Scholars who studied NyAya-SAstra under UtthamUr SwAmi

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SrI:

SrImatE rAmAnujAya namaH

 

namO nArAyaNa!

 

Dear all,

 

Just for Info sake :

 

SrI TA KrishNamAchArya is a well known ThennAchArya,

who is regarded in great esteem by thenkalai scholars. He

is at Tirupathi.

 

SrI TA KrishNamAchArya learnt NyAya SAstra from

SrI " abhinava dESika " UtthamUr VIrarAghavAchArya, the

greatest authority of NyAya SAstra of his times. aDiyEn

has heard from scholars and SrI-VaishNavas at Tirupathi

regarding the reverence SrI KrishNamAchArya has for

SrI UtthamUr SwAmi, not only as his NyAya-SAstra AchArya Or

as a stalwart in Ubhaya-VEdAnta, but also as a SrI-VaishNava

of great conduct and character.

 

Incidentally, SrI VELukkuDi VaradAchArya of great fame also

learnt NyAya SAstra under SrI UtthamUr SwAmi.

 

Other illustrious scholars who studied NyAya SAstra under

SrI UtthamUr SwAmi (that aDiyEn can remeber this moment) are :

 

* SrI Villivalam NArAyaNAchArya (pUrvAshrama elder brother of

current Azhagiyasi~ngar)

 

* SrI PerukkAraNai ChakravarthAchArya (SrI Ahobila Muth)

 

* SrI SrIdharAchArya (alias Shivprasad Dwivedi for loukika

purposes;SrI-VaishNava AchArya in

North-India)

 

* SrI NAvalpAkkam S RAmAnuja TAthAchArya

 

* SrI ChEttalUr SrIvatsA~nkAchArya

 

There are many more scholars - from all schools of vEdAnta -

who studied under SrI UtthamUr SwAmi. The above is only a

selected list.

 

aDiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan,

anantapadmanAbhan alias Anand.