SamASrayaNa Parampara and KAlakshEpa Parampara (Was UpadEsa RatnamAlai and SwAmi DESikan etc)

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SrI:

SrI nArAyaNa yateendra mahAdESikAya namaH

 

namO nArAyaNa!

 

Dear SrI Malolan,

 

Thanks for your question. aDiyEn would like to add few

more to what SrI Dileepan had already answered your question

rightly.

 

> Sri Ahobila Matam line of AchAryas from Swami Bhashyakarar

> till Srimad Athivan Satakopan is as follows:

>

> Swami Bhashyakarar

> Embar

> Bhattar

> NanjIyar

> NampiLlai

> Vadakku Thiruvedhip PiLLai

> Srirangeswarar

> Kesavachar

> KamalavAsar

> Kesavachar

> Srimad Adivan Satakopan

>

> Sri PiLLai LokAcAryar is not in the line.

>

> Also, please note, other Vadakalai branches have different

> line of AcAryAs.

 

What is meant by the above " Guruparampara " is the " SamASrayaNam "

lineage of AchAryas. It so happens that many of the

AchAryas listed above performed grantha kAlakshEpam

under their " SamASrayaNa " AchArya itself. Basically, one's

Guruparampara in general is that which his/her " SamASrayaNa "

AchArya belongs to. But, one may perform kAlakshEpam under

an AchArya of another " SamASrayaNam " lineage. Bhagavad RAmAnuja

appointed 74 simhAsanAdipatis to perform SamASrayaNam.

 

Regarding " Prapatti/Bhara-nyAsam " it has been a practice in

general to perform it through either the SamASrayaNam AchArya

Or kAlakshEpam AchArya of SrImad Rahasta-Traya SAram, as per

the individual circumstances etc. In the times of SwAmi DESikan,

many fathers themselves were Svayam-AchArya purushas and

administered SamASrayaNam for their sons ; But in many cases the

sons performed kAlakshEpam under different competent AchArya(s),

as per the advise of the fathers/SamASrayaNa AchAryas. It can

also be seen now, though the number of Swayam-AchAryas have

reduced a lot. Hence, in the KAlakshEpa AchArya lineage, we will

have various crossings of SamASrayaNa AchArya lineage.

 

Coming back to the question, SrI VaDakku Thiruveedi PiLLai's

sons were SrI PiLLai-LOkAchArya and SrI Azhagiya-manavALa-PerumAL

nAyanAr. SrI Ra~ngEswarar is a samASrayaNa sishya of

SrI VaDakku Thiruveedi PiLLai. The SamASrayaNa parampara

of SrI Ahobila Muth does not pass through SrI PiLLai-LOkAchArya.

SrI KESavAchArya is the father and SamASrayaNa AchArya of

SrI AthivaN SaThakOpa JIyar. This JIyar underwent kAlakshEpam

of various granthas including the primary four, under

SrI GhaTikASathakam ammAL, the grandson of SrI NaDAdUr AmmAL.

SrI GhaTikASathakam ammAL, who had his SamASrayaNam under

his father of ammAL lineage, underwent kAlakshEpam of granthas

under SrI Bramhatantra-Svatantra JIyar {who inturn learnt

under both SwAmi DESikan and SrI KumAra-VaradAchArya, the

son and SamASrayaNa sishya of SwAmi DESikan). Hence, the

kAlakshEpa parampara (ie.of all the four granthas) for

SrI Ahobila Muth passes through SwAmi DESikan. Similarly,

other VaDakalai SrI VaishNavas can trace their KAlakshEpa

parampara of all the 4 granthas to SwAmi DESikan, though their

SamASrayaNa parampara might not pass through SwAmi DESikan.

Simialrly, thenkalai SrI VaishNavas can trace their SrI-BhAshya

KAlakshEpa Parampara through SwAmi DESikan, though their

SamASrayaNa parampara will not pass through SwAmi DESikan.

 

aDiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan,

anantapadmanAbhan alias Anand.