SRIMATHE RAMANUJAYA NAMAHA. Dear all, I just reproduce here the account given in the introduction by the publisher, Sri Mayilai Madhava dasan to Nalaayira divya Prabhandam, published in the year 1950, on how the 4000 are calculated. I leave it to the fellow bhagavathas to decide about the acceptability of it or not. As per Tamil grammar, Siriya Thirumadal and Peria thirumadal are considered as single Kali veNbha each and as such the total pasuams are 3774 + 2 = 3776. This is what is followed in most of the publications. But there 3 ways by which the 4000 is arrived at. By one method, each ?kaNNi? of the 2 Thiru madal are taken as each pasuram, thereby arriving at 77-1/2 + 148-1/2 = 226. Then the total will be 3774 + 226 = 4000 To substantiate this, the Vaazhi ?th- naama cheyyuL is quoted which says, ?Elangezhu kootrirukkai iru madal eendhaan vaazhiyE; im-moondril iru-nootru-irupatthEzhu eendhaan vaazhiyE? By another method, the pasurams in Siriya Thirumadal are calculated as 40 and in Peria Thirumadal as 78 and by adding Iramanusa Nootrandhaadhi, it is calculated 3774 + 40+ 78+ 108 = 4000 This is based on Sri Vedantha Desikar?s verses, ?siriya madal paatu muppatthu ettu irandum (38+2) sir peria madalaranil yezhupatthettum (78)? and ?mutthi tharum yadiraasar ponnadikkE, mozhinda amutha nal paadal noorum ettum? By yet another method, it is said that since it is customary to consider the 947 of the mudalaayiram as a 1000, and 1137 as 2000 (irandaayiram), it is also acceptable to say 3776 as 4000. --------------------------- Regards, Jayasree saranathan azhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyAr thiruvadigalE saranam YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS
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