Sri: Humble pranam to all devotees on This Holy day of Mamunigal's Thriunakshatram =============================================================== Particiapte in HIS Celbrations at W-DC: http://ramanuja.cc.uic.edu Q 4: Mamunigal - What are swAmy mAmunikaL's compositions, contributions? ======================================================= 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? ========================================= 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. ======================================================= Read these and more on the Vedic magazine http://www.vedics.net/magazine/index.html Azhvar Emberumanar Jeeyar ThiruvadigalE sharanam adiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan Mukundan Vangkipuram Pattangi http://www.vedics.net
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