e. mail from Sampath Rangarajan dated May 20,1996

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Mr. Sampath Rangarajan has written while referring to my statement-

 

" KUYILGAL : refers to Acharyas like Nathamuni " as follows -

 

" I have a question on the above. The chronology of Nathamuni may conflict

with Aandaal's. So, this may mean the Acharyas prior to Andal"

 

Reply :

 

I did not mean to say that Nathamuni preceded Andal or vice versa. The word

Kuyilgal can be taken to mean Acahryas. I have said ' like Nathamuni' as an

example for the information of our peers. May be I should have omitted the

words ' like Nathamuni"

 

A reading of the Arulicheyals of Alwars will show that references to various

Avatars or other events are always jumbled and not in strict chronological

sequence. Similarly, in the Bashyams ( Coomentaries), Vrittis ( Brief

aphorisms), Tippani ( a less formal kind of notes), Vaartika ( critical

analyses and elaboration of Bashyas), and Tikkas

( Explanations in simpler language) written by The Great Acharyas and Poorva

Acharyas, the chronological sequence has not been kept up very strictly.

Wherever they found parallels, they drew them to better illustrate the point

at issue.

 

Thanks for the point made.

 

Dasoham

Anbil Ramaswamy