Acharya Paramparai

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Dear Members of the Bhakthi list :

 

I promised to write about Acharya Paramparai in my

previous posting . Acharya AbhimAnam , Acharya

Vandanam and Acharya DhyAnam is central to Vaidhika

MathAs in general and Sri VaishNava Darsanam in particular.

 

Besides the SvayamAcahrya paramparai , there are four main

AchArya paramparai for us . We belong to one or the other of

the above paramparAs . Sri ParthasArathy Dileepan has included

in the Ahobila Matam Home Page the lineage of Jeeyars of that

paramparai . I refer Sri Ahobila mutt home page for that detailed

information . The current Jeeyar Sri NaarAyaNa

Yatheendra MahA Desikan is 45th in the line of

succession of Ahobila Mutt YatheeswarALs .

 

The rest of the ParamparAs are as follows :

 

1. Sri TodAdri or Sri VanamAmalai Mutt

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This Matam is 500 years old today and 30 Jeeyars

upto now starting from PonnadikkAl Jeeyar , who was

ordained by the great MaNavALa Maamuni himself in

the year 1447 . The present occupant of the VaanamAmalai

Mutt is His Holiness Sri Kaliyan VaanamAmalai

RamAnuja Jeeyar . He started his reign on

November 23, 1994. Disciples of this Mutt from this

group are more knowledgable than myself about

the other peetAthipathis of this paramparA and are

requested to provide details of VaanamAmalai Mutt

for the benefit of the rest of us.

 

The present Jeeyar of the VaanamAmalai Mutt is

initiating a major project to establish a Veda PaatasAlA

at NaangunEri . Any one wishing to contribute to this laudable

Kaimkaryam are requested to send their contributions

to H.H , The Jeeyar at the following address ;

VaanamAmalai Mutt , Nanguneri, 627 108 , Tamil Nadu.

May the Blessings of the Jeeyar and Srivaramangai

Sametha Sri DaivanAyakA's blessings shower on all

the contributors to this noble cause !

 

2. Srirangam Srimadh Aandavan AchArya Paramparai

 

VarthamAna ( Present ) AchAryA : SrimushNam Aandavan,

Sriranga RaamAnuja MahA Desikan , VaikAsi ThiruvAdhirai

Janma Nakshthram . The reprint of the Sri RanganAtha

PaadhukhA Sahasram commentary was released by this

Aandavan on June 1 , 1995 after being out of print for

many years . The original work was completed by

Therezhandoor and Aakkoor Andavans .

 

The AcharyAs , who adorned this PeetA in succession prior

to the present jeeyar are listed below with their Janma

Nakshthrams in the chronological order :

 

Mysore Aandavan, SrinivAsa RaamAnuja MahA Desikan,

AavaNi Utthiram .

 

Thirukkudanthai Aandavan , Sri VedAntha RaamAnuja

MahA Desikan , Panguni Pushyam .

 

Tenpirai ( Temparai ) Aandavan , Sri RanganAtha MahA

Desikan , AavaNi Revathi .

 

Aakkoor Aandavan , Sri SrinivAsa MahA Desikan ,

PurattAsi UtthirattAthi .

 

TErazhundoor Aandavan , Sri Vedantha RaamAnuja

MahA Desikan , AavaNi PoorattAthi . NammAndavan ,

who translated 860 of the 1008 Verses of Sri RanganAtha

PaadhukhA Sahasram and his disciple , Aaakkor

Aandavan completed the rest of the work , when

his AachAryA fell ill .

 

KaadanthEtthi Aandavan , SrinivAsa RaamAnuja

MahA Desikan , AavaNi Moolam .

 

VELiya Nalloor SinnANdavan, Sri PaadhukhA

Sevaka RaamAnuja MahA Desikan , Kaarthigai Maham .

 

Srirangam PeriyANdavan , SrinivAsa MahA Desikan,

Maasi Pushyam .

 

Thrutthuraipoondi Aandavan , Srinivasa RaamAnuja

MahA Desikan , Iyppasi UtthirattAthi .

 

Vazutthur Aandavan , Sri VedAntha RaamAnuja MahA

Desikan , AavaNi PoorattAthi .

 

Thirukkudanthai Desikan , Sri GopAlArya MahA

Desikan , PurattAsi PoorAdam .

 

(3 ) Poundareekapuram Aandavan AchArya Paramparai

 

VarthamAna ( Present ) Jeeyar : ParavAkkotai

Sri GopAla MahA Desikan , Panguni RohiNi .

 

Sri ViNNArAnkarai SrinivAsa MahA Desikan ,

Panguni Anusham .

 

MannArgudi Sri RanganAtha MahA Desikan,

VaikAsi Mrugaseersham .

 

Poundarikapuram SrinivAsa MahA Desikan ,

Aadi PoorAdam .

 

VeLiyanalloor Sri NaarAyaNa MahA Desikan ,

PurattAsi ThiruvAdhirai .

 

Sri SrinivAsa MahA Desikan , Maasi Pushyam.

 

Thirutthuraipoondi SrinivAsa RaamAnuja MahA

Desikan , Iyppasi UtirattAthi .

 

Vazhutthoor Sri VedAntha RaamAnuja MahA Desikan,

AavaNi Poorattaathi .

 

Thirukkudanthai Sri Gopala MahA Desikan , PurattAsi

poorAdam .

 

As you see from the above review , there was only one

Srirangam SrimadhANdavan at the beginning and then it

branched off into two Aasramams .

 

There are number of members of our group , who belong

to these two Matams and they can add more information

about their AachArya paramparais .

 

May the Acharya ParamparAs of Sri Bhagavadh RaamAnuja

Siddhantham thrive and prosper with the blessings of our

AchAryAs !

 

Sri NammAzhwAr ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam .

Oppiliappan Kovil VaradAchAri Sadagopan