1. Manavala Mamunigal was a major proponent of the Sri Vaishnavism tradition in the 15th century in Tamilakam, disseminating it with the help of his eight disciples.
16 Facts About Manavala Mamunigal
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Manavala Mamunigal was born in 1370 at Alwarthirunagari in Tamil Nadu.
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Manavala Mamunigal's parents were Tigalakidanthan Tirunaveerudaiya Piran Tadar Annar and Sriranga Nachiyar.
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Manavala Mamunigal's father was the son-in-law and a disciple of Kollikavala Dasar, a junior disciple of Pillai Lokacharya.
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Manavala Mamunigal's parents named him Alagiya Manavalan after the deity Ranganathaswamy of Srirangam.
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Manavala Mamunigal married at the age of 16, and moved from Sikkil Kidaram to Alwarthirunagari to become the disciple of the acharya Tiruvaymolipillai.
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Manavala Mamunigal put the young Manavalan in charge of the temple and gave him to title of Yatheendra Pravana in recognition of his devotion to Ramanuja.
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Manavala Mamunigal asked Manavalan to stay at Srirangam and perform service to Ranganatha, as his predecessors had done.
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Manavala Mamunigal immersed himself completely into studying and delivering discourses on Divya Prabandham, and rahasyas.
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Manavala Mamunigal realized the importance of bringing the focus back to the essential tenets of Sri Vaishnavism and achieved this objective by bringing to fore scholarly works of acharyas, that had hitherto been pushed into the background.
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Manavala Mamunigal undertook sanyasashrama from Sri Sadagopa Jeeyar of Alwarthirunagari Permual Temple from Ahobila mutt, however his acharya was Thiruvaaymozhi pillai.
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Manavala Mamunigal continued to live in Srirangam, and involved himself completely in writing commentaries for works of Pillai Lokacharya.
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Manavala Mamunigal wrote elaborate commentaries for three of Pillai Lokacharya's rahasya granthas, namely Mumukshupadi, Sri Vachana Bhushanam, and Thathvathrayam.
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Manavala Mamunigal wrote commentaries on the works of swami Arulala Perumal Emperumanar - Gnana Saram and Prameya Saram.
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Manavala Mamunigal penned commentaries on some decads of Periyalvar Tirumoli, for which the original commentaries of Periyavaccan Pillai were supposed to be lost.
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The text was written completely in Manipravalam, but when trying to teach Acharya Hrudayam, Manavala Mamunigal encountered some difficulties.