The stories of the Azhwars ( Guru Parampara ) and their Dates

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Dear All :

 

Quite often questions come up about AzhwAr's

times based on Guru Parampara and modern day

research . Here are soem inputs . Please feel

free to comment . I have also added the dates of

our AchAryans starting from Swamy Naathamuni to

Swamy Desikana nd MaNavALa MaamunihaL for

easy referecne .

 

1. Pinbhazhagiya Jeeyar 's Guru Parampara

( First chronicle on AzhwAr's dhivya charitams)

belongs to the time of 11th to 12th century .

He was a sishyar of NampiLLai.

He was also a contemproary of PeriyavAcchAn

PiLLai and Vadakku Thiruveethi PiLLai .

 

2. Azhwar's times will vary for SampradhAyic to

modern Historical views . The 500 years ranging

from 5th to 10th century A,D is the view of

modern day scholars . Sampradhayic view

places them from 4202 B.C ( Mudhal Azhwars

to Thirumazhisai ) , Madhura Kavi ( 3224 B.C) ,

NammAzhwAr ( 3102 B.C) ,

Kulasekharar ( 3075 B.C) , PeriyAzhwAr ( 3056 B.C) ,

Andal ( 3005 B.C) , Thondaradippodi ( 2814 B.C) ,

ThiruppANar ( 2760 B.C) and Thirumangai ( 2714 B.C).

 

I am more comfortable with the 5th to 10th century

A.D dates based on the clues in PeriyAzhwAr and

Thirumangai Paasurams and stone inscriptions

in the Temples about rulers of Tamil Naadu .

 

3. Acharya Paramparai :

Sriman Narayanan , Mahaa Lakshmi , VishvaksEnar

 

Swamy NammAzwAr ( born B.C 3102 )

 

Swamy Naatha Muni ( 824-924 A.D)

with sishyas of UyyakkoNDAr (826-931)

and MaNakkAl Nambi ( 832-937 A.D )

 

Swamy AlavantAr( 916-1041 A.D)

Thirumalai Nambi ( 973-1073 A.D)

 

Acharya RaamAnuja ( 1017-1137 A.D )

Kuresar ( 1010-1116 A.D)

Embar ( 1026-1131A.D )

Kidambi AacchAn ( 1057-1157 A.D)

Thirukkuruhai PirAn PiLLAn ( Son of

Thirumalai Nambi , 11th century A.D, Kali 4134)

 

Swamy ParAsara Battar ( Born 1074 A.D)

Namjeeyar ( 11th-12th Century A.D)

NampiLLai ( " )

PeriyavaacchAn PiLLai ( Born 1159 A.D)

Vadakku Thiruveethi PiLLai ( 12th century )

Nadathur AaLvAn ( 10th-11th Century A.D)

YengaL AzhwAn ( 1106-1206 A.D)

NadathUr AmmAL ( 1165-1275 A.D)

Sudarsana Battar ( 13th to 14th century)

AtrEya RaamAnujar ( 13th to 14th Century )

Swamy Desikan ( 1268-1369 A.D)

Swamy PiLLai LokaacchAr ( 1205-1326 A.D)

Kumara Varadachaar ( 1316-1401 A.D)

Brahma Tantra ParakAla Yati ( 1286-1386 A.D)Swamy MaNavALa Maamuni (1370-1444 A.D)

PrativAdhi Bhayankaram ANNan ( 1300-1410 A.D)

Ranga RaamAnuja Muni ( 16th Century ).

 

Additional details on the SamaasrayaNa and

Kaalkshepa Paramparais are available at

http://www.ahobilamutt.org

under Acharya paramparai .

 

Http://www,acahryas.org also has valuable information .

Detailed chronology of AchArya Raamanuja is at

http://www.sundarasimham.org

 

The original 6000 padi is by Pinbhazhagiya Jeeyar Swamy

There are also 3000 and 6000 Padis on Guru Parampara

by two ParakAla Matam Jeeyars .

 

 

Namo SrI Nrisimhaaya ,

V.Sadagopan

 

 

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pradeepandanusha

Dr.V.Sadagopan

Saturday, December 27, 2008 8:08 PM

Re: Re: [srisathyanarayanaperumal_Mambalam] The stories of the Azhwars

Dear Shri Sadagopan It is good to hear from you again. Your comments are usefull. I will go through the websites. So which century were the lives of the Azhwars first chronicled? Regards Pradeep