theology and Religious discipline (2) Advaita and Visishtadvaita based on Swamy Desikan's Sata Dhushani (3) Fundamentals of Visishtadhvaita based on Sawmy Desikan's Tattva Mukta Kalaapa (4) The Philosophy of Vedanta Sutras (5) The Philosphy of Upanishads (6) The Philosophy of Bahgavad Gita (7) AdhikaraNa SaarAvaLi of Swamy Desikan (8) The Philosophy and Theistic Mysticism of the Alvars (9) Para Mata Bhangam based on Swamy Desikan's SrI Sookthy dealing with Sva Paksha Sthapanam and Para Mata Kantanam . The students of Vedanta will miss this great sampradhayic scholar known for his vinayam and scholarship . adiyEn had the good fortune of keeping in touch with him , whenever he was in USA and shared with adiyEn about the progress in the creation of his many of his books . For adiyEn , it is a deep personal loss . Oppiliappan Koil V.Sadagopan ****** Swami and his devigaL visited us in Singapore and spent a day with our goshti few years ago on their transit. It is indeed a great loss to Srivaishnava sampradayam. ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SriRangaSri/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SriRangaSri/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:SriRangaSri-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:SriRangaSri-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: SriRangaSri-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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