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Mahapurna initiated Ramanuja with the performance the Pancha Samskara ceremony at Madurantakam, a place located 40 km from present day Chennai. [3] Yamunacharya passed away before they met each other. Mahapurna is described to have been blinded under the orders of the Chola king [kirumikanda chola], who adhered to Shaivism. [4]
When the soldiers came to the ashram, Koorathalvan adorned the robes of his guru and presented himself to the soldiers as Ramanuja. Accompanied by Mahapurna (Periya Nambi), they reached the king's court. There, the Shaivite scholars debated them, but Koorathalvan (disguised as Ramanuja) and Mahapurna defeated them in the debate.
After it was decided that Mahapurna would go and invite Ramanuja to Srirangam, the acharya left for Kanchi with his wife. While on his way to Kanchi, Mahapurna and his wife decided to take some rest at Maduranthakam, a place that is located 40 km from present day Chennai. As fate would have it Ramanuja, who was on his way to Srirangam, arrived ...
According to Sri Vaishnava tradition, when he finally returned, it was through him that Varadaraja (Vishnu) conveyed his wish to Ramanuja. Accordingly, Kanchipurna advised Ramanuja that it was the deity's wish that he leave for Srirangam and find solace in Mahapurna, another Vaishnavite acharya. [2] [4]
Srinivasa Ramanujan Aiyangar [a] (22 December 1887 – 26 April 1920) was an Indian mathematician.Often regarded as one of the greatest mathematicians of all time, though he had almost no formal training in pure mathematics, he made substantial contributions to mathematical analysis, number theory, infinite series, and continued fractions, including solutions to mathematical problems then ...
Ramanuja was a theologian, philosopher, and scriptural exegete. He is seen by Śrīvaiṣṇavas as the third and one of the most important teacher ( ācārya ) of their tradition (after Nathamuni and Yamunacharya ), and by Hindus in general as the leading expounder of Viśiṣṭādvaita , one of the classical interpretations of the dominant ...
Ramanuja (1017–1137 CE) was a Hindu theologian, philosopher, and scriptural exegete, born in a Tamil family at Sriperumbudur. [1] Vaishnavas see him as one of the most important acharyas (teacher) of their tradition, and as the leading expounder of Vishishtadvaita, one of the classical interpretations of the Vedic philosophy.
The temple was partially renovated centuries after its construction into a shrine for the Vaishnava scholar, Ramanuja. The later artisans added the six crudely-cut, free-standing pillars in front, probably to extend the mandapa. [77] [78] The Ramanuja cave consists of a rectangular ardha-mandapa, marked with a row of pillars. [77]