srImathE SaTakOpAya nama: srImathE rAmAnujAya nama: srImathE anantArya mahA guravE nama: srImathE vara vara munayE nama: --- In ramanuja@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Sadagopan Vasudevan <satakopanv@xxxx> wrote: > > I have four qs in this mail, please address them. > > Q1 So of the three teachers, whho is the addressed as Lakshminahtan here in the "Lakshminatha samarambam ...vande guruparamparam". lakshmInAthan can be no other than srIman nArAyaNa, who is our first AchArya, and that is who the "lakshminaathan" in the thaniyan refers to. > Q2 How does this time and his works compare to Swami Desikan.? > I am just trying to learn as to their time periods and the point >in your writeup that PillaiLokacharya is the first to document >these Rahasya Granthas in detail. srI piLLai lOkAchAryA is a (very) elder contemporary of svAmi vEdAnta dEsika. srI piLLai lokAchAryA was the presiding AchArya of the Ramanuja Sampradaya during his life. srI piLLai lOkAchArya blessed us with 18 rahasya granthAs that contain explanations of the essence of our sampradAyam. It was also svAmi piLLai lOkAchAryA who saved the utsavar (namperumAL) at srIrangam whom we all worship to this day, by taking the utsavar and travelling with namperumAL to several places (when he was at a very old age) during the islamic invasion of srIrangam. Elders teach us that svAmi vEdAnta dEsika wrote a stOtra on srI piLLai lOkAchArya called "lOkAchArya pancAsath", expressing his obeisances and devotion to the great AchArya. > Q3 Is there a picture of this Swami, PBAnnagarachar, i see so many quotes from him, it would good see his image and some information about him. I will upload some pictures of him over the weekend. > > Azhvar EmberumAnAr JeeyAr ThiruvadigalE Saranam > > Q4 What does this signature signify, many people seem to have this, This signature signifies the author taking refuge at the feet of the three great AchAryAs - nammAzhvAr (AzhvAr), Ramanuja (emperumAnAr) and maNavALa mAmuni (jIyar). AzhvAr emperumAnAr jIyar thiruvadigaLe saraNam adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan, varadhan ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/.itolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Azhvar EmberumAnAr JeeyAr ThiruvadigalE Saranam http://www.vedics.net Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ramanuja/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: ramanuja-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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