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Re: Azhwars - meaning and names

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Venkatesh Chitoor • March 1, 2002 


Dear Sir,

I quote some of the meanings etc. of alwars as known
to vaishnavas in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan and
other places:

" ........The alwars of the south are God-intoxicated
mystics. The group known as alwars are constantly in
divine communion with SriHari. The name alwar means -
one who presides. The alwars are spread all over
south. Their chief main 12 are similar to the chief 24
Jina-tirthankaras of the jains, though there still are
jinas. The descendents of alwars are alive still
today. The alwar religious sect was so powerful in its
reach that all other vaishnava devotees after them can
be said to be copies or copies of copies of their
style - just living by the names of SriHari......."

Please refer especially to the Swaminarayan literature
of Gujarat-Saurashtra as well as the vaishnava
devotional literature of Rajasthan.

Sincerely,
Venkatesh Iyer
> 
> 
> 
> Rajaram Venkataramani wrote:
> 
> >  Let me restate my original question :
> > The azhwars lived in different times. How is that
> the twelve were chosen to be named so ? Who did that
>  and when ?
> > Yours humbly
> > Rajaram V.
> 

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