FW: A peep into thousand years of the history of Sri VaishNavam : Part III

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Sri:

Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:

 

Dear bhAgavatas,

 

Please note that the idea that the first Jeeyar of Ahobila Mutt, Sri AdhivaN

Satakopa Jeeyar, is the one who initiated Sri Manavala MamunikaL into

sanyAsAshramam, is not accepted by all scholars or sampradhayins.

 

Yatindra Pravana Prabhavam which gives us the vaibhavam of MamunikaL states the

following

 

"... appOthE thamakku sabrahmachAriyAna satakOpa

jIyar sannidhiyilE ezhuntharuLi ..."

 

It is to be noted here that it is not stated that MamunikaL took sanyAsAshramam

from AdhivaN Satakopa Jeeyar. Instead it is said that he took sanyAsAshramam

from SatakOpa Jeeyar and that this Jeeyar was his fellow disciple

(sabrahmachAri).

 

The latter should make it clear that it could not have been AdhivaN Satakopa

Jeeyar. He was not a co-disciple of Mamunikal, under Thiruvaymozhip Pillai.

 

So, who was this Satakopa Jeeyar from whom MamunikaL took sanyasAshramam? This

was the 7th pattam Jeeyar of Azhvar Thirunagari Emperumanar Jeeyar matam, who

indeed was Thiruvaymozhip Pillai's disciple along with MamunikaL, at Azhvar

Thirunagari. His name is recorded as "emperumAnAr kOyil sathkOpa jIyar" in

periya thirumudi adaivu.

 

That he gave MamunikaL sanyasAshramam is recorded in his vaibhavam as well as in

his vAzhi thirunAmam "azhagiya maNavALa munikku Asiramam aLiththa pirAn

vAzhiyE".

 

 

adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan

 

--- sgopan wrote:

> 19. Adhi VaNN SaThakOpa Jeeyar ( 1378-1458 A.D ) , the

> Founding

> Jeeyar of Ahobila Matam , who was initiated into

> SanyAsAsramam

> by Lord Narasimhan at AhObila KshEthram . He

> iniitiated Swamy

> MaNavALa Maamuni into SanyAsa Aasramam .