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Srinivasan Sundara Rajan • Sat Oct 11 1997 - 07:06:35 PDT 


>From S. Sundara Rajan (super_s_sundar@rocketmail.com)

Dear Bagavadas

It has long been our gurus used to convey their knowledge to only one
sishya and from their to other sishya in a tree. Through this
remarkable link only we were able to preserve all our great
literatures like Divya Prabandams.

It is evident from the pasuram in Upadesa Rathina Malai (Manavala
Manunigal) in

'Oranvazhiya Updasidar Munnoor ...'.

This tree is also to a great extent explained in Upadesa Rathina Malai
the following is the tree as I under stand.

                     1)Periaperumal(Lord Maha Vishnu)
                          |
                     2)NamAlwar
                          |
                     3)Nathamunigal(Leared From Namalwar through
                                    a spiritual contact not personal)
                     4)Uyyakondar
                          |
                     5)Mannakal Nambi
                          |
                     6)Alavandar
                          |
                     7)Nathamunigal         7)Thirukootiyr Nambi
                          |                        |
                              8)Thirumalai Andan
                                      |
                              9)Emperumanar(Udayavar)

                     |                |             |
                    10)Thirukurugaipiran pillai  10)Embar
                                                    |
                                                 11)Parasara Battar
                                                    |
                                                 12)Nanjeeyar
                                                    |
                                                 13)Nampillai
                                                    |
                                |                           |
                          14)Periyavachan Pillai    14)Vaduku Thriru
                                                       veedhi pillai
                                |                           |
                          15)Nayanarachan pillai            |
                                |
                          16)Azagiya Manavala zeeyar        |
                                                            |
                                                            |
                                             |                  |
                                            15)Pillai     15)Azagiya
                                            Ulagasiriyar  Manavala
                                                          Nayanar     
 
                                             |              |
                                             16)Thiruvai Mozhi pillai
                                                         |
                                             17)Manavala Mamunigal
                                                         |
                                             18)Periya Perumal


Sri Rukmani Prananathya Parthasudaya Saranam
Sri Andal   Thiruvadigale Saranam
                                                                    



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