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From: Mani Varadarajan (mani_at_be.com)
Date: Thu Sep 17 1998 - 08:29:24 PDT
Mohan had written:
> I am the novice when it comes to the sanskrit vs. tamizh names of our
> pUrvachAryans. But, I have not yet heard the revered Manavalamamuni
> referred to as srImat-sundara jAmAtramuni as Sri Datta claims that he is in
> this context. But, as Sri Datta seems to be fairly accurate his
> translation of the rest of the text, I presume that he is correct when says
> that this muni is Sri Manavalamamunigal.
Dear Mohan,
He is correct. "sundara jAmAtR" is the literal translation
of "azhagIya maNavALan", the full name of maNavALa mAmuni.
Here:
sundara = azhagIya, meaning beautiful or handsome
jAmAtR = maNavALan, meaning bridegroom
azhagIya maNavALan is one of the names of Lord Ranganatha
in utsava form [*]. Another synonym for "sundara" is
"ramya". This form of maNavALa mAmuni's name should be
more familiar, since it comes in mAmuni's taniyan:
yatIndra-pravaNam vande ramya-jAmAtaram munim
Mani
[*] This is from memory. Please correct me if the name
azhagIya-maNavALan is also applied to the mUlavar.