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SrivaishnavamSrI:

Dear BhakthAs :

I will be starting soon the postings on Swamy Desikan's Sahasra Naamams blessed 
to us by
Thirukkudanthai DEsikan , the Moola Purushar of Munithraya SampradhAyam .

Thirukkudnthai Andavan in this AchArya Paramparai presented Swamy Desikan's 
archA Moorthy
at Thiruvaheendhrapuram , the beautiful RathnAngi that is used on special days 
. This RathnAngi
was presented 35 years ago by Thirukkudanthai Andavan . 

We have covered all but 498 of the 1008 "Sahasra NaamAs " so far.  

The sections that adiyEn will cover now following the magnifcient Tamil 
commentary  of
U.Ve. VpascchinmaNi NaavalpAkkam VaasudEvAcchAr Swamy are :

1. Satha DhUshaNi ( NaamAs 102-1168)

2. Tatthva Muktha KalApam ( NaamAs 206-399 )

3. Gadhya Thraya BhAshyam , ChathusslOki BhAshyam , SthOthra Rathna BhAshyam ,
    Sri PaancharAthra Rakshaa ( NaamAs 493-680 )

4. SillaRai Rahasyams   ( NaamAs 721-769 )

We will take up next , the SillaRai Rahasyams first . An introduction to the 
SillaRai
Rahasyams from Sadagopan.org is attached . The 510 Desika Sahasra Naamams
covered sofar are at :

http://www.ibiblio.org/Sripedia/oppiliappan 

Swamy Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

Oppiliappan KOil V.Sadagopan 



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      Acharyan Swamy Desikan
      
     

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      Acharya Swami Desikan


      Sri Ub. Ve. Vangipuram Navaneetham Srirama-DesikachAr Swamy and his 
scholarship are legendary. Since Swami Desikan's time, no one has attempted to 
write commntarties on the AmruthasvAdhini Rahasyams. The enormous and 
painstaking efforts of Navaneetham Swami to collect the palm leave manuscripts 
compare them for authenticity, and comment on them and proof read the pages in 
print is beyond imagination. We are truly blessed to gain insights into Swami 
Desikan's multifaceted genius thanks to the elegant and clear commentary of 
Navaneetham Swami .His ability to explain complex doctrines in an easily 
understandable manner is a true gift for us. Even when Navaneetham Swami was 
recovering from cataract operations and angina pectoris, he continued with his 
extraordinary labour of love and blessed us with these and other monographs on 
Swami Desikan's brilliant master pieces that serve as foundation stones for our 
SiddhAntham .

      SWAMI DESIKAN'S GRANTHAS
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      The prolific output of the giant of an AchAryA is housed in 130 works 
summarized in Sri Viashnava home page maintained by Sri Mani Varadarajan. They 
are usually divided into the following six categories:

      1. Those pertaining to Philosophy and Religion in Sanskrit ( 25 works )

      2. Kaavya granthAs & other literary works ( 5 more )

      3. SthOthrAs ( 30 items )

      4. Rahasya GranthAs in maNipravALa ( 34 items )

      5. Tamil Works ( 24 items )

      6. Miscellaneous Works (12 Items )

      Rahasya GranthAs
      ****************

      These are the fourth among the six categories of our AchAryA's 
illuminating works. There are 34 Rahasya GranthAs in ManipravaLA. Among them, 
TattvasikhAmaNi, Madhurakavi Hrudhaya, Steya sangraha and Saara DheepA are no 
longer available to us.

      Navaneetham Swami covered 16 of the remaining 30 chillarai rahasyams in 
Part I of his series , four more in Part II and the seven more in Part III . 
Only three are not covered in this series:


      (1) Srimadh Rahasyaytraya Saaram ( RTS )
      (2) GuruparamparaasArA , which is incorporated in the beginning part of 
RTS
      (3) Paramatha Bhangam. Srimadh RTS and Para Madha Bhangam are 
magnificient and huge treatises in their own right and hence , they have been 
covered separately. The GuruparamparAsAram gets folded into Srimadh RTS.

      The 16 works covered in Part I to be reprinted
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      They fall into the Following Categories :

      (1)Padhavis: ( Tattva Padhavi , Rahasya Padhavi ). Padhavi means either a 
position or path .

      2. Maathrukais :( Tattva Maathrukai , Rahasya Maathrukai , Rahasya 
mathrukai Hrudhayam ). The term MaatrikA connotes the 52 letters of sanskrit , 
which in turn relates to the 52aspects of tattvAs including the three types of 
souls , three GuNAs , the 24 divisions of Achith and its relationships to the 
other two tatthvAs ( Chith and IsvarA ) .



      3.SandEsams: ( Tattva SandEsam ,Rahasya SandEsam , Rahasya SandEsa 
VivaraNam ). SandEsam means a message .

      4. RathnAvaLis: ( Tattva RathnAvaLi , Rahasya RathnAvaLi , Tattva 
RathnAvaLi PrathipAdhya Sangraham ) . RathnAvaLi means a necklace of Jewels .

      5. Navaneethams : (Tattva navaneetham , Rahasya navaneetham). Navaneetham 
refers to the delicious mixture of VeNNai and sugar, the favorite food of Lord 
KrishNA .



      6. ChuLakams: ( Tattva Traya ChuLakam , Rahasya Traya ChuLakam ). 
ChuLakam is the small shape of the palm holding water for Achamaneeyam. This 
refers to a small tract of the great doctrines.

      7. Sri SampradhAya Parisuddhi deals with the importance of AchAryAs in 
our sampradhAyam and the purport of the three rahasya manthrAs . In this work , 
the most merciful AchAryA emphasizes the need to avoid the schisms among the 
followers of Sri RaamAnujA. He reminds us tactfully that among the different 
sishyAs of AchArya RaamAnujA , there are no arthavirOdhams although there might 
be Vaakhya YojanAbhedhams.

      The topics covered in these 16 Rahasya Granthams are :

      The three TattvAs ( Chith , Achith and Isvara/ soul , Matter and God ) , 
the nature of the Soul , the three types of Souls , the four kinds of Achith, 
Kaalam, Sudhda sattvam ,Dharma BhUtha Jn~Anam, Prapatthi, Bhakthi, the 
meditation on the Lord and the experience of reaching Him , Artha Panchakam, 
elaborations of Athmasiddhi of YaamunAchArya , Reflections on the Mitha gadhyAs 
( Sriranga gadhyam and Vaikuntha Gadhyam ) of AchArya RaamAnujA , the 
significance and purport of the three sacred Rahasya ManthrAs dear to Sri 
VaishNavAs .



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