Fwd: [t'venkatam] The Sacred Seven

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> tiruvenkatam,

> sadagopaniyengar wrote:

> >

> > Srimate SrivanSatakopa Sri Vedanta Desika Yatindra

> Mahadesikaya nama:

> > The Sacred Seven

> . Whence, then, the mystery and sacredness of the

> number seven?"

> >> dasan, sadagopan

>

> *******************

>

> Dear SrimAn Sadagopan Iyengar,

>

> It was by sheer accident that I missed reading this

> posting of yours

> when it was originally sent by you a few weeks ago.

> I'm glad I found

> it in my mail-box rather late than never! It was a

> very enjoyable

> read, indeed, very informative like all other usual

> mails from you.

>

> Permit me to add one more example of the "Mystery of

> 7" which perhaps

> you might like to include in your own inventory of

> "sacred 7s":

>

> Our great 'prathamAchArya' Sri RamAnujAchArya earned

> 7 different and

> beautiful appelations ('tirunAmam-s') during his

> lifetime and they are

> as follows:

>

> (1) "iLayavar" : the name given by his maternal

> uncle Sri Tirumalai

> Nambi of Tiruvenkatam on the twelfth day of his

> birth.

>

> (2) "Ramanuja": the name conferred by Lord

> Varadaraja after he became

> a sanyAsin

>

> (3) "uDayavar": the name given by Lord Ranganatha

> when Ramanuja first

> took up residence at Sri Rangam

>

> (4) "kovil annan" : a title which he obtained at

> TirumAlirunjolai for

> fulfilling a desire of Sri Andal regarding Lord

> Azhagar

>

> (5) "emberumAnAr" : the name conferred by

> TirukkoshtiyUr Nambi when he

> found that Ramanuja was verily the embodiment of

> human compassion

>

> (6) "bhAshyakArar": the appelation conferred on him

> by the Sarada

> Peetam at Kashmir in recognition of his great

> service to Vedanta

> philosophy in the form of his splendid commentary on

> the Brahma Sutra

>

> (7) "yatirAjar": the title earned by him from one

> and all in SriRangam

> in recognition of his unparalleled austerity as a

> 'sanyAsin' for well

> over 90 years of his lifetime!

>

> If ever one could give the number '7' a sacred name,

> it might well

> be 'Ramanuja'!

>

> Regds,

> dAsan,

> Sudarshan

 

 

 

 

 

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