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Sent: Monday, December 29, 2008 1:57
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Subject: [Oppiliappan] Tholapar.
Dear
Srivaishnavas,
Last week it is metioned in a book that Tholapar saved the nammalwar alwar
thirumeni of Alwar thirunagari. Who is Tholapar? waht is his time and who is
Acharayar for swamin?
Adisesh
Iyengar
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SrI:
Dear Sri Adisesh
IyengAr :
Thozhappar was a famous VidhvAn at
the time of Sri
Adhi VaNN SaThakOpa
Jeeyar ( the
Founding Jeeyar of Ahobila
Matam)
.
He sought the
sacred feet of Adhi VaNN
SaThakOpa Jeeyar
, recieved Pancha SamskArams
and performed
Grantha ChAtushtya ( SrI BhAshyam,
GeethA BhAshyam ,
Bhagavath Vishayam and
SrIMath Rahasya
Traya Saaram ) from His
AchAryan , who
recognized the scholarship
and AchArya
Bhakthi of Thozhappar .
SrI Adhi VaNN
SathakOpa Jeeyar asked
Thozhappar to
compose a few dharma sAstra
granthams for the
benefit of SrI VaishNavAs .
Thozhappar
placedthe niyamanam of his AchAryan
on his siras and
created 8 granthams :
1.Gruhya Ratnam
2. GhaNDa BhUshaNam
3. Smruti
RatnAkaram 4. PitrumEdha Saaram
5.
SudheevilOchanam ( Commentary on # 5)
6.DaSa NirNayam
7. AaSoucha satakam
and 8. AaSouhca
nirNayam .
Adhi VaNN
SaThakOpa Jeeyar was
immensely pleased
with Thozhappar's
Kaimakryam and
its quality and honored
his sishyan with
the Birudhu of
"Vaidhika
Saarvabhoumar".
The seed
for much of what we
know as Ahnika
Granthams started
from Thozhappar
based on his
Vast knowledge of
Dharma Saastrams .
Other Azhagiya
Singars enlarged
that corpus of
Knowledge .
NamO SrI
NrisimhAya ,
V.Sadagopan