19 Facts About Sri Vaishnavism

Sri Vaishnavism, or the Sri Vaishnava Sampradaya, is a denomination within the Vaishnavism tradition of Hinduism.

The founding of Sri Vaishnavism is traditionally attributed to Nathamuni of the 10th century CE; its central philosopher has been Ramanuja of the 11th century, who developed the Vishishtadvaita Vedanta sub-school of Hindu philosophy.

Sri Vaishnavism Vaishnavas have remodelled the Pancharatra homas to include Vedic suktas in them, thus integrating them with a Vedic perspective.

In Sanskrit, the word Sri Vaishnavism refers to goddess Lakshmi as well as a prefix that means "sacred, revered", and god Vishnu who are together revered in this tradition.

The word Sri Vaishnavism refers to a tradition that reveres god Vishnu as the supreme god.

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Sri Vaishnavism developed in Tamil Nadu in the 10th century, after Nathamuni returned from a pilgrimage to Vrindavan in north India .

Sri Vaishnavism is regarded as the preceptor of the Sri Vaishnavism Vaishnava sampradaya.

Goddess Sri Vaishnavism has been considered inseparable from god Vishnu, and essential to each other, and to the act of mutual loving devotion.

Prefix Sri Vaishnavism is used for this sect because they give special importance to the worship of the Goddess Lakshmi, the consort of Vishnu, who they believe to act as a mediator between God Vishnu and man.

Sri Vaishnavism brought Upanishadic ideas to this tradition, and wrote texts on qualified monism, called Vishishtadvaita in the Hindu tradition.

Sri Vaishnavism's ideas are one of three subschools in Vedanta, the other two are known as Adi Shankara's Advaita and Madhvacharya's Dvaita .

God, according to Ramanuja's Sri Vaishnavism philosophy, has both soul and body; all of life and the world of matter is the glory of God's body.

Sri Vaishnavism asserted, in his Sri Bhasya, that purvapaksin selectively interpret those Upanishadic passages that support their monistic interpretation, and ignore those passages that support the pluralism interpretation.

Sri Vaishnavism philosophy is primarily based on interpreting Vedanta, particularly the Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita, the Brahma Sutras and the Narayaniya section of the Mahabharata.

Sri Vaishnavism was the Acharya of Sri Vaishnavism monastery at Srirangam, and was followed by Ramanuja, even though they never met.

Sri Vaishnavism tradition has nurtured an institutional organization of mathas since its earliest days, particularly from the time of Ramanuja.

The Sri Vaishnavism tradition believes that Ramanuja started 700 mathas, but historical evidence suggests several of these were started later.

Some non-Brahmin Sri Vaishnavism Vaishnavas include Telugu Naidu, Tamil Vanniyar and Namadhari.

Sri Vaishnavism Swami Balmukundacharyaji was a distinguished scholar and renowned Acharya of this Mutt.