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Sri:
Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:

Dear Nappinnai,

Quite true. This is how it is. Periya Jeeyar indeed
has come to refer to Manavala Mamunigal now, even
though Nanjeeyar was the one who was called that
initially.

This is similar to Lokacharyar refering to Pillai
Lokacharyar now, even though the name was first
given to Nampillai. As Manavala Mamunigal says in
his Upadesa Raththinamalai,

thunnupugazh kanthAdai thOzappar tham ugappAl
enna ulagAriyanO enRu uraikka - pinnai
ulagAruyan ennum pEr nampiLLaikku Ongi
vilagAmal ninRathenRum mEl

The name Ulagariyan (Lokacharya) was given to
Nampillai by Kanthadai Thozhappar. How this
happened makes interesting reading and though
oft repeated it is worth saying it again. Nampillai
was very famous in Srirangam and huge crowds used
to gather to listen to his upanyasams. This led
to some amount of jealousy amongst others including
Kanthadai Thozhappar. At one time, he made some
angry remarks in Namperumal's sannidhi directed at
Nampillai after seeing special honors being given
to him. Later when he reached his home, his wife
(wives?) told him that he had made a great mistake
toward a revered acharya and that he should go back
and apologize to Nampillai immediately. Kanthadai
Thozhappar was already feeling bad about what he
had said and upon hearing this he decided to go
immediately to Nampillai's home. When he got to
the front of his house, who should he find there
but Nampillai himself. Nampillai was waiting there
to apologize to Kanthadai Thozhappar! Nampillai
started saying that he felt sorry that the situation
was such that his feelings were hurt and that he
had to say what he said. Kanthadai Thozhappar amazed
at this called Nampillai "enna ulagAriyanO?" - are 
you the acharya for this whole world? From this point
on, Nampillai came to be known as Lokacharyar.

Later Vadakku Thiruveethi-p-piLLai who was the
disciple of Nampillai decided to name his first
son in honor of his acharya and called him Pillai
Lokacharyar.

pinnai vadakku thiruvIdhippiLLai anbAl 
anna thirunAmaththai Adhariththu - mannupugzah
maindharkku sARRugaiyAl vandhu parandhathu engum
indhath thirunAmam ingu 

Now when we say Lokacharyar we only think of Pillai 
Lokacharyar and not Nampillai. The same with Periya
Jeeyar as well.

Azhvar Emperumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Sharanam

adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan

--- nappinnai_nc <nappinnai_nc@xxxx> wrote:
> Sri:
> Srimathe Ramanujaya nama:
> Dear TCA venkatesan,
> I have also heard that periya jeeyar refers
> to Nanjeeyar. 
> Thanks to you and TA Varadhan who pointed out which I
> omitted. But 
> then,everything that is associated with Srirangam always
> have the 
> prefix "periya". Since MaNavALa mAmunigaL was the AcArya
> of 
> SriRanganATha,I would think "periya jeeyar" is apt to
> refer to 
> MaNavALa mAmunigaL than Nanjeeyar. Devotees, who had the
> fortune to 
> interact with Sru Puttur Swamy,PB swami and the
> like,would be able to 
> address this better.
> 
> AzhvAr emperumAnAr jIyar thiruvadigaLE sharaNam 
> NC Nappinnai
> 
> 
> 


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