naduvil thiruvIdhi piLLai bhattar

sri: srimathE rAmAnujAya nama: srimadh varavaramunayE nama: sri vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: nampiLLai kAlakshEpa gOshti – naduvil thiruvIdhi piLLai bhattar seated 3rd from left thirunakshathram: ippasi, avittam avathAra sthalam: srIrangam AchAryan: His own father (bhattar), nampiLLai sishya: vaLamazhagiyAr Place where he attained paramapadham: srIrangam Works: thiruvAimozhi 125000 padi vyAkyAnam, pishtapasu nirNayam, ashtAkshara dhIpikai, rahasya thrayam, dhvaya … Read more

srutha prakAsikA bhattar

sri: srimathE rAmAnujAya nama: srimadh varavaramunayE nama: sri vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: thirunakshathram: not known avathAra sthalam: srIrangam AchAryan: vEdha vyAsa bhattar, nadAthUr ammAL Works: srutha prakAsikai, srutha pradhIpikai, vyAkyAnam for vEdhArtha sangraham (thAthparya dhIpikai), vyAkyAnams for sharaNAgathi gadhyam and subhAla upanishadh, suka pakshIyam Born as the grand son of vEdha vyAsa bhattar and named as … Read more

vEdha vyAsa bhattar

sri: srimathE rAmAnujAya nama: srimadh varavaramunayE nama: sri vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: AzhwAn with parAsara bhattar and vEdha vyAsa bhattar thirunakshathram: vaikAsi, anusham avathAra sthalam: srIrangam AchAryan: embAr Place where he attained paramapadham: srIrangam vEdha vyAsa bhattar is the illustrious son of kUrathAzhwAn and the younger brother of parAsara bhattar. He is also known as srI … Read more

thirukkurugaippirAn piLLAn

sri: srimathE rAmAnujAya nama: srimadh varavaramunayE nama: sri vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: thirunakshathram: ippasi, pUrAdam (AvaNi, mrugasIrsham – as understood from one of his thanians) avathAra sthalam: AzhwAr thirunagari AchAryan: emperumAnAr Works: thiruvAimozhi 6000 padi vyAkyAnam piLLAn is the illustrious son of periya thirumalai nambi and is also known as kurugEsar, kurugAthinAthar. emperumAnAr himself gave this … Read more

vangi purathu nambi

sri: srimathE rAmAnujAya nama: srimadh varavaramunayE nama: sri vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: emperumAnAr and vangi purathu nambi thirunakshathram: not known avathAra sthalam: not known (potentially vangi puram which is his father’s native place or srIrangam where his father vangi purathu Achi might have lived after becoming maNakkAl nambi‘s sishya) AchAryan: emperumAnAr sishyas: siriyAthAn Works: virOdhi parihAram … Read more

sOmAsiyANdAn

sri: srimathE rAmAnujAya nama: srimadh varavaramunayE nama: sri vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: thirunakshathram: chithrai, thiruvAdhirai avathAra sthalam: kArAnchi AchAryan: emperumAnAr Works: srIbhAshya vivaraNam, guru guNAvaLi (which explains emperumAnAr’s glories), shadartha sankshEpam Born in a family which was engaged in performing sOma yAgam, he was named srI rAma misrar. He is one of the 74 simhAsAnAdhipathis (AchAryas) … Read more

piLLai lOkam jIyar

sri: srimathE rAmAnujAya nama: srimadh varavaramunayE nama: sri vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: piLLai lOkam jIyar, thiruvallikkENi thirunakshathram: chithrai, thiruvONam (sravaNam) avathAra sthalam: kAnchIpuram AchAryan: satakOpAchAryar Works: thanian vyAkyAnams, rAmAnujArya dhivya charithai, yathIndhra pravaNa prabhAvam, vyAkyAnam for rAmAnusa nURRanthAdhi, vyAkyAnams for most of mAmunigaL’s srIsUkthis, vyAkyAnams for some rahasya granthams, vyAkyAnam for cheyya thAmarai thAzhinai (mAmunigaL vAzhi … Read more

nadAthUr ammAL

sri: srimathE rAmAnujAya nama: srimadh varavaramunayE nama: sri vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: engaLAzhwAn with nadAthUr ammAL at his lotus feet thirunakshathram: chithrai, chithrai avathAra sthalam: kAnchIpuram AchAryan: engaLAzhwAn sishyas: sruthaprakAsikA bhattar (sudharsana sUri), kidAmbi appiLLAr, etc Place where he attained paramapadham: kAnchIpuram Works: thathva sAram, parathvAdhi panchakam (Discussed briefly in –  http://ponnadi.blogspot.in/2012/10/archavathara-anubhavam-parathvadhi.html), gajEndhra mOksha slOka dhvayam, … Read more

engaLAzhwAn

sri: srimathE rAmAnujAya nama: srimadh varavaramunayE nama: sri vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: engaLAzhwAn with nadAthUr ammAL at his lotus feet thirunakshathram: chithrai, rOhiNi avathAra sthalam: thiruveLLarai AchAryan: emperumAnAr, thirukkurugaippirAn piLLAn sishyas: nadAthUrammAL Place where he attained paramapadham: kollankoNdAn (near madhurai) Works: sArArtha chathushtayam (part of vArthAmAlai), vishNu chithIyam (vyAkyAnam for vishNu purANam) Born in thiruveLLarai, he … Read more

kOil komANdUr iLayavilli AchAn

sri: srimathE rAmAnujAya nama: srimadh varavaramunayE nama: sri vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: komANdur iLayavilli AchAn – semponseikOil, thirunAngUr thirunakshathram: chithrai, Ayilyam avathAra sthalam: komANdUr AchAryan: emperumAnAr Place where he attained paramapadham: thiruppErUr komANdUr iLAyavilli AchAn is one of the maternal cousins of emperumAnAr (similar to embAr). He is also known as bAladhanvi guru. iLAyavilli/bAladhanvi means lakshmaNan … Read more