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Dear Pradeep :
Good to know that you are writing a book
on the basics of VaishNavam .Best wishes .
 
VaishNavaas have 2 Aagamams to worship
Bhagavaan Sriman NaarAyaNan at Home and
in all the temples . These are PaancharAtram and VaikhAnasam .
You can not tell a temple , whether it is 
practising PaancharAtra or VailhAnasa Aagamam 
from outside . The rites of worship , the use of Vedams 
in worship , the use of tantric rites , the use of Agni 
and a host of other practises will help to determine the 
type of Aagamam that is being used .
 
Please refer to :
http://www.Srihayagrivan.org  
 
for details on these two VaishNavite Aagamams .
 
Ebooks in the above web site cover both :
 
PaancharAtram : ebook 25 & 26
VaikhAnasam: ebook 31
 
There are many Guruparamparaas bequeathed to us
by our AchAryAs . I request one of the other
Members to respond to your specific question on
Pinbhazhagiya Jeeyar . He was NampiLLai's sishyar.  
There is a wealth of information for you at
http://www.acharya,org
Please refer to it .
 
Individual Guru Paramparaas will have different
information items . You would have to piece them
together .For instance , 6000 padi Guru Paramparaa prabhavam
will have the nakshatram and the months of
AzhwAr avatArams and not tithi, Vaaram , Year
and yugam . 3,000 padi has additional
complimentary information . Dating of
the times of AzhwArs is tricky . SampradhAya
Jn~Anam and History Jn~Anam have difficulty
going together .
 
V.Sadagopan    
 
 
 
 
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, December 26, 2008 11:13 AM
Subject: [Srisathyanarayanaperumal_Mambalam] The stories of the Azhwars

Hello!

I am writing a book on the basics of Vaishnavism in Tamil Nadu. I need
some help and hope forum members can help.

1. Am i correct in stating that the FIRST WRITTEN record of the lives
of the Azhwars was in the Aarayirampadi Guruparambara PRabhavam by
Pinbazhagiya Perumal? If so what century was this work written? If
this is not correct, when were the stories first recorded and who did
it?

2.For an ordinary devotee, what are the indications in a temple that
will tell her/him that agama(pancharathra/Vaikhanasa) the temple
follows

Reqest a response at the earlist
Regards
Pradeep Chakravarthy

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