Re: RAMANUJA/RAMANAND
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• February 9, 1999
Sri Srimahavishnu wrote a very interesting and informative comparison of the Ramanandi sect of North India and its relation to the Ramanuja sampradaya. I have also heard that Sri Pillai Lokacharya occurs in one version of the Ramananda acharya parampara. I only have a comment on one small part of what Srimahavishnu wrote: > most of the > rAmAnandIs have "dAs" at the end of their initiated name while rAmAnujIs > normally used to have "AchArI". In old maNipravALa texts such as the guru parampara prabhAvam and periya thirumudi adaivu, the names of many Sri Vaishnava acharyas also contain the suffix "dAsa", Tamilized to "dAsar". Perhaps this was an ancient tradition passed on to the Ramanandis in the North. Later Sri Vaishnavas have mostly abandoned it for the now ubiquitous "ayyangaar" and "acharya", reserving the suffix "dAsan" only for formal occasions where humility is required. dAsan, Mani
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