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sri:
Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha
                                                Humble Pranam to all:
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Mamunikal's Contributions as per LORD's wish.
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Swami ManavalaMaMunikal: Lords Acharya - Part VI
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Mamunikals Contributions.
By the grace of Lord, Swami Mamunigal has made substantial contributions 
to the Sri Vaishnava sampradaya as per the LORD's wishes. 
(In the footsteps of what Bhagawad Ramanuja did in HIS time)

Main contributions being, 
1. Temple renovations, Administration and management, 
(After Muslim invasions and political confusions in the south)

2. Spiritual leadership by contributions through commentaries 
and propagation of Azhwars & Purvacharyas Works, compositions and 
guidance to the Sri Vaishnava community.

3. Making complex and abstruse issues on the Philosophical doctrines of
(Mostly written and preserved in Sanskrit texts originally) explained and made 
easy to understand & accessible to all interested devotees.

He focused on writing Vyakhyanams (commentaries) of existing purvacharya works, 
and brought it to the masses. (In Local language)

Those days temple was the center for everything, social and spiritual. 
Rebuilding and strengthening the Temples, rebuilt the society as a whole.

Following the footsteps of Ramanuja, Mamunigal rebuilt the temples and
strengthened Sri Viashanava Sampradaya (Ramanuja Sampradaya) 

Swami Mamunikals authorship contributions reveal his blessed qualities as a 
commentator true to the tradition and his abiding devotion to Azhvars and 
Purvacharyas.

There are 18 works attributed to Sri Mamunikal (A few could be further
subdivided)

Four in Sanskrit
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Devaraja Mangalam, Kanchidivyadesastuti, YathirajaVimsathi, and 
Tatparya Dipa - A commentary on Bhagawad Gita. 

Three are in Tamil
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UpadesaRatnamalai, Thiruvaimozhi Noothandhandhi and Arthiprabhandham

Eleven in Manipravala (Mixture of Tamil & simple Sanskrit words)
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Commentaries on works of
        Pillai Lockacharya
        Azhagiya Manavalapperumal Nayanar
        Periyazhwar Thirumozhi
        Ramanuja Noothandhandhi

Four indices containing the sources of the Jyanasara and Prameyasara 
of Arulalapperumal Emberumanar

One work is on the daily worship of the Lord (ThiruAradhana Kramam)
based on Bhagawad Ramanuja?s Nitya (In Sanskrit)

This ThiruAradhanakrama is written by Swami Mamunigal in Tamil and Sanskrit 
(intermixed). 
This was to enable people not well versed in Sanskrit with a procedure/ 
reference for offering daily worship to the Lord.

This ThiruAradhana Kramam work is unique as this enjoins performance of
Worship to Bhagawad Ramanuja. 
A direction that was not taken by others in ThiruAradhana Krama.

He added two lines into the daily prayer, which is being chanted by all 
the devotees who perform Thiruaradhana for the LORD.
 
sarvadESa daSaa kaaLEshu       avyaahata paraakramaa |
raamaanujaarya dhivyaagnjaa    varDhathaam aBhi varDhathaam ||
 
 
You can read Mamunigal?s Vaibhavam at: 
<http://www.acharya.org/acharya/smm/smmv.html>http://www.acharya.org/acharya/smm/smmv.html
 
This is based on : yatIndrap pravaNap prabhAvam, written by svAmi piLLai lOkam 
jIyar, a shishya of 
svAmi maNavALa mAmunigaL is the earliest work on the guruparampara after svAmi 
nampiLLai, 
and covers the lives of svAmi nampiLLai, svAmi vadakkuth thiruveedhip piLLai, 
svAmi piLLai lOkAchAriAr, 
svAmi periyavAccAn piLLai, svAmi azhagiya maNavALap perumAL nAyanAr, svAmi 
thiruvAymozhip piLLai 
and svAmi maNavALa mAmunigaL. This book contains authentic historical 
documentation of various 
key events in the history of our religion during those AchAryAs lifetimes. 
 
The book 6000ppadi guruparamparA prabhAvam is the earliest known book (after 
rAmAnuja) 
written about the srIvaishNava guruparampara, and it contains information about 
the guruparampara 
from perumAL, thAyAr, the AzhvArs, through srIman nAthamuni, ALAvandAr, svAmi 
rAmAnuja and 
continues through svAmi embAr, svAmi parAsara bhattar, svAmi nanjIyar and svAmi 
nampiLLai. 
This was written by svAmi pin pazhagiya perumAL jIyar, an immediate sishya of 
svAmi nampiLLai.

adiyEN will try to outline each Work, in the next posts.

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Next Article Lord's Acharya - Part VII : UpadesaRathnaMalai
Beautiful work in Tamil: Need, purpose and message in URMalai
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Please print out and read this to your family members.
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Friendly Reminder:
Mamunigal's TN this year is on Nov: 15.
Nov 13 and 14 is Sat/ Sun, Adiyen would request devotees to please 
celebrate Mamunigal Thirunakshatram in your local area, homes and communities.
By talking about his Glory and spreading his message to friends and family.
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