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From: Sadagopan (sgopan_at_computer.net)
Date: Thu Nov 11 1999 - 17:03:55 PST
Dear Sri Mani Varadarajan : Many thanks for your input.Same type of counting approximations go for Sri Ranganatha PaadhukhA Sahasram ,which has 1008 verses instead of the exact count of 1000 . Yet it is named a sahasram by Swami Desikan . V.Sadagopan > >When Sri Sadagopan writes that > >> MM however ruled that the centum devoted to his dear AchArya >> RaamAnujA should be part of the 4000 count and followed the >> adhyayana niyamam for this prabhandham in line with the practise >> for the other Prabhandhams . > >it should be understood that the "iraamaanusa nooRRandhaadhi", >while perhaps not in the *count* of the 4000, is treated on an >equal level. All Sri Vaishnavas recite the iraamaanusa nooRRandhaadhi >immediately following the "periya thirumadal", on the last day >of the adhyayana series. In addition, during the "an-adhyayana" >period, just as the paasurams of the Alvars are not recited, >iraamaanusa nooRRandhaadhi is also not recited. > >So the difference between Desika's and Appillai's traditions are >merely enumerations, and nothing else. This is the point of Maamunigal. > >Mani > > > >