Sri: Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama: 1. Sriman Narayana is the prathama acharya in the guru parampara and is refered to as such in Kooraththazhvan's thaniyan. He is the same in all three forms, through which He revealed the rahasya thrayam. Recall that Azhvar uses the "kaNNan" nAmam to refer to Narayana - "engum uLan kaNNan enra maganaik kAyndhu". In Mumukshuppadi itself, the "gOvinda" nAma is used in place of "nArAyaNa" nAma. So, in all forms and all nAmas, it is Sriman Narayana who is refered to. 2. Periya Thirumudi Adaivu states that Pillai Lokacharyar was born in the year 1205 CE. By most accounts, Vedanta Desikan was born in the year 1268 CE. As you can see, there is a difference of 63 years in age between them. It is safe therefore to assume that Pillai Lokacharyar's works preceded Desikan's works by several decades. There are those who place Lokacharyar's period at a later time - in my opinion, not because it is authenticated in any work, but just because it suits better some of the supposed interactions between these acharyas (please see adiyEn's posts last month in this forum about these acharyas). 3. Sri P.B. Annangaracharyar Swami was a giant of the sampradhayam in the last century. He lived from 1889 or 1890 to 1983. He is author of countless works (I heard somewhere that he is the author of the most number of works in Tamil) and worked relentlessly throughout his life to spread our pUrvAcharyas message. I will post a brief history of Swami in the group soon. In the meantime I have added his photo to the files section of this group. Please click the following link to see it: http://f6.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/wFKaQzZ1EtE1pWOZJ9usHgaf1W1Bwz_MEMbkW5o1 ofuHJ7E0pO2cr9LPGeG-8pTu2VDL2Ziscew5cgrNWNX8Nev3/pba/PBASwami-03.jpg Azhvar Emberumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Sharanam adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan --- In ramanuja@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Sadagopan Vasudevan <satakopanv@xxxx> wrote: > > I have four qs in this mail, please address them. > > > ======================================================== > > The origin of the rahasyathrayam is as follows. > > The Thirumanthram, also known as Periya Thirumanthram and Moola Manthram, > > originated in Badri. It was taught to Nara by Narayana. > > > > Dvayam which is also known as Manthra Rathnam, was revealed > > to Sri Mahalakshmi in Vishnu Loka by Sriman Narayana. > > > > Carama Sloka is part of the Bhagavad Gita and as such was > > told to Sri Arjuna by Sri Krishna. > > > > Thus the originator of all three rahasyas is Lord Sriman Narayana. > > Therefore, He is the first acharya in the Guru parampara. > > It is thus that Sri Kooraththazhvan said "Lakshminatha samarambam ... > > vande guruparamparam". > > Q1 So of the three teachers, whho is the addressed as Lakshminahtan here in the "Lakshminatha samarambam ...vande guruparamparam". > > > From the time of Sri Ramanuja the meanings of these rahasyas > > were taught but there is no evidence that during his time their special > > meanings were recorded in written form by acharyas. > > > > Swami Pillai Lokacharya was the first acharya to record the meanings in detail. > > ========================================================= > > To document and immortalize our Jagadhacharyan Swami Ramanuja's message > > Lord Varadaraja of Kancheepuram took an Avathara as Swami Pillai > > Lokachariar (Ulagarian) > > in the year 1205 CE. > > He fulfilled His salkalpam (mission) by writing 18 Rahasya granthas. > > He is our "Mudal" (first) Acharya to preserve these Rahasya granthas > > for future generations in written document. He stayed on this BhuLoka > > for 106 years and He ended His avatara after protecting > > Lord Ranganatha from muslim invasion in the year 1311 CE. > > ================================================================== > > 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 TCA Venkatesan considers himself as an ekalavya sishya to scholars > > such as Sri P.B. Annangaracharyar > ================================================================== > > 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. > > > For Vedic_Books > > > > Ramanuja Adiyargal, > > http://www.radioramanuja.com/eb > > http://www.vedics.net > > > > Azhvar EmberumAnAr JeeyAr ThiruvadigalE Saranam > > Q4 What does this signature signify, many people seem to have this, > ------------------------ 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! 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