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Date: Mon May 03 1999 - 13:22:01 PDT
Dear Mani: Thanks very much for your prompt response. I wish to ask something more specific, with respect to the statements below... If you say [a] That Vyasa is NOT part of our AchArya paramparA, and [b] That bAdarAyaNa IS identified with Vyasa, and [c] That bodhAyana is a shishya of bAdarAyaNa, then at least one of the following must be true: [1] That bodhAyana does NOT belong to SriVaishnava guru-paramparA, [2] That Vyasa IS part of this paramparA, or [3] That bAdarAyaNa is actually different from Vyasa. If [3] is true, then who really was bAdarAyaNa? > > What I do understand is that > > the guru-paramparA begins with PerumAL and the Vedic rishi vyAsar is his > > immediate disciple. > > No, the guru-paramparA begins with PerumaaL and Thaayaar, > goes through Vishvaksena who gave upadesam to Nammalvar, > who in turn gave upadesam to Nathamuni while the latter > was engaged in yoga. Vyasa does not come in our acharya > paramparA. > > > Next, I think (correction?) that the AchArya budhAyana > > belonged to the Upanishadic period. > > Bodhayana is considered by tradition to be a sishya of > Badarayana, the author of the Brahma Sutras. Badarayana > is identified with Veda Vyasa. Best wishes. aDiyEn, -SrInAth chakravarty email: xsrinath@ti.com