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> --- In tiruvenkatam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
> sadagopaniyengar@... wrote:
> >
> > Srimate SrivanSatakopa Sri Vedanta Desika Yatindra
> Mahadesikaya nama:
> > The Sacred Seven
> . Whence, then, the mystery and sacredness of the
> number seven?"
> >> dasan, sadagopan
> 
>              *******************
> 
> Dear SrimAn Sadagopan Iyengar,
> 
> It was by sheer accident that I missed reading this
> posting of yours 
> when it was originally sent by you a few weeks ago.
> I'm glad I found 
> it in my mail-box rather late than never! It was a
> very enjoyable 
> read, indeed, very informative like all other usual
> mails from you.
> 
> Permit me to add one more example of the "Mystery of
> 7" which perhaps 
> you might like to include in your own inventory of
> "sacred 7s":
> 
> Our great 'prathamAchArya' Sri RamAnujAchArya earned
> 7 different and 
> beautiful appelations ('tirunAmam-s') during his
> lifetime and they are 
> as follows:
> 
> (1) "iLayavar" : the name given by his maternal
> uncle Sri Tirumalai 
> Nambi of Tiruvenkatam on the twelfth day of his
> birth.
> 
> (2) "Ramanuja": the name conferred by Lord
> Varadaraja after he became 
> a sanyAsin
> 
> (3) "uDayavar": the name given by Lord Ranganatha
> when Ramanuja first 
> took up residence at Sri Rangam
> 
> (4) "kovil annan" : a title which he obtained at
> TirumAlirunjolai for 
> fulfilling a desire of Sri Andal regarding Lord
> Azhagar
> 
> (5) "emberumAnAr" : the name conferred by
> TirukkoshtiyUr Nambi when he 
> found that Ramanuja was verily the embodiment of
> human compassion 
> 
> (6) "bhAshyakArar": the appelation conferred on him
> by the Sarada 
> Peetam at Kashmir in recognition of his great
> service to Vedanta 
> philosophy in the form of his splendid commentary on
> the Brahma Sutra
> 
> (7) "yatirAjar": the title earned by him from one
> and all in SriRangam 
> in recognition of his unparalleled austerity as a
> 'sanyAsin' for well 
> over 90 years of his lifetime!
> 
> If ever one could give the number '7' a sacred name,
> it might well 
> be 'Ramanuja'!
> 
> Regds,
> dAsan,
> Sudarshan  





                
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