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Dear Sudarsana swamin,

 

I wish to clarify a point to u.The word swamin means Yajamanan that is

possessor of a thing. Srivaishanvaites used to think that every other

srivaishnavite is his yajamanan to quote from our GREAT SWAMIN- VEDANTA DESIKA

"Kraya vikrayrha dasaya samindhathe"

that is srivaishnavites who are the deciples of Bagavat Ramanuja can even sell

or buy one another that is why whenever we write a letter we use to say "Dasan"

which means a servant.

So it is quite right to say another Srivaishnavite as Swamin.

dasan

kaasyapah

 

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Dear Bhagavatas:

My reply to Sri Sudarshan's observations (in the enclosed mail) is given below:

Dear Sri Sudarshan:

You have observed:

" I really don't know why the topic has been banned in . It

is a harmless topic and I would have hoped for a funny and lively

discussion on it. It's sad to watch interesting discussions budding

forth but quickly getting snuffed out since it grows into adversarial

debate"

You have answered your question!

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, vedanta desikan

<kavitaarkikasimhan> wrote:

> Dear Sudarsana swamin,

>

> I wish to clarify a point to u.The word swamin means Yajamanan

that is possessor of a thing. Srivaishanvaites used to think that

every other srivaishnavite is his yajamanan to quote from our GREAT

SWAMIN- VEDANTA DESIKA

> "Kraya vikrayrha dasaya samindhathe"

> that is srivaishnavites who are the deciples of Bagavat Ramanuja

can even sell or buy one another that is why whenever we write a

letter we use to say "Dasan" which means a servant.

> So it is quite right to say another Srivaishnavite as Swamin.

> dasan

> kaasyapah

 

 

Dear Sri Kaasyapah,

 

You are right. The way we SriVaishnavas use the form of

address "swAmi" has been explained neatly by Sri Anbil SvAmin in his

post y/day.

 

One must however be aware that "swAmi" is also used by the general

(non-srivaishnava) and larger public also. In that milieu "swAmi" has

a different focus and which adiyane's post dealt with.

 

As the Moderator has suggested we can pursue discussing this

delightful thread on 'satsangham' group (outside Srirangasri) if you

want.

 

I really don't know why the topic has been banned here. It is a

harmless topic and I would have hoped for a funny and lively

discussion on it. It's sad to watch interesting discussions budding

and quickly getting snuffed out since it quickly grows into

adversarial debate.

 

Regards,

dAsan,

Sudarshan