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Sri:
Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:

Sri Pillai Lokacharya's
Mumukshuppadi

Sutra:
66. makAram irupaththanjAm aksharamAy njAnavAsiyumAy
irukkaiyAlE AthmAvais sollukiRathu.

Meaning:
The makAram that follows the ukAram is the 25th letter
(starting from ka); it also describes knowledge as it
arises out of the root for the word gnAna. Therefore,it
stands for the Atma which is the 25th tattva and whose 
nature and quality is gnAna.

Sri PBA Swami's Sarartha Deepikai:
The third part of praNavam which is makAram is now 
explained.

It is said that each of the aksharas explains one 
tattva. The 24 aksharas starting from ka till bha 
explain 24 tattvas and the 25th akshara which is ma
shows the jivAtma which is the 25th tattva, as in 
"pongkaimpulanum poRiyainthum kaurumEnthiriyam 
aimbootham, ingivvuyirEy pirakiruthi mAnAngkAra
manangkaLE".

Also, makAram arises out of the root "mana-jnAnE" or
"manu-avabodhane" and as such it stands for the Atma
whose nature and whose quality is knowledge.

Pillai Lokacharyar Thiruvadigale Saranam
Azhvar Emperumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Saranam

adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan
TCA Venkatesan

Mumukshuppadi Sarartha Deepikai Series:
http://www.acharya.org/vyakyanam/mumukshuppadi/index.html

Note:
HH Sri Vanamamalai Jeeyar is conducting an on-going 
tele-upanyasam series on Mumukshuppadi. Please check the 
following link for details on listening to an acharya
expound on this work in traditional kAlakshepam format.
http://www.radioramanuja.com/talks/vana.htm





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