srImathE rAmAnujAya namaha srImadh varavaramunayE namaha Dear Sri Mukundan, With regards to your second question, ---- Begin Original Message ---- Q2: Manvala Mamunigal (Does Mamvalan mean Mapillai, why this name how does this name apply to Periya Jeeyar) -------------------------------------------------------------------- >From what learnt and understood, the name of Periya jeeyar in his poorvAshramam was Azhagiya maNavALan which is the name of NamperumAL. When eventually he got sanyAsam, his dAsya nAmam was given as Azhagiya maNavALa jeeyar and due to his unparalleled greatness his name was changed as maNavALa mAmuni. Actually this name of "Azhagiya maNavALa jeeyar" is what is described in his thaniyan by his very proud sishya, NamperumAL, as " ramya jAmAtaram munim" ramya - Azhagiya - beautiful jAmAtara: - maNavALan - bride groom muni - jeeyar AzhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigaLE saraNam adiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan Thirumalai Vinjamoor Venkatesh Enjoy being an Indyan at http://www.indya.com
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