Sri V.V.Srinivasa IyengAr's Foreword in English for VyAsa SiddhAnta MaartANDam

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Sriman Rajagopalan' s original note and some additional Notes

V.Sadagopan

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Dr. V. Sadagopan

Sunday, August 09, 2009 1:44 PM

VVS

Respected Swamin: Ananthapranam Vignapanam.You would have heard about the great Mahamahopadyaya Kapistalam Swamy. His Vyasasidhantha Marthandam is a famous work and a guide for Sri Bashya Adhikars for their kalakshepams etc It was published in 1929. Sri V.Vsrinivasa Iyengar has written a foreword for this. Instead of scanning I typed this in word and sending the PDF file now. I hope you will enjoy.

Kindly ack.

with regards

Dasan Rajagopalan/11.15/9.8.09

 

SrI:

 

Dear AastikAs :

 

Advocate V.V.SrinivAsa IyengAr was saluted by people of his time as Silver tongued orator . He lived in Mylapore ( One of the proverbial Mylapore Vakkeel) at Luz Corner.His Commentary on Srimath RaamAyaNam is an magnificent book . He wrote Many forewords and Introductions in English to PoorvAchArya Sri Sooktis such as the allegorical drama ( NaaDakam) of Sankalpa SooryOdhayam of Swamy Desikan , VyAsa SiddhAnta MartANDam et al .

 

adiyEn has been fortunate to recieve a copy of that VVS preface from the Kumaarar (Sri S.Rajagopalan) of PudukkOttai Mahaa VidwAn , VaikunThavAsi Sri SrinivAsa Raghavachaar Swamy . I will share that brilliant and insightful introduction on Sankalpa SooryOdhayam in a subsequent posting .

 

Today , I want to share with you another preface of Sri V.V.SrinivAsa IyengAr on a great Sri VaishNavite AchArya , MahaamahOpAdhyAya ( a title given by the British Government in India) Sri Kapistalam Swamy , who was a Faculty Member at Thirupati Venkateswara Oriental College . The preface is for VyAsa

SiddhAnta MaartANDam , a lofty work created for the benefit of the KaalakshEpa AdhikAris of SrI BhAshyam by Kapistalam Swamy; He was a great scholar in Tarkam and in this work , he establishes rigorously that the Brahma Sutrams ( VyAsa SiddhAntam/Doctrines) do not support advaita VedAntam or

other doctrines .He conclusively establishes that VyAsa Siddhantam supports only the VisishtAdhvaitic darsanam . He described his work ( VyAsa SiddhAnta MaartANDam ) as the MaartANDan (Resplendent Sun) , which dispells the darkness and doubts that enshroud the doctrines of Veda VyAsa .

 

Sri Kapistalam Swamy was a contemproary of great VaishNava AchAryaas like

Svacchandham Swamy , HH the 41st and the 42nd Pattam Azhagiya Singars ,

UtthamUr Swamy , KozhiyAlam Swamy , Kedandapatti Swami( AchAryan of Kapistalam Swami) , Poundareekapuram SrinivAsa Mahaa Desikan and Ghoshtipuram Swami.

 

It is a delight to read the brilliant preface of Sri V.V. SrinivAsa IyengAr's

for the VyAsa SiddhAnta MaartaNDam . Our Thanks are to Sriman Rajagopalan for sharing this from his father's extensive library .

 

NamO SrI NrisimhAya,

V.Sadagopan

 

 

 

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