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Date: Thu May 23 1996 - 14:34:16 PDT
Mr. Sampath Rangarajan has written while referring to my statement- " KUYILGAL : refers to Acharyas like Nathamuni " as follows - " I have a question on the above. The chronology of Nathamuni may conflict with Aandaal's. So, this may mean the Acharyas prior to Andal" Reply : I did not mean to say that Nathamuni preceded Andal or vice versa. The word Kuyilgal can be taken to mean Acahryas. I have said ' like Nathamuni' as an example for the information of our peers. May be I should have omitted the words ' like Nathamuni" A reading of the Arulicheyals of Alwars will show that references to various Avatars or other events are always jumbled and not in strict chronological sequence. Similarly, in the Bashyams ( Coomentaries), Vrittis ( Brief aphorisms), Tippani ( a less formal kind of notes), Vaartika ( critical analyses and elaboration of Bashyas), and Tikkas ( Explanations in simpler language) written by The Great Acharyas and Poorva Acharyas, the chronological sequence has not been kept up very strictly. Wherever they found parallels, they drew them to better illustrate the point at issue. Thanks for the point made. Dasoham Anbil Ramaswamy