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Humble pranam to all devotees on This Holy day of Mamunigal's Thriunakshatram
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Particiapte in HIS Celbrations at W-DC: http://ramanuja.cc.uic.edu

Q 4: Mamunigal - What are swAmy mAmunikaL's compositions, contributions?
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Everything he did was directed toward establishing Ramanuja Darshanam.  
He added verses about swAmy Ramanuja into the Daily Prayer (ThiruAradhana 
Krama) 
and wrote two lines that are still being chanted by every sri vaishnava whodoes 
daily prayers.  

"RamanujArya DivyAgnya VardhathAm abhivardhatAm"

(May we grow and succeed by following the instructions handed down to us swAmy 
rAmAnuja).
He also had his disciple write Sri Venkatesa Suprabhatam and offered it toLord 
Srinivasa 
at Thirumala. Even today this is being chanted during morning prayers at all 
Sri Vaishnava temples.

Most of his contributions were in the form of writing commentaries for existing 
works and teaching it to 
all those who were interested.

There are 18 works attributed to Sri Mamunigal:  
Four in Sanskrit - Devaraja Mangalam, KanchidivyadEshastuti, YathirajaVimsathi, 
and tAtparya dIpa - A commentary on Bhagawad Gita. 

Three in Tamil - UpadesaRatnamalai, Thiruvaimozhi Noothandhandhi and 
Arthiprabhandham

Eleven in MaNipravALa (Mixture of Tamizh & Sanskrit words) 
- Commentaries on works of Pillai Lockacharya, Azhagiya Manavalapperumal 
Nayanar, 
Periyazhwar Thirumozhi and Ramanuja NooRRandhandhi

Four indices containing the sources of the Gnyanasara and Prameyasara of 
Arulalapperumal Emberumanar.  

One work is on the daily worship of the Lord (ThiruAradhana Kramam).

5. Did he have any other contributions to humanity?
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His Other Main contributions are: 
?Temple renovations, administration and management. (After Muslim invasions and 
political confusions in the south)
?Spiritual leadership by contributions through commentaries and propagation of 
Azhvars 
& Purvacharyas Works, Compositions and guidance to the Sri Vaishnava community.
?Making complex issues on the Philosophical doctrines (Mostly written and 
preserved in 
Sanskrit texts originally) made easy to understand and accessible to all 
interested devotees.
?Following the footsteps of Ramanuja, Mamunigal rebuilt the temples and
strengthened Sri Viashanava Sampradaya. Those days temples were centers for 
everything 
social and spiritual. Rebuilding and strengthening Temples, he re-built the 
society as a whole.

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Azhvar Emberumanar Jeeyar ThiruvadigalE sharanam

adiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan 
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