Vedanta Desika
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Vedanta Desika (1269 - 1370) was a Sri Vaishnava Guru. He was a poet, devotee, philosopher and master-teacher.Desikan was born in Thoopul, near Kanchipuram, (according to legend, on the order of Lord Srinivasa and Padmavathi Thayaar, the God and Goddess of the Tirumala Venkateswara Temple), as the son of Ananta Suri and Totaramma. He was named "Venkatanatha" and belonged to the Vishwamithra gothra (lineage). He was educated and trained by a scholarly maternal uncle of his, Kidambi Appullalar who was a direct disciple of Nadadoor Ammal (Grand Nephew of Ramanuja). Appullalar also initiated Venkatanatha''s Upanayanam (sacred thread ceremony) at the age of seven and made him master the Vedas, Divyaprabandam, Puranas and Sastras. By the age of twenty he was a great scholar without par in the history of Vaishnavism.
| EAN: | 9786131458828 |
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Seitenzahl: | 76 |
| Produktart: | kartoniert, broschiert |
| Herausgeber: | Surhone, Lambert M. Tennoe, Mariam T. Henssonow, Susan F. |
| Verlag: | Betascript Publishing |
| Schlagworte: | Bhakti |
| Größe: | 150 × 220 |
