Guest guest Posted December 6, 1995 Report Share Posted December 6, 1995 On Wed, 6 Dec 1995 12:56:52 -0800 Mani said: > > >I looked at Rahasya Traya Saaram yesterday, and I could not >find a direct reference to upadesam to either Lakshmi Thaayaar >or Vishvaksenar. Perhaps Desikar knew of the logical difficulties >involved and deliberately left it ambiguous! > This may not have the same authority (Mani ;-)) as RTS, but here is verse 3 of Athikaara sangraham of Swami Sri Desikan: ennuyir thandhaLiththavarai saraNam pukki yaanadaivEn avargurukkaL NiraivaNangip pinnaruLaal perumboothoor vandha vaLLal periyanambi aaLavandhaar maNakkaal nambi nanneRiyai avarkkuraiththa uyyakkoNdaar naadhamuni satakOpan sEnai naadhan innamudhath thirumagaL enRivarai munnittu emperumaan thiruvadikaLai adaiginREnE Our aachaarya parambarai is listed here as The one who gave us our spiritual life (ennuyir thandhu aLiththavar) His acharya ancestors (avar gurukkaL niRai) Sri Ramanuja (perumboothoor vandha vaLLal) periya nambi ALavandhaar maNakkaal nambi uyyakkoNdaar naadhamuni satakOpan sEnai naadhan Sri (innamudhath thirumagaL) emperumaan But then this paasuram also does not say that "upadEsam" took place from Lord to Thaayaar, it can at best be inferred. This is an interesting question and I will eagerly look for discussion among true scholars in whose group I most definetly do not belong. -- Dileepan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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