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From: Sadagopan (sgopan_at_computer.net)
Date: Mon Jun 18 2001 - 14:20:38 PDT
Dear BhakthAs:
A friend of mine and a native of a village
near Kooram has checked and advised that
the Koora NaarAyaNa Jeeyar , the author of
Sudarsana Sathakam is a contemproary of KurEsar
and Bhattar. He is considered thus to be of a different
time frame (much earlier )than Swamy Desikan's time.
He seems to be known by the name of Koora NaarAyaNa
Jeeyar of Srirangam .
The AdayAr Library manuscripts however give the date
of 1459 A.D for the Koora NaarAyaNa Jeeyar and comments
that He is a follower of Swamy Desikan and has given us
the famous work ,"Sudarsana Sathakam ". He is also
linked with commentaries on MaandUkya Upanishad ,
TaittirIya Upanishad and IsAvAsyOpanishad.
The references to his living in Post-Deskan era are :
Sudarsana Sathakam : Adayar D.X . Intro. P.XV;HCSL. P281
( author of Sudarsana Sathakam ); Adayar Library Publication,
1966 .
His authorship of IsAvAsyOpanishad:
Potter, Poona Sanskrit Series , 1921.
His authorship of TaitthirIya Upanishad:
Saasthra MukthAvaLi Series: Series of Books
edited by P.B.AnantAchArya , Kaanchi Vol 24, 1905.
His authorship of MaaNDUkya Upanishad:
Potter , AnandAsrama Sanskrit Series: Vol 62: PP 244-418,1910.
In summary , There seem to be two Koora NaarAyaNa Jeeyars,
one who lived during KurEsA's time and the other after
Swamy Desikan's time. I welcome the input form Sri K.M.Narayanan
that Sri Koora NaarAyaNa Jeeyar was a contemproary of
KurEsar. My thanks to him for sharing his insights
as a native of a village near Kooram.
I am still confused by the references and links of
Sudarsana Sathakam to the other Koora NaarAyaNa Jeeyar.
We know that Swamy Desikan was very fond of IsAvAsyOpanishad
and wrote a commentary on it . I am not sure whether
" the Srirangam KooranArAyaNa Jeeyar " wrote any commentaries
on the Upanishads including IsOpanishad.
Additional comments are welcome in a spirit of research.
Those who have access to AdayAr Libraray can check on
this matter to clear the air on authorship of
SudarsanAshtakam .If nothing is unearthed , let us
attribute the SudarsanAshtakam (about the Sudarsana
Moorthy of Kaanchi or Srirangam ) to the elder
Koora NaarAyaNa Jeeyar!
Srimath Azhagiya Singar PaadhAngri rENu,
V.Sadagopan
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