SrI:
Dear All :
A serious effort is being made by a team of us to create a central site to
identify , register and print various VaishNavite Source literature ,
which might be languishing / vegetating in private houses
of Acharyans and Scholars .
For instance , many Jeeyars of Ahobila Matam have blessed us
with their Sri Sookthis (Divine Books ) . Many of them are in
the format of Palm leaves document or books on acid paper .
These rare perishable treasures that need to be brought to light
and published or stored digitally .
To that extent , Sriman Sriram has created the following web site
which can be useful to "unearth" as it were books and TaaLa Kosams
that may be hiding in " the attics " . We need your cooperation to locate
them , borrow them , scan them and return them . Some might get printed .
In parallel , we are trying to complete the project that we started
(viz) to scan the pages of Sri Nrusimha PriyA issues going back to
the year of its founding , 1942 by HH InjimEttu Srimath Azhagiya Singar .
Before that , there was a journal by the name of VedAntha Dheepikai ,
where the articles of AchAryans and Scholars appeared regularly .
We would like to locate them as well .
The URL for your use for registry of these treasures is :
http://www.ibiblio.org/sripedia/cgi-bin/manuscripts
Let me illustrate the situation with the Granthams created by One Azhagiya
Singar :
PillaipAkkam Srimath Azhagiya Singar ( March 1845-Dec 16 , 1899 C.E)
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He ascended the AchArya Peetam on Jan 31, 1899 and reigned until Dec 16 ,
1899 , barely ten and half months . He was a well known Scholar before
and spent most of HIs time in and around ThiruveLLUr performing
Kamkaryams for Sri Vasumathy SamEtha Sri Vaidhya VeerarAghava
PerumAl .
He blessed us with 26 Sri Sookthis . Some are tributes to PoorvAchAryAs
and dhivya dEsa EmperumAns :
(1) VedAntha Desika Vaibha Chandrika ,
(2) Aadhi VaNN SaThakOpa YathIndhra Vaibhava chandrika ,
(3) AchArya Sapthathy
(4) YathirAja BhOga: ( Sri PerumpUthUr VaLLal)
(5) GhOshtinATa Sthava: ( ThirukkOttiyUr PerumAL)
Some of the others are difficult Saasthra Granthams :
6) VedAntha KOusthubha Saaram
7) MakAra RakshA
8) NyAya SiddhAnjana grantha gandha:
9) VAADHA TARANGINEE ( I am fortunate to have a copy of this grantham)
10) arkaLa panchakam .
Sixteen more granthams were bequeathed to us by HH PiLLaipAkkam
Azhagiya Singar .
We have to find out who has these copies and where these are .
The Manuscript/Book Registry should be of help in this context .
Soon , adiyEn will list all the books known to have been written by
all the Azhagiya Singars . Some of the Azhagiya Singars concentrated only
on KaalakshEpams . Others were prolific in writing .
Please remember paper came in to use for wriitng and printing
only around 1850 C.E. in India .
AdiyEn is positive that there are significant libraries at ParakAla Matam
,
Poundarikapuram Andavan Aaasramam and PeriyAsramam , Purisai
Swamigal's ThirumALikai , UtthamUr Swamy's ThirumALikai and VaanamAmalai
Matam Jeeyar's library , MadhurAnthakam School Library et al .
We have to catalog them and start the process of bringing to light these
treasures for the benefit of future generations . A team of devotees are
needed to gain momentum . Please contact me for additional details .
Thanks .
Our plans are to release the first batch of these Sri Sookthis in Decmber ,
2006 , the grand occasion of the 80th birthday of the Prakrutham Azhagiya
Singar at SelayUr Sri Matam .
adiyEn seeks your participation in this significant project .
Daasan , Oppiliappan KOil V.Sadagopan
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