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sri: srimathE rAmAnujAya nama: srimadh varavaramunayE nama: sri vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: thirunakshathram: kArthigai, rOhiNi avathAra sthalam: uraiyUr AchAryan: vishwaksEnar Works: amalanAdhipirAn Place where he attained paramapadham: srIrangam It is explained in pUrvAchArya charithram that ALavandhAr had special attachment towards thiruppANAzhwAr who is also known muni vAhanar. periyavAchAn piLLai, azhagiya maNavALa perumAL nAyanAr and vEdhAnthAchAryar have … Read more
sri: srimathE rAmAnujAya nama: srimadh varavaramunayE nama: sri vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: thirunakshathram: Ani, swAthi avathAra sthalam: srIvilliputhUr AchAryan: vishwaksEnar Works: thiruppallANdu, periyAzhwAr thirumozhi Place where he attained paramapadham: thirumAlirunchOlai periyavAchAn piLLai wonderfully glorifies periyAzhwAr in the vyAkyAna avathArikai (introduction) of thiruppallANdu. He identifies the purpose of periyAzhwAr’s avathAram is to uplift the suffering jIvAthmAs from … Read more
sri: srimathE rAmAnujAya nama: srimadh varavaramunayE nama: sri vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: thirunakshathram: mAsi, punarpUsam avathAra sthalam: thiruvanjikkaLam AchAryan: vishwaksEnar Works: mukundha mAlai, perumAL thirumozhi Place where he attained paramapadham: mannAr kOyil (near thirunelvEli) kulasEkara AzhwAr’s greatness lies in the fact that he was born in kshathriya kulam (which is condusive for having great ego) but … Read more
sri: srimathE rAmAnujAya nama: srimadh varavaramunayE nama: sri vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: thirunakshathram: chithirai, chithirai avathAra sthalam: thirukkOLUr AchAryan: nammAzhwAr Works: kaNNinuN chiruthAmbu Place where he attained paramapadham: AzhwAr thirunagari nampiLLai, in the vyAkyAna avathArikai brings out the glories of madhurakavi AzhwAr beautifully. Let us see some glimpses of it. rishis are focussed on sAmAnya sAsthram … Read more
sri: srimathE rAmAnujAya nama: srimadh varavaramunayE nama: sri vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: thirunakshathram: thai, magam avathAra sthalam: thirumazhisai AchAryan: vishwaksEnar, pEyAzhwAr sishyas: kaNikaNNan, dhrudavrathan Works: nAnmugan thiruvanthAdhi, thiruchandha viruththam Place where he attained paramapadham: thirukkudanthai mAmunigaL glorifies AzhwAr as the one who has absolutely clear knowledge about the essence of sAsthtram – i.e, only srIman nArAyaNan … Read more
sri: srimathE rAmAnujAya nama: srimadh varavaramunayE nama: sri vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: thiruvarangapperumAL arayar – srirangam Thirunakshathram: vaikAsi, kEttai avathAra sthalam: srirangam AchAryan: maNakkAl nambi, ALavandhAr Sishyas: emperumAnAr (grantha kAlakshEpa sishya) Place where he attained paramapadham: thiruvarangam thiruvarangapperumAL arayar is the son of ALavandhAr and was one of the prime sishyas of ALavandhAr. arayar was expert … Read more
sri: srimathE rAmAnujAya nama: srimadh varavaramunayE nama: sri vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: thirunakshathram: mArgazhi, kEttai avathAra sthalam: thirumaNdangudi AchAryan: vishwaksEnar Works: thirumAlai, thiruppaLLiyeLuchi Place where he attained paramapadham: srIrangam nanjIyar, in his vyAkyAna avathArikai for thiruppaLLiyeLuchi, identifies that AzhwAr was in samsAram as per “anAdhi mAyayA suptha:” (since time immemorial, he was sleeping (due to ignorance) … Read more
sri: srimathE rAmAnujAya nama: srimadh varavaramunayE nama: sri vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: thirunakshathram: thiruvAdi, pUram avathAra sthalam: srIvilliputhUr AchAryan: periyAzhwAr Works: thiruppAvai, nAchiAr thirumozhi In thiruppAvai 6000 padi vyAkyAnam, periyavAchAn piLLai first establishes the greatness of ANdAL over all other AzhwArs. He builds a beautiful layer of different categories of jIvAthmAs and shows the difference between … Read more
sri: srimathE rAmAnujAya nama: srimadh varavaramunayE nama: sri vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: Thirunakshathram: mArgazhi, avittam avathAra sthalam: srirangam AchAryan: vadakku thiruvIdhi piLLai Place where he attained paramapadham: srIrangam Works: thiruppAvai 6000padi vyAkyAnam, kaNNinuN chiruthAmbu vyAkyAnam, amalanAdhipirAn vyAkyAnam, aruLicheyal rahasyam (rahasya thrayam explanation using AzhwAr words), AchArya hrudhayam, pattOlai (his own explanation for AchArya hrudhayam which is … Read more
sri: srimathE rAmAnujAya nama: srimadh varavaramunayE nama: sri vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: aruLALa perumAL emperumAnAr – thiruppAdagam thirunakshathram: kArthigai, bharaNi avathAra sthalam: vinjimUr AchAryan: emperumAnAr sishyAs: ananthAzhwAn, echchAn, thoNdanUr nambi, marudhUr nambi, etc Works: jnAna sAram, pramEya sAram, etc Born in vinjimUr (Andhra pradhEsh), he was originally known as yagya mUrthy and was an adhvaithi. He … Read more