the name 'krishnamacharya'

[Guest guest]

I received the following interesting note from

Dr.T.C.A.Srinivasaramanujan (tcasr):

 

In the latest issue of Saptagiri[August 2001], a

journal of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam, there is

an article in Tamil by Sri T.A.Krishnamacharya on

PeriyavachanPillai. The name of the Acharya is

shown to be translation of Sanskrit word

'Mahacharya", a synonym of Lord Krishna. As

revealor of Srimad Bhagawat Gita, He gets this

name, says the author. In corrupted form, it

becomes 'Macharya', in which form it appears in

the name, Krishnamacharya. The author says unlike

other names, Raghavacharya, Varadacharya,

Rangacharya, Krishnamacharya is the only name

which has the joining word'Ma' between the basic

name or "Christian" name[Krishna] and

surname[Acharya]. The author provides an

innovative interpretation of Perivachan Pillai,

who is the only saint to have written commentary

on Divya Prabandham[though all his works are not

extant]

People who do not know that Mahacharya is one of

the names of Lord Krishna and who are not aware of

the etymology of the word Krishnamacharya may be

commended to read the aricle by Sri

T.A.Krishnamacharya. The journal is available from

Editor, Sapthagiri, T.T.D., Tirupati-517

507[india],TTD's Website: www.tiumala.org & www.

tirupati.org

[Guest guest]

srImathE rAmAnujAya namaha

srImadh varavara munayE namaha

 

That was an interesting note from Sri Mani on "Mahacharya". There is

another great AchAryA with the name of "mahAchArya". He is none other

that the great sOLasimhapuram DoddAchAr swamy. It is for this same

swamy, for who, even todate, in Kanchipuram (Thiruatthigiri), the

famous "DoddAchAr sEvai" is being done on GarduasEvai day.

 

He was a contemporary of Appaya dIkshitar and was the most

instrumental person in refuting all the vidhanDAvAdhams of Appayya

dIkshitar about Siva parathvam. Actually DoddAchAr swamy always kept

dIkshitar at the bay and he couldn't succeed in his mission to write

vyAkhyAnams for the upanishads based on Siva parathvam. The mAdhvAs

also played an important role in this aspect to keep dIkshitar at the

bay.

 

DoddAchAr swamy's kainkaryams towards Sri AkkArakkani emberumAn of

sOLasimhapuram are enormous. I will attempt to write about it later.

 

AzhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigaLE saraNam

adiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan,

Thirumalai Vinjamoor Venkatesh

 

 

 

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