History Of The Kanchi Sankaracharya Math And Acharyaparampara Sri .
History of the Kanchi Sankaracharya Math and AcharyaparamparaSri Sankara Bhagavatpada :On reaching Kanchi, after the digvijayatours, Sri Sankaracharya settled down atKanchi, established a Math for his ownresidence in that city, gave sanyasa deekshato a very young boy of Thambaravarnivalley, gave him the name Sarvajnatman,nominated him as successor Acharya of theKanchi Sankaracharya Math and put himunder the care of Sri Suresvaracharya. Along line of unbroken erudite and piousAcharyas have adorned the KamakotiPeetham. Some of the most famous in thisline of Acharyas are Sri Krpa Sankara, SriMuka Sankara, Sri Abhinava Sankara, SriParamasivendra Saraswati, Sri BhodhendraSaraswati and the world renowned 68thAcharya, Pujyasri ChandrasekharendraSaraswati Swamigal (Maha Periyaval), abenign soul who illustrated to us, throughHis universal tolerance, lofty nobility,profound erudition, towering spirituality andchild like simplicity, like what the greatBhagavatpada HimselfAdi Sankara took to sanyasa directly fromBrahmacharya asrama. The same order isbeing followed till now where the Head ofthe Matham is selected from Brahmacharisonly. The Acharyas of Kamakoti Peethamhave the title "lndra-Saraswati". The
Acharyas themselves perform daily tri-kalapooja to Sri Chandramauleesvara.Sri Suresvaracharya :Sri Sureswaracharya was the most learnedand aged of Sri Bhagavatpada's disciples.He was a native of Mahishmati. He wasknown as Mandana Mishra before He wasinitiated into the ascetic order by SriSankara Bhagavatpada. History of how SriSankara had a long debate with SriMandanat Mishra on various topics in thepoorva mimamsa and in Advaita Vedanta,and how Sri Mandana Mishra was defeatedin arguments and how he was givensanyasai and taken along with Him by thegreat Acharya, is recorded in mostbiographies of Sankara. After a long andeventful career and having been the authorof the Vaathika on Sankara'sBrhadaranyopanishad Bhashya and havingauthored the famous philosophical treatiseknown as Naishkarmya-Sidhi, SriSureswaracharya shook off his mortalremains at Kanchi, the southernMokshapuri, on Sukla Ekadasi of Jyestha inthe Cyclic Year Bhava (407 B.C). Thepresence of a street till recently under thename of Mandana Misra Agraharam, andthe presence of a stone icon of SriSureswaracharya inside the Sri KanchiKamakoti Sankaracharya Math (which is indaily worship) confirm the connection of SriSureswaracharya with Kanchi Sankar Math
and his videha mukthi at Kanchi.Sri Sarvajnatman : After havingconquered the leaders of many heretic sectsprevalent in many parts of India, Sri SankaraBhagavatpada reached Kanchi, the southernMokshapuri to spend the evening years ofHis life in that holy city. One of the famousincidents of Sri Sankara's stay at Kanchi ishis Sarvajna Peethahoranam or ascendingthe seat of Omniscience. On knowing aboutthis, scholars from various parts of theTamil regions gathered at Kanchi to witnessthe grand event. Among those, a band ofscholars from Brahmadesam and itsneighbourhood had a debate with theAcharya on Deva bedha, Moorthybedha, etc.By his clear exposition of the Advaitadoctrine, the Acharya silenced theirarguments. After the successful ascending ofthe Sarvajna Peetha, Sri Sankara wasattracted by a boy of 7 summers to be veryprecious. He sent word for the parents of theboy. They came with their son and bowedbefore Sri Sankara. Then the great Acharyaexpressed His wish to nominate the littleboy as his successor to the Kanchi Peetha.The parents greatly rejoiced and agreed tothe Acharya's proposal. Thereafter theAcharya initiated the boy Into sanyasaasrama, gave him the deeksha name ofSarvajnatman. The Bala Sanyasi was putunder the care of Sri Sureveswaracharya. SriSarvajnatman presided over the Sri Kanchi
Sankaracharya Math for a long number ofyears. He wrote a lucid summary or rather afurther commentary on Sri Sankara's SutraBashya. Sri Sarvajnatman's commentary isknown as The Samkshepa Sareeraka. It isalso said that He is the author of a poeticalthesis called Sarvajna Vilasa. TheSamkshapa Sareeraka of Sri Sarvajnatmancontains 1267 verses couched in verses ofelegance and easy style. After an eventfuland glorious career Sri Sarvajnatmanattained videha mukthi in Kanchi on the14th day of the dark fortnight (VaishakaKrishna Chaturdasi) of the cyclic year Nala(364 BC).Sri Sathyabodhendra Saraswati :He is a native of Amaravatitheera in Cheracountry, and was known as Phalinisa in hispoorvasrama. He was the son of oneThalinesa Sharma. He was a great fighter ofSamkhyas, Bauddhas and Jainas. He was theauthor of Padaka-Sata (explanatory treatiseon Sankara Bhashya). Sri SathyabodhendraSaraswati attained mukti at Kanchi onKrishna astami in the month of Vaishaka ofthe cyclic year Nandana (268 BC ).
Sri Jnanandendra Saraswati :He was known as Jnanottama beforeSanyasa. He was the son of Nagesa, aDravida Brahman. He was a great tarkikaand wrote a commentary called Chandrika,on Sri Sureswaracharya's NaishkarmyaSiddhi. He, in his Chandrika commentary,has spoken of his guru Sri Satyabodha andParama Guru Sri Sarvajnatman. ThisChandrika commentary was edited andpublished by Prof. Hiranayya of the MysoreUniversity. In the preface to thiscommentary, Sri Jnaanandendra Saraswatihas spoken of himself as the glory of theSarvajasrama at Kanchi. He attained muktiat Kanchi on Sukla Saptami in the month ofMrigaseersha of the cyclic year Manmatha(205 BC).Sri Suddhanandendra Saraswati :He was the son of Bharvu Pandita and anative of Vedaranyam. His former namewas Viswanatha. He was a DravidaBrahmin. Sri Suddhanandendra Saraswatiattained mukti at Kanchi on Sukla Shashti inthe month of Jyestha of the cyclic year Nala(124 BC).
Sri Aanandaghanendra Saraswati :He was known as Chinnayya beforeSanyasa. He was the son of SuryanarayanaMakhi. He hailed from Chera country. Agreat votary of Gauri, through divine graceof God, he obtained extraordinary literarypowers. He wrote commentaries on theSankara Bhashyas and Sureswaracharya'sVartikas. He attained mukti at Srisail onKrishnaNavami in the month of Vaisakha ofthe cyclic year Krodhana (55 BC).Sri Kaivalyanandayogendra Saraswati :Before Sanyasa, he was known asManganna and a native of Tirupati inAndhra. He was the son of TrailingaSivayya , He attained mukti at Kanchi onfirst day of Makara of the, cyclic yearSarvadhari (28 AD),
Sri Krpa Sankarendra Saraswati :An Andhra Brahmin by birth, his formername was Gangesopadyaya. He devotedhimself, heart and soul, to the eradication ofdegenerate, obscene practices that had onceagain crept into religion after theBhagavatpada's time, and restored purity. Itfell to the lot of Krpa Sankara to continueand perfect the noble work that Sri AdiSankara had inaugurated. Krpa Sankarapursued with great vigour, the work of theMaster and enhanced the greatness ofShanmatas introducing a chastened mode ofworshiping Siva, Vishnu, Ambika, Surya,Ganapati and Skanda. In short, he preparedthe ground for the growth of the devotionalpath to be attempted in the future by SaivaNayanars, These later Saiva and Vaishnavareligious reformers owe it to both AdiSankara and Krpa Sankara so that their workwas rendered easier by the preliminaryreligious reforms effected by the two greatluminaries. He is said to have attained muktiat a place near Vindhya region on KrishnaTritiya in the month of Kartika of the cyclicyear Vibhava (69 AD).
Sri Sureswara: Who succeeded Sri KrpaSankara was a Maharashtra Brahmin and hispoorvasrama name was Maheswara. He wasthe son of Iswara Pandita. He attained muktiat Kanchi on Purnima in the month ofAshada of the cyclic year Akshaya (127AD).Sri Sivananda Chidghanendra SaraswatiHe was a Karnataka Brahmin and the son ofUjjvala Bhatta. His poorvasrama name wasIswara Vatu. His predilections were towardsSivaadvaita. He attained mukti atVrddhachala on Sukla Dasami in the monthof Jyestha of the cyclic year Virodhikrit(172 AD).
Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati :He was a native of a village near RiverPalar and was the son of Vatsa Bhatta. Hisformer name was Hari. He entrusted theaffairs of the Matha in the hands of one ofhis sishyas and engaged himself in a specialtype of Yoga. After a reign of sixty-threeyears, he disappeared into a cave inSeshachala on Sukla Navami in the monthof Ashada of the cyclic year Ananda (235AD).Sri Satchidghanendra Saraswati :Known as Seshaya in his poorvasrama, hebelonged to a village on the bank of theGadilam river. He was the son of SridharPandlta. Like his predecessor, herelinquished his pontificate to his successorand wandered about the environs of Kanchias an "Avadhuta". After wandering for overthirty-two years, he disappeared into atemple in Kanchi and it is said that hismortal frame got transformed into a Linga,now identified with Kayarohaneswara atKanchi on Sukla Prathama in the month ofMargasirsha of thecyclic the cyclic yearKhara (272 AD).
Sri Vidyaghanendra Saraswati :He was Andhra by birth. His name beforeSanyasa was Nayanai A great adept inMantra Sastra, He is said to have mollifiedUgra Bhairava. He attained mukti at a placenear Agastya Hill on Amavasya in themonth of Margasirshad the cyclic yearDhatu (317 AD)Sri Gangadharendra Saraswati : Hailingfrom Andhra, he was the son of Bhadragiriof Kanchi. His former name was Subhadra.Gangadhara was renowned for his greaterudition. He attained mukti near theAgastya Hill on Sukla Prathama in themonth of Chaitra of the cyclic yearSarvadhari (329 AD).
Sri Ujjvala Sankarendra Saraswati :Before Sanyasa, he was known as AchyutaKesava. He was son of Kesava Sankara. Hewas a Maharasthra Brahmin by birth. Hewas a great fighter of heretics. He went onDigvijaya and during his tours he drove thefollowers of Jainism beyond the Sindhu. Hevisited Kashmir and attained mukti atKalapuri. Since then the place came to beknown as Ujjvala Maha Yatipura on SuklaAshtamj in the month of Valsakha of thecyclic year Akshaya (367 AD).Sri Sadasivendra Saraswati :He was the son of Deva Misra, a BrahmanaMinister of Kashmir. He showed a leaningtowards Vedanta in his early years. He wasordained in Sanyasa by Sri Ujjvala Sankara.Wherever he went, he fed a number ofBrahmanas every day. He attained mukti atTryambaka (near Nasik) on Sukla Dasami inthe month of Jyestha of the cyclic yearBhava (375 AD).
Sri Yogatilaka Surendra Saraswati :He was a native of Maharasahtra and the sonof one Madhava. He vanquished thenotorious Charwivaka Durdivi by argument.He attained mukti near Ujjain on SuklaPrathama in the month of Margasirsha of thecyclic year Taruna (385 AD).Sri Martanda VidyaghanendraSaraswati:Also known as Suryadasa, he was the son ofUmesa Sankara, His former name wasSrikanta. Early in life, he was afflicted byLeuco-derma. But he got completely curedof the disease by offering 1008 prostrationsto Bhagavan Surya every day. He wasordained in his eighteenth year and after areign of 13 years, he attained mukti at avillage on the bank of the Godavari onKrishna Navami in the month ofBhadrapada of the cyclic year Hevilambi(398 AD).
Sri Muka Sankarendra Saraswati :He was the son of Vidyavati, an astrologerand astronomer. He was a congenital deafmute. But through the grace of GoddessKamakshi he gained the power of speech.On knowing this attainment of speech byMooka because of the grace of Devi, thethen Acharya of Sri Kanchi KamakotiPeetam, Sri Vidyaghana, sent for the boy'sparents and told them of his intention ofgiving sanyasa to the boy and, with theirconsent, gave sanyasa to the boy andordained him as his successor in theKamakoti Math. Vikramaditya Sakari ofUjjain, Matrugupta, some time king ofKashmir, and Pravarasena, who succeededMatrugupta on the throne, all considered it arare privilege to serve at the feet of this greatAcharya. Muka Sankara is the author ofMuka Panchasati, a lyrical outburst ofpoetry on Kamakshi, The mellifluence ofthe work is said to be rivaled only by LilaSuka's Krishna Karnamrta. He attainedmukti at a village near Godavari on fullmoon day in the month nchi on New Moonday in the month of Margasirsha of thecyclic year Saumya (710 AD).
Sri Chitsukhendra Saraswati :He was the son of Vimalaksha, a native ofVedachala. His pre-sanyas name was SusilaKamalaksha. He attained mukti in the Sahyamountain area on Sukla Shashti in themonth Ashada of the cyclic year Dhatu (737AD).Sri Chitsukhanandendra Saraswati :He was the son of Somagiri, a native of avillage adjoining Palar. He was a Dravida bynationality and his former name was Suresa.He attained mukti at Kanchi on Purnima inthe month of Asvina of the cyclic yearHevilambi (758 AD).
Sri Vidyaghanendra Saraswati III:He was the son of Balachandra. His formername was Suryanarayana. He attained muktiat Chidambaram, where he had gone on apilgrimage on Krishna Dwitiya in the monthof Pushya of the cyclic year Prabhava (795AD).Sri Abhinava Sankarendra Saraswati :He was one of the greatest among thesuccessors of Adi Sankara, so great indeedthat he and his deeds are often confoundedwith those of the Great Bhagavatpada andhis deeds. His life story has been describedin detail in a work entitled the "SankaraVilasa" by Vakpati Bhatta. His father wasone Visvajit of Chindambaram. He wasinvested with Yajnopavita at the age of fiveand taught Vedas. He showed anextraordinary promise in dialectics and soonhe became a formidable disputant onintricate questions in philosophy. Hedefeated Vakpati Bhatta, a great scholar ofthat time, in argument. He ascended theSavajna Pitha in Kashmir. It is said that heentered the Dattatreya cave in the AtreyaMountains in the Himalayas on Amavasya
in the month of Ashada of the cyclic yearSlddharti (840 AD) and that it was the endof his mortal career.Sri Satchidvilaasendra Saraswati :He was the son of Kamaleswara ofKanyakubja and was known by the nameSripati before Sanyasa. For a long time, Helived in Padmapura. He attained mukti atKanchi on Purnima in the month ofVaishaka of the cyclic year Nandana (873AD).Sri Mahadevendra Saraswati II:He was the son of one Kannayya, a native ofKarnataka. His poorvasrama name wasSivaramabhatta. He was of a very handsomeappearance and hence styled Sobhana andUjjvala. He attained mukti at Kanchi onSukla Shashti in the month of Vaisakha ofthe cyclic year Bhava (915 AD).
Sri Gangadharendra Saraswati II:He was the successor of Sri Mahadevendraand he was the son of Umesabhatta, a nativeof a village on the bank of the Bhima river.His former name was Appanna, and he wasa Karnataka by nationality. He is said tohave restored vision to the poet Rajasekhara,who had become blind, He attained mukti atKanchi on Sukla Prathama in the month ofSravana of the cyclic year Saumya (950AD).Sri Brahmanandaghanendra Saraswati :He was the son of one Subramanya. He wasknown by the name Narasambhatta prior tosanyasa. He attained mukti at Kanchi onSukla Prathama in the month of Sravana ofthe cyclic year Eswara (978 AD).
Sri Anandaghanendra Saraswati :He was the son of Sudeva Bhatta, a native ofa village in the Tungabhadra valley. Hisname before initiation into the ascetic orderwas Sankara Pandita. He attained externalbliss at Kanchi on Sukla Navami in themonth of Chaitra of the cyclic year Pramadi(1014 AD).Sri Purnabhodhendra Saraswati II :His father was Siva, native of Karnatakaregion. His name in the former ashrama wasHari. He attained videha mukti at Kanchi onKrishna Trayodasi in the month ofProshtapada of the cyclic year Pramadi(1040 BC).
Sri Paramasivendra Saraswati I:He was the son of Sivasamba Panditar. Hisname before he became an ascetic wasSrikanta. He attained mukti at Kanchi onSukla Saptami in the month of Asvina of thecyclic year Sarvari (1061 AD).Sri Sandranandabhodhendra Saraswati :He was the son of Surya. His former namewas Somadeva and he spent a great part ofhis early life in attending on his Guru andpredecessor Paramasiva I. He was the authorof Katha-Sarit Sagara. He was presentedwith a palanquin wrought with pearls byKing Bhoja of Dhara. He attained mukti atArunachala Kshetra on Arriavasya in themonth of Ashada of the cyclic year Esvara(1098 AD).
Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati IV:otherwise known as Chandrachuda. He wasthe son of Suka Deva, a native of Kundiniriverside. He was a Dravida by nationalityand his pre-sanyasa name was Srikantha. Hewent on tours of digvijaya and defeated inargument Hemacharya, a great Jain teacherin the court of Vidyalola Kumarapala, andauthor of Kumarapala Charita. This Acharyawas also held in considerable veneration byMankha, the author of Srikantha Charita,byKrishna Misra, the author of PrabhodaChadrodaya and Guruvijaya and Jayadeva,author of Prasanna Raghavan, Chandralokaand Bhakti Kalpa Latika, and Suhala, andalso by a physician of Kashmir and authorof a medical lexicon, known asVaidyabhidhana Chintamani, Jayadeva hascelebrated the victory of Chandrasekharaover Hemacharya in his Bhakti Kalpalatika.Jayasimha, king of Kashmir, consideredhimself blessed in the service of this greatAcharya. He attained mukti at ArunachalaKshetra on Amavasya in the month ofChaitra of the cyclic year Parthiva (1166AD).
Sri Advaitanandabodhendra Saraswati :Also called Chidvilasa. He was the son ofPremesa, who was a native of a village onthe bank of the Pinakini. His poorvasramaname was Sitapati. He defeated in argumentSriharsha, author of Khandana KhandaKhadya and Naishada, as also AbhinavaGupta, a tantrik writer. He was the author ofBrahmavidyabharana, Santi Vivarana andGurupradipa. He attained mukti atChidambaram on Sukla Dasami in themonth of Jyeshta of the cyclic year Sidharthi(1200 AD).Sri Mahadevendra Saraswati III : He wasthe son of Achyuta of Chhayavanam in theTanjore District. His former name wasGurumurthi. He was a devout worshipper ofParasakti but not a tantrika. He attainedmukti on the banks of the Gadilam River onKrishna Ashtami in the month of Sravana ofthe cyclic year Parabhava (1247 AD).
Sri Chandrachudendra Saraswati I: Hewas the son of Arunagiri and was known asGangesa before sanyasa. Like his GuruMahadeva, he was also an ardent devotee ofParasakti and offered one crore of oblationsin a homa performed to propitiateParadevata. He attained mukti on the banksof the Gadilam river on Sukla Shashti in themonth of Jyesta of the cyclic year Durmukhi(1297 AD).Sri Vidyateerthendra Saraswati : He wasthe son of one Sarangapani, a native ofBilvaranya. His pre-sanyasa name wasSarvajna Vishnu. Sayana, commentator ofthe Vedas, Madhava (laterVidyaranyaswami), Vedanta Desika, theVaisnava scholar, and Bharati Krisna Tirtha,were all pupils of Vidya Tirtha. Afterreigning at the Kanchi Math for 73 years, hewent to the Himalayas to perform tapas.After spending 15 years in tapas, he attainedvideha mukti there on Sukla Prathama in themonth of Magha of the cyclic yearRaktakshi (1385 AD).
Sri Sankaranandendra Saraswati : Hewas the son of Balachandra, a native ofMadhyarjuna or Tiruvidaimarudur. Hisformer name was Mahesa. Beforesucceeding to the pontifical throne, he hadaccompanied Vidya Tirtha to the Himalayas.It was Sankarananda who was largelyinstrumental in the founding of eight newAdvaita Mathas in Karnataka. He was theauthor of Dipikas on Isa, Kena, Prasna andBrhadaranyaka Upanishads. He was theauthor of Atma Purana and a commentaryon the Bhagavat Gita. He vigorouslycombated the aggressive propaganda carriedon by Vaisnava and Madwa sectarians. Heattained mukti at Kanchi on Sukla Prathamain the month of Vaisakha of the cyclic yearDurmukhi (1417 AD).Sri Purnananda Sadasivendra Saraswati:He was a native of Nagaranya. He was theson of one Naganatha. He went on a tour toNepal and was accorded royal honours bythe King of Nepal. He attained mukti atKanchi on Sukla Dasami in the month ofJyesta of the cyclic year Pingala (1498A.D).
Sri Vyasachala Mahadevendra SaraswatiHe was the son of Kamesvara andKamalamba who belonged to Kanchi. Hispre-sanyasa name was Kuppanna. He is theauthor of a Sankara Vijaya. He attainedmukti at Vyasachala on the first day of thecark fortnight of Ashada in the cyclic yearAkshaya (1507 AD).Sri Chandrachudhendra Saraswati II :He was a native of Asmachala, nearManimuktar river in South Arcot District.He was the son of Purari and Srimati. Hisformer name was Arunagiri. He was aDravida Brahmana. He attained mukti atKanchi on Sukla Ekadasi in the month ofMeena of the cyclic year Swabhanu (1524AD).
Sri Sarvajna Sadasiva BhodhendraSaraswati :He was the son of Chiruta Chikkanna, anative of a village on the banks of the northPennar. He was the Guru of Pravira SetupatiRaja of Ramnad. It is said that he was theauthor of Svatma Nirupana. He attainedmukti at Rameswaram on Sukla Ashtami inthe month of Chaitra of the cyclic yearVilambi (1539 AD).Sri Paramasivendra Saraswati II : He wasthe son of Parameswara, native of a villageon the bank of the river Pampa. He wasknown as Sivaramakrishna before Sanyasa.He was the Guru of the great SadasivaBrahmendra, the author of the Gururatnamalika and the great Brahma Jnani. Thegreatness of Paramasivendra may be gaugedfrom the fact that Sadasiva Brahmendraused to carry the sandals of the Acharyaalways on his head. And the greatness ofSadasiva Brahmendra may also beunderstood by an incident, which isrecounted in popular tradition, Sadasivasteeped in the bliss of Brahman, waswandering about as an Avadhuta, to allappearances like a mad man. Some onereported to Paramasivendra that Sadasivahad gone mad. The Acharya is reported to
have answered "I wish I had but a touch ofthat madness". So great indeed wasParamasivendra that Sadasiva Brahmendrahas immortalised immortalised him in hisAtma Vjdya Vilasa. This Acharya wrote acommentary on Siva Gita. He attained muktiat Svetaranya (Tiruvenkadu) in TanjoreDistrict on Sukla Dasami in the month ofSravana of the cyclic year Parthiva (1586AD).Sri Atma Bodhendra Saraswati :He was a native of Vruddhachala, and sonof Viswamakhi. His pre-sanyasa name wasVisvesvara. He toured extensively andstayed at Benares for a long time. He wrotea Bhasya on the Sri Rudram. It was AtmaBodha that directed Sadasiva Brahmendra towrite the Gururatna Malika. He attainedmukti on the banks of the river SouthPinakini, known in Tamil as Then Pennai onKrishna Ashtami in the month of Tula of thecyclic year Eswara (1638 AD).
Sri Bhagavannama Bodhendra Saraswati:He was born in Mandana Misra Agraharamat Kanchi as the son of Kesava Panduranga.Bhoddendra's former name wasPurushottama. It was he who stressed theefficacy of devotion as a means to liberationin Kali. He therefore undertook the greattask of Nama Siddhanta, or establishing thesupreme efficacy of reciting the names ofBhagavan in many of his writings, chiefly inNamamrta Rasayana and NamamrtaRasodaya. His mission of Nama Siddhantawas pursued with equal vigor by SridharaVenkatesa, or Ayyaval of Tiruvisainallurand by Sadguru Swami of Marudanallur. Itwas the Nama Siddhanta of Bodhendra thatwas ultimately responsible for the evolutionof Bhajana Sampradaya as an institution inthe religious life of the Hindu community inSouth India.Bodhendra performed Tatanka Pratistha atJambukeswaram and while returning toKanchi he attained videha mukti atGovindapuram on Full Moon day in themonth of Proshtapada of the cyclic yearPrajotpatti (1692 AD). It is said the spiritualpresence of Bodhendra still abides at hisAdhisthana at Govindapuram. It is said thatin the calm silence of the night a melodiousvoice uttering Rama Nama is heard risingfrom subdued tones to a crescendo, and thenfading into silence again.
Sri Advaitatma Prakasendra Saraswati :He was also known as Govinda. He was theson Parasurama, a native of a villageadjoining the river Vasistha. His formername was Sruti-Pandita. For some time, helived in Govindapuram where hispredecessor had attained mukti. He was heldin very great veneration by Sahaji, , theKing of Tanjore. He attained mukti at thevillage Ambi, near Kanchi on KrishnaDwitiya in the month of Chaitra of thecyclic year Svabhanu (1704 AD). Hisbrindavan at Ambi is in daily worship.Sri Mahadevendra Saraswati IV:He was previously known as Narayana. Hewas a great yogi. It was during hispontificate that Atma Bodha wrote hiscommentary Susama on the GururatnaMalika. He attained mukti at Tiruvottiyur,now a part of Chehnai on Sukla Navami inthe month of Jyesta of the cyclic yearKrothana (1746 ,AD).
Sri ChandrasekharendraSaraswati V:Kanchi was involved in the Karnatic warsand peaceful existence there had becomeimpossible. Hence the Acharyas ofKamakoti Peetha decided on migratingsouth though Kanchi still figured as thenominal headquarters. The golden image ofKamakshi (Bangaru Kamakshi) had alreadybeen carried away by the sthanikas of thetemple first to Udayarpalayam, and later toTanjore where it has been permanentlyinstalled. The Acharya Chandrasekharahimself acceded to the request of PratapaSimha, Rajah of Tanjore (1740-63) and tookup his permanent headquarters at Tanjore.But Kumbakonam, on the banks of thesacred river Kaveri, was found moresuitable and shortly thereafter the Acharyashifted to Kumbakonam. Chandrasekharaattained mukti at Kumbakonam on SuklaPrathama in the month of Pushya of thecyclic year Subhakrt (1783 AD)
Sri Mahadevendra Saraswati V:He was a great yogi. His former name wasAnna Srauti. He was a native ofKumbakonam. He attained mukti atKumbakoriam on Sukla Dwadasi in themonth of Ashada of the cyclic yearSrimukha {1813 AD).Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati VI:He was known as VenkatasubramanyaDikshita prior to his sanyasa and belongedto the talented family of the great GovindaDikshita, the Brahmana minister of Tanjore,who is still lovingly remembered as"Ayyan". He was a great adept in MantraSastra. The Acharya caused repairs to thetemple of Sri Kamakshi at Kanchi andperformed kumbhabhishekham on 22ndJanuary 1840 AD. He got the tatankas (earoranaments) of Devi Akilandesvari in theTiruvanaikoil and re-consecrated the
Acharyas have adorned the Kamakoti Peetham. Some of the most famous in this line of Acharyas are Sri Krpa Sankara, Sri Muka Sankara, Sri Abhinava Sankara, Sri Paramasivendra Saraswati, Sri Bhodhendra Saraswati and the world renowned 68th Acharya, Pujyasri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati Swamigal (Maha Periyaval), a
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Silat is a combative art of self-defense and survival rooted from Matay archipelago. It was traced at thé early of Langkasuka Kingdom (2nd century CE) till thé reign of Melaka (Malaysia) Sultanate era (13th century). Silat has now evolved to become part of social culture and tradition with thé appearance of a fine physical and spiritual .
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Dr. Sunita Bharatwal** Dr. Pawan Garga*** Abstract Customer satisfaction is derived from thè functionalities and values, a product or Service can provide. The current study aims to segregate thè dimensions of ordine Service quality and gather insights on its impact on web shopping. The trends of purchases have
Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham Placed at the Lotus Feet of Sri Sankara Vijayendra Saraswathi Swamiji 70th Sankaracharya of Moolamnaya Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham Compiled by Jagadguru Seva Ratnam, Upanyasa Tilakam P. R. Kannan, M.Tech. 2 Acknowlegment:
Moolamnaya Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam Sri Kanchi Mahaswamigal and Sri Vidyaranya Swamigal by Pujya Sri Atmabodha Tirtha Swamigal (Sri Kumbakonam Swamigal) . Bhagavadgita and Brahmasutram) of Sri Adi Sankara Bhagavadpada from 10.03.1999 to 13.03.2004 (Anusham, Sri Mahaswamigal Nakshatram day) as directed by Sri Kanchi Acharyas. The present Sri .
Chính Văn.- Còn đức Thế tôn thì tuệ giác cực kỳ trong sạch 8: hiện hành bất nhị 9, đạt đến vô tướng 10, đứng vào chỗ đứng của các đức Thế tôn 11, thể hiện tính bình đẳng của các Ngài, đến chỗ không còn chướng ngại 12, giáo pháp không thể khuynh đảo, tâm thức không bị cản trở, cái được
