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srImathE rAmAnujAya namaha
srImadh varavaramunayE namaha

Dear Sri Mukundan,

With regards to your second question,
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Q2:  Manvala Mamunigal  (Does Mamvalan mean Mapillai, why this name
                         how does this name apply to Periya Jeeyar)

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>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


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