Dear BhakthAs: A friend of mine and a native of a village near Kooram has checked and advised that the Koora NaarAyaNa Jeeyar , the author of Sudarsana Sathakam is a contemproary of KurEsar and Bhattar. He is considered thus to be of a different time frame (much earlier )than Swamy Desikan's time. He seems to be known by the name of Koora NaarAyaNa Jeeyar of Srirangam . The AdayAr Library manuscripts however give the date of 1459 A.D for the Koora NaarAyaNa Jeeyar and comments that He is a follower of Swamy Desikan and has given us the famous work ,"Sudarsana Sathakam ". He is also linked with commentaries on MaandUkya Upanishad , TaittirIya Upanishad and IsAvAsyOpanishad. The references to his living in Post-Deskan era are : Sudarsana Sathakam : Adayar D.X . Intro. P.XV;HCSL. P281 ( author of Sudarsana Sathakam ); Adayar Library Publication, 1966 . His authorship of IsAvAsyOpanishad: Potter, Poona Sanskrit Series , 1921. His authorship of TaitthirIya Upanishad: Saasthra MukthAvaLi Series: Series of Books edited by P.B.AnantAchArya , Kaanchi Vol 24, 1905. His authorship of MaaNDUkya Upanishad: Potter , AnandAsrama Sanskrit Series: Vol 62: PP 244-418,1910. In summary , There seem to be two Koora NaarAyaNa Jeeyars, one who lived during KurEsA's time and the other after Swamy Desikan's time. I welcome the input form Sri K.M.Narayanan that Sri Koora NaarAyaNa Jeeyar was a contemproary of KurEsar. My thanks to him for sharing his insights as a native of a village near Kooram. I am still confused by the references and links of Sudarsana Sathakam to the other Koora NaarAyaNa Jeeyar. We know that Swamy Desikan was very fond of IsAvAsyOpanishad and wrote a commentary on it . I am not sure whether " the Srirangam KooranArAyaNa Jeeyar " wrote any commentaries on the Upanishads including IsOpanishad. Additional comments are welcome in a spirit of research. Those who have access to AdayAr Libraray can check on this matter to clear the air on authorship of SudarsanAshtakam .If nothing is unearthed , let us attribute the SudarsanAshtakam (about the Sudarsana Moorthy of Kaanchi or Srirangam ) to the elder Koora NaarAyaNa Jeeyar! Srimath Azhagiya Singar PaadhAngri rENu, V.Sadagopan
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