thirumazhisai aNNavappangAr

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srimathE rAmAnujAya nama:
srimadh varavaramunayE nama:
sri vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama:

thirunakshathram: Ani avittam

avathAra sthalam:  thirumazhisai

AchAryan: narasimhAchAryar (His own father)

Born in thirumazhisai (mahIsAra kshEthram), he was named vIrarAghavan by his father narasimhAchAryar. He was born in the glorious vAdhula lineage of mudhaliyANdAn. His grand father is identified by himself as raghuvarAchAryar in his sthOthra grantham named bhakthisArOdhayam. He is also known as vAdhUla vIrarAgavaAchAryar. He was born in the year 1766 AD.

He was most intelligent and completed his own yajUr vEdha shAkais by the time he became 15 years old along with completing tharkam, vyAkaraNam, mImAmsam, sAnkhyam, pAthanjali yOgam, etc and became an expert in jyOthisham, sangItham, bharatha nAtyam, etc. By the time he became 20 years old, he was an expert and authority in all sAsthrams. He also learns rahasya granthams, etc., from his father and started writing divine literature establishing the essential principles of our sath sampradhAyam. He also learnt under vAdhUla varadhAchAryar and srIrangAchAryar (who went on several dhivyadhEsa yAthrais and defeated many pseudo-scholars in debates).

He lived for a very short period of 51 years and ascended to paramapadham on Ishwara year, ippasi month, shukla paksha chathurdhasi.

One of his most important works is the arumpadham (detailed commentary) for mAmunigaL‘s vyAkyAnam for piLLai lOkAchAryar‘s srIvachana bhUshaNam. His other grantham, bhakthisArOdhayam beautifully depicts the life of thirumazhisai AzhwAr.

Works:

In his short life span, he has contributed quite a bit of literary works. Here is the list of his works:

  1. srI bhakthisArOdhayam
  2. vEdhavalli sathakam
  3. hEmalathAshtakam
  4. abIshta dhaNdakam
  5. suka sandhEsam
  6. kamalA kalyANa nAtakam
  7. malayajApariNaya nAtikA
  8. nrusimhAshtakam
  9. arumpadham explanation for mAmunigaL‘s srIvachana  bhUshaNa vyAkyAnam
  10. thirucchantha viruttha prathipadham
  11. srIrangarAja sthava vyAkyAnam
  12. mahAvIracharitha vyAkyA
  13. utthararAmachairtha vyAkyA
  14. sathaslOki vyAkyA
  15. rAmAnujAshtaka vyAkyA
  16. nakshathramAlikA vyAkyA
  17. dhEvarAjaguru virachitha varavaramunisathaka vyAkyA
  18. dhushkaraslOka tippaNi
  19. dhinacharyA
  20. shaNmatha dharsinI
  21. lakshmyA: upAyathva nirAsa:
  22. lakshmIvibuthva nirAsa:
  23. sUkthisAdhuthvamAlA
  24. thatvasudhA
  25. thathvasAra vyAkyA-rathnasAriNI
  26. saccharithra parithrANam
  27. pazhanadai viLakkam
  28. thrimsathprashNOttharam
  29. lakshmImangaLadhIpikA
  30. rAmAnuja athimAnusha vaibava sthOthram
  31. anupravEsa sruthi vivaraNam
  32. “sailOgnischa” slOka vyAkyA
  33. mahIsAravishaya chUrNikA
  34. ‘svAnthE mE madhanasthithim parihara’ ithyAdhi slOka vyAkyAnam
  35. saccharyAkshakam
  36. prApyaprapanchana panchavimsathi:
  37. nyAyamantharam
  38. thAthparya sacchrIkaram
  39. vachassuthAmImAmsA
  40. vachassuthApUrvapakshOththAram
  41. brahmavathvatangam
  42. lakshmIsthOthram
  43. varaNapanchavimsathi:

Thus, we have seen some glimpses of the glorious life of thirumazhisai aNNavappangAr. He was a great scholar and has contributed greatly to our sampradhAyam through his literary works. Let us pray at his lotus feet that we too get a little bit of such gyAnam in bhagavath vishayam.

thirumazhisai aNNavappangAr’s thaniyan:

srImadh vAdhula narasimha gurOsthanUjam
srImath thadhIya padhapankaja brungarAjam
srIrangarAja varadhArya krupAththa bhAshyam
sEvE sadhA raguvarAryam udhAracharyam

ஸ்ரீமத் வாதுல நரஸிம்ஹ குரோஸ்தநூஜம்
ஸ்ரீமத் ததீய பதபங்கஜ ப்ருங்கராஜம்
ஸ்ரீரங்கராஜ வரதார்ய க்ருபாத்த பாஷ்யம்
ஸேவே ஸதா ரகுவரார்யம் உதாரசர்யம்

adiyen sarathy ramanuja dasan

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Sources: recent publication on thirumazhisai aNNavappangAr and his works by puthur raghurAm swamy (https://docs.google.com/file/d/0ByVemcKfGLuccnU3QkJlbEFtZkk/edit?pli=1)