Prapannamrita-tarpana

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Hare Krishna.

 

Is there some english translation of the prapannamrita-tarpana available in

print format?

 

And otherwise, which are the best books on the life of Sripada Ramanujacarja

and the history Sri Vaisnavism in general,

 

regards,

Uskokov Aleksandar (Atmarama Das)

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Atmarama Das wrote:

> Is there some english translation of the prapannamrita-tarpana available in

> print format?

> And otherwise, which are the best books on the life of Sripada Ramanujacarja

> and the history Sri Vaisnavism in general,

 

I believe you are referring to the 'prapannAmRtam', a Sanskrit verse

hagiography of the Alvars and acharyas. The work is by Anantarya,

a descendant of Ramanuja's disciple Tirumalai Anandaanpillai, and

dates from the 16th or 17th century. Unfortunately, there is no English

translation of this work. However, the prapannAmRtam closely follows

the 14th century Guruparampara Prabhavam, which has been translated.

 

This translation was recently reprinted and is available from a number

of sources. One reprint is by the Visistadvaita Research Centre in

Madras (an arm of the Ahobila Matham), and I believe another one

was recently completed. The latter is an offset of the original

translation of Govindacharya, if I am not mistaken, and is probably

a better version. Venkatesh Elaiyavalli (vke) may be

able to give you more information about it.

 

These give you the best traditional account of Ramanuja and the Alvars,

but do not much discuss philosophy.

 

For the best short account of Ramanuja and his philosophy, I suggest

M. Yamunacharya's "Ramanuja's Teachings in His Own Words", published

by Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. Ramanuja's biography is succinctly given,

and there is a very accurate summary of his philosophy at the end,

along with Sanskrit excerpts from his works.

 

Mani