Actually, in general, the term Azhwar is used to refer to even those Adiyaars who permanently reside in Sri Vaikuntam with Emperumaan. They are called Nithyasuris. Chakrathazhwar, Garudazhwar, Thiruvananthazhwan, Senapathi Azhwan and such names are quite common.

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In fact, even for some Acharyas the term Azhwan has been suffixed to Their Thirunamams as a mark of Their strikingly deep Bhakthi. Eg: Sri Koorathazhwan, Sri Milagazhwan.

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That being said, the term Azhwar is primarily used to refer to those specific Bhakthas who were gifted with purest gnanam (mayarvara mathinalam) by Sriman Narayana for the unique cause of revealing the 4000 Divya Prabandhas (also celebrated as Thamizh or Dravida Vedas).

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Thereby, those 12 noble Devotees alone are included in the Azhwar list.

In case of Swami Ramanujacharya, the purpose of His Avathara was not to reveal the 4000 Divya Prabandhas but to enhance the spread of those 4000 Divya Prabandhas and Their glories.

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Hence, Swami Ramanuja is in the Acharya goshti. However, two major points to note are:

1. Swami Ramanuja is none but Swami Nammazhwar's Divine Feet and His Avathara is an extension of Swami Nammazhwar's Avathara.

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Swami Ramanuja fulfilled all wishes of Swami Nammazhwar incl. the very purpose of Swami Nammazhwar's original Avathara objective of uplifting Jivathmas. All these facts have been documented in the grantham Sri Charamopaya Nirnayam.

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2. That Swami Ramanuja resides in the feet of all Azhwars is mentioned very clearly in the great Sri Ramanuja Nootranthathi. Hence, this reinforces the fact that Swami Ramanuja Avathara is an extension of Azhwar Avatharas but for a different, advanced purpose.

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Thereby, Swami Ramanuja, an Avathara of Thiruvananthazhwan with the Shakthi of Panchayudha Azhwars as well, is not explicitly addressed as Azhwar but as the great Acharya who fulfilled the mission of Azhwars by being Their holy feet.

Adiyen Ramanujadasi ☺️🙏

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Addendum:

#SriBhavishyathacharyar was the very first name using which Swami Ramanuja was referred to i.e. the Acharya of the Future whose birth was already indicated by Swami Nammazhwar to both Sri Madhurakavigal & Sriman Nathamunigal.
Sriman Nathamunigal was an Acharya who was born centuries before Swami Ramanuja and He learnt all 4000 Divya Prabandhas directly from Swami Nammazhwar. This was several centuries after Swami Nammazhwar attaining Sri Vaikuntam!!
Sriman Nathamunigal meditated on Swami Nammazhwar & Swami Nammazhwar appeared in front of Sriman Nathamunigal and taught the Acharya the Divya Prabandhas revealed by all 12 Azhwars!! So, Swami Nammazhwar is not only an Azhwar but also an Acharya!!
Swami Nammazhwar didn't stop there. He also revealed to Sriman Nathamunigal that a great Acharya would be born in the future to uplift all Prapannas. And, based on Sriman Nathamunigal's request, Swami Nammazhwar even gave a Vigraham of that yet-to-be-born Acharya for worship!
Thus, till the advent of Swami Ramanujacharya, all Acharyas born before Swami Ramanujacharya worshipped that Vigraham gifted by Swami Nammazhwar!! This was kept as a top secret and was revealed only to qualified Shishyas!
Summary:

* Sri Nammazhwar is the main Azhwar & all other Azhwars are akin to His Thirumeni parts.

* Sri Ramanujar is the main Acharya & all other Acharyas are akin to His Thirumeni parts.

* Sri Ramanujar is the divine feet of Sri Nammazhwar & thus, links Azhwars & Acharyas.

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#சொல்லுவோம்_அவன்_நாமங்களே


திருமாமகள் கேள்வனுக்கும் திருமாமகளுக்கும் பன்னிரு திருநாமங்கள் உள்ளன என்பது நம்மில் பலர் அறிந்திருக்கக்கூடும்.

பதின்மூன்றாவதாகவும் ஒரு திருநாமம் இருவருக்குமே (வாசுதேவ:, சர்வாபீஷ்டபலப்ரதா) உண்டு என்று பெரியோர் பணிப்பர்.

“இது போலவே ஸ்ரீ வைணவ குருமார்களின் தலைவரான எம் ஐயன் இராமாநுசருக்கும் பதின்மூன்று அழகிய சிறப்புத் திருநாமங்கள் உள்ளனவோ?” என்று வியக்கும்படி அவருக்குப் பெரியோர்கள் பட்டங்கள் அளித்துள்ளனர்!

அவற்றைத் தொகுத்து வழங்குவதே இந்த இழையின் நோக்கம்.

* ஞானத்தின் அதிதெய்வமான சரசுவதி தேவி அளித்தது *

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இராமாநுசர் காஷ்மீரம் சென்றபொழுது சரசுவதி தேவி அவர் முன் தோன்றி, "நீர் 'கப்யாசம் புண்டரீகம் ஏவம் அக்ஷிணீ' என்ற வேத வாக்கியத்தின் பொருள் உரைப்பீர்!" என்ன,

இராமாநுசரும் "இதற்குப் 'பரம்பொருள் ஆதவனால் அன்று அலர்த்தப்பட்டத் தாமரையைப் போன்றத் திருக்கண்கள் உடையவன்' என்று பொருள்" என உரைத்தார்.

நாமங்கையும் மிக உகந்து, வேதங்களின் பொருளை விளக்க இராமாநுசர் எழுதிய உரையைத் தமது சிரத்தில் தரித்து, "இதுவே ஸ்ரீபாஷ்யம்! நீரே ஸ்ரீபாஷ்யகாரர்!"
Swamin, thanks much for sharing the refreshing words of the great Swami Pillailokacharyar. Wouldn't dream of speaking against Him. 🙏

Only meant to point out how far we've gone away (IMHO) from the main goal of a Jivathma while dealing with the mischief of vested interests.

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In the loud din made by deliberate screams like "Can all become Archakars?" or "Can women become Acharyas?", I feel we've kept ourselves too busy in listening to this pointless noise & in trying to "prove" that our Dharma is "inclusive", "open-minded" & what not.

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In the process, the very purpose of our Janma (Moksham) and the very objective of our Jivathma (Nithya Kainkaryam for Bhagawan and His Adiyaars) lay forgotten.

The truth is these are always open to all Jivathmas regardless of the Varna or any other attribute one can think of.

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Swami Ramanujacharya & Swami Pillailokacharyar taught us to respect all Jivathmas based on the gnanam, kainkarya manobhavam and other such beautiful parameters.

They showed us examples from our own Ithihasas & Puranas. They didn't do any "activism" is what I mean to say.

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They taught us that the natural state of the Jivathma is daasathvam towards Emperumaan & His Adiyaars.

Any janma that enables the daasathvam manifest as kainkaryam is beautiful. Once this happens, Varna, Ashrama, etc. are just trivia.

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*** முன்னுரை ***

ஸ்ரீ இராமானுச தரிசனம் என்ற ஸ்ரீ வைணவத்தில் ஸ்ரீ அனுமனைப் பற்றி ஆசாரியர்கள் கூறுவதை அனுபவிப்பதே இப்பதிவின் நோக்கம்.

ஸ்ரீ வால்மீகி இராமாயணத்தின்படி ஸ்ரீ அனுமனின் வாழ்க்கை நிகழ்வுகளை நான்காகப் பிரிக்கலாம்:

1. ஸ்ரீ இராமனைத் தரிசிக்கும் முன்

2. ஸ்ரீ இராமனைத் தரிசித்த பின் (அன்னை சீதையைத் தரிசித்துப் பேசும் முன்)

3. அன்னை சீதையைத் தரிசித்த பின்

4. ஸ்ரீ இராமனால் பேரன்புடன் அணைக்கப் பெற்ற பின்

*** பாகம் 1: ஸ்ரீ இராமனைத் தரிசிக்கும் முன் ***

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வாயுதேவனின் முழு அருளைப் பெற்றுப் பிறந்ததால் தேகபலத்தில் ஒரு குறையும் இல்லை.

சிறு குழந்தையாக இருந்தபொழுது சூரியனைப் பழம் என்று எண்ணி வானில் தாவி ஆதவனை விழுங்க இருந்த நேரம், இந்திரன் தனது வஜ்ராயுதத்தால் தாடையில் அடிக்க, வாயுதேவனின் கோபத்தை ஆற்ற தேவர்கள் பல அறிய வரங்களை அருளினர்.

தேக பலத்துடன் வரபலமும் சேர்ந்தது!

மற்ற வானரர்கள் வாழ்வில் நடக்காத ஒரு நிகழ்ச்சி. வாயு புத்திரன் பீமனின் வாழ்வில் நடக்காத ஒரு நிகழ்ச்சி. இதிலிருந்தே ஸ்ரீ அனுமனின் ஜீவாத்மா ஒரு தனிப்பட்டச் சிறப்பை உடைய ஜீவாத்மா என்று உணரலாம்.

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just a my thought...

❶/12 Roughly speaking, primitive Buddhism was about liberation from the inner suffering of the ordained individual. In contrast, Mahayana Buddhism, especially the teachings of the Lotus Sutra, emphasises 'the salvation of all people, together'.


❷/12 In short, people of Mahayana Buddhism do Practice as Bodhisattva for all in the secular world. Strictly, these are different religions, and primitive Buddhism is not well suited to being associated with the state or secular communities.

❸/12 I believe that if anti-secular primitive Buddhism had arrived in ancient Japan it would not have spread very far. In Japan, where rice cultivation is very important, the idea of destroying the community would have been a threat of people's survival.

❹/12 By the way, it's perhaps inevitable that the purity of the teachings will diminish depending on how they are disseminated in society. In other words, I think that, roughly speaking, what develops away from the original form can even become a civilization.

❺/12 But anything that significantly reduces the quality of the original should be called a degeneration. I think that Christian civilization, although flawed, has built a civilization in tension.

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