Sri Ramanuja Journal Volume 4, Issue 1

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SrimathE rAmAnujAyanamaH*

 

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Srimath varavaramunayE namaH*

 

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*Thai, Vyaya

Azhvar 4, Acharya 1*

 

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*Thaiyyoru ThingaLum..*

 

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*The month Thai is no behind margazhi in having thirunakshathrams on its

credits. AndAL in SrIvilliputhur ends her nIrATTa uthsavam on the First of

Thai which is a special uthsavam conducted for the sake of mamunikaL unlike

in other divya desams where the nIrAtta utsavam ends the day before. Legend

says that mAmunikal wanting **very badly **to have the divine darshan of

Andal during nIrAtta utsavam happened to reach Srivilliputtur a day later.

Pleased with the great devotion (Arthi) of Swamy manavala mAmunikal Andal

decided to extent the utsavam to one more day and that became the special

jeeyer sevai on the first day of thai. *

 

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*The UtharAyanam opens its eyes to the next half of the year with Thai with

the Thirunakshathram of one of the unique AzhvArs who gets the title pirAn

and two giants in our glorious guruparamparai. The Recitations of the

AruLicheyals for homes and thirumagilkais are also resumed from Thai

–Hastham.*

 

 

*Uttarayana punyakAlam-sankaranthi-Jan 15 2007*

 

*Rathasapthami-Jan 25 2007

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*Thirunakshathram of SrI ThirumazhisaippirAn – Thai makam-Feb 3 2007

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*Thirunakshathram of SwAmi EmbAr – Punarpoosam-Jan 31 2007

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*Thirunakshathram of Swami kUratthAzhvAn – Hastham-Feb 7 2007

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*Thirunakshathram of kuRukaikkAvalappan- visakam-Feb 10 2007

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*Sri kuRukaikkAvalappan was a sishya of SrimannAthamunikal, who learned

Ashtangayoga rahasyam from sriman nathamunikal. He agreed to swami alavandAr

that he will pass this on to him, just before his ascension, but swami

alavandAr could not make it up to that time. Hence this wonderful rahasyam

is lost with this mahAthmA.

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*ThirukkovalUr emperumAnar jeeyar is the only jeeyar in our sampradayam who

lives in grihasthAsrama and still a jeeyar. The first in this clan was born

on a thai mrugaseerusham day and he is adorned in his thaniyan as "vandhE

yatheendra pravaNa pravaNam lakshmaNa munim" [He was pravaNa of Yatheendra

PravaNa, swamy manavala mAmunikal]-Jan 29 2007

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*Varavaramuni dasargaL*

[Guest guest]

ramanuja, "Varavaramuni Dasargal"

<varavaramuni wrote:

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Dear Swamin,

 

There is another view point expressed by scholars on

this. "ThirukkuruhaikkAvalappan" can mean the protector of the

SrIsUktis of kuruhaippirAn (nammAzhwAr). Also he became Sishya of

nAthamunihaL only after the latter was well-versed with divya

prabandham and hence would not have taught anything else. So the

yOga rahasyams that were lost were probably the intricacies of

thiruvAimozhi. This does not mean that they are lost forever, but

the chain of Nathamuni-KuruhaikkAvalappan-ALavandhAr did not happen.

In other words, the things lost are the srisooktis of

ThirukkuruhaikkAvalappan.

 

I have a question. Is present thirukkOvalUr jeeyar a grhastha or is

it a tradition there to have grhastha jeeyars?

 

adiyen ramanuja dasan

Vishnu

 

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> *Sri kuRukaikkAvalappan was a sishya of SrimannAthamunikal, who

learned

> Ashtangayoga rahasyam from sriman nathamunikal. He agreed to swami

alavandAr

> that he will pass this on to him, just before his ascension, but

swami

> alavandAr could not make it up to that time. Hence this wonderful

rahasyam

> is lost with this mahAthmA.

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> *ThirukkovalUr emperumAnar jeeyar is the only jeeyar in our

sampradayam who

> lives in grihasthAsrama and still a jeeyar. The first in this

clan was born

> on a thai mrugaseerusham day and he is adorned in his thaniyan

as "vandhE

> yatheendra pravaNa pravaNam lakshmaNa munim" [He was pravaNa of

Yatheendra

> PravaNa, swamy manavala mAmunikal]-Jan 29 2007

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> *Varavaramuni dasargaL*

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