Sri Vaishnavite Monographs / Palm Leaves Registry

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SrI:

 

Dear All :

 

A serious effort is being made by a team of us to create a central site to

identify , register and print various VaishNavite Source literature ,

which might be languishing / vegetating in private houses

of Acharyans and Scholars .

 

For instance , many Jeeyars of Ahobila Matam have blessed us

with their Sri Sookthis (Divine Books ) . Many of them are in

the format of Palm leaves document or books on acid paper .

These rare perishable treasures that need to be brought to light

and published or stored digitally .

 

To that extent , Sriman Sriram has created the following web site

which can be useful to "unearth" as it were books and TaaLa Kosams

that may be hiding in " the attics " . We need your cooperation to locate

them , borrow them , scan them and return them . Some might get printed .

 

In parallel , we are trying to complete the project that we started

(viz) to scan the pages of Sri Nrusimha PriyA issues going back to

the year of its founding , 1942 by HH InjimEttu Srimath Azhagiya Singar .

Before that , there was a journal by the name of VedAntha Dheepikai ,

where the articles of AchAryans and Scholars appeared regularly .

We would like to locate them as well .

 

The URL for your use for registry of these treasures is :

 

http://www.ibiblio.org/sripedia/cgi-bin/manuscripts

 

Let me illustrate the situation with the Granthams created by One Azhagiya

Singar :

 

PillaipAkkam Srimath Azhagiya Singar ( March 1845-Dec 16 , 1899 C.E)

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He ascended the AchArya Peetam on Jan 31, 1899 and reigned until Dec 16 ,

1899 , barely ten and half months . He was a well known Scholar before

and spent most of HIs time in and around ThiruveLLUr performing

Kamkaryams for Sri Vasumathy SamEtha Sri Vaidhya VeerarAghava

PerumAl .

 

He blessed us with 26 Sri Sookthis . Some are tributes to PoorvAchAryAs

and dhivya dEsa EmperumAns :

 

(1) VedAntha Desika Vaibha Chandrika ,

 

(2) Aadhi VaNN SaThakOpa YathIndhra Vaibhava chandrika ,

 

(3) AchArya Sapthathy

 

(4) YathirAja BhOga: ( Sri PerumpUthUr VaLLal)

 

(5) GhOshtinATa Sthava: ( ThirukkOttiyUr PerumAL)

 

Some of the others are difficult Saasthra Granthams :

 

6) VedAntha KOusthubha Saaram

 

7) MakAra RakshA

 

8) NyAya SiddhAnjana grantha gandha:

 

9) VAADHA TARANGINEE ( I am fortunate to have a copy of this grantham)

 

10) arkaLa panchakam .

 

Sixteen more granthams were bequeathed to us by HH PiLLaipAkkam

Azhagiya Singar .

 

We have to find out who has these copies and where these are .

 

The Manuscript/Book Registry should be of help in this context .

 

Soon , adiyEn will list all the books known to have been written by

all the Azhagiya Singars . Some of the Azhagiya Singars concentrated only

on KaalakshEpams . Others were prolific in writing .

 

Please remember paper came in to use for wriitng and printing

only around 1850 C.E. in India .

 

AdiyEn is positive that there are significant libraries at ParakAla Matam

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Poundarikapuram Andavan Aaasramam and PeriyAsramam , Purisai

Swamigal's ThirumALikai , UtthamUr Swamy's ThirumALikai and VaanamAmalai

Matam Jeeyar's library , MadhurAnthakam School Library et al .

 

We have to catalog them and start the process of bringing to light these

treasures for the benefit of future generations . A team of devotees are

needed to gain momentum . Please contact me for additional details .

Thanks .

 

Our plans are to release the first batch of these Sri Sookthis in Decmber ,

2006 , the grand occasion of the 80th birthday of the Prakrutham Azhagiya

Singar at SelayUr Sri Matam .

 

adiyEn seeks your participation in this significant project .

 

Daasan , Oppiliappan KOil V.Sadagopan

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> The URL for your use for registry of these treasures is :

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> http://www.ibiblio.org/sripedia/cgi-bin/manuscripts

 

Regret a typo in the above URL . It should be with out the "s" at the end :

 

http://www.ibiblio.org/sripedia/cgi-bin/manuscript

 

Thanks for your correcting this URL ,

V.Sadagopan