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	Vatakalai (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Vedanta Desika was a great Vatakalai teacher who said that prapatti, surrender, gave Lord Vishnu a pretext or occasion (vyaja) to save the soul.
		Vedanta Desika (1268-1369), the most important Vatakalai scholar, lived to be one year short of a hundred.
		He was a contemporary of the Tenkalai scholar Pillai Lokacarya, who was born in 1264 and died in the same year as Vedanta Desika.
	philtar.ucsm.ac.uk /encyclopedia/hindu/devot/vatak.html (490 words)

	Vedanta Desika - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tradition regards Vedanta Desika as the incarnation of the ghanta (=Bell) of the Lord of Tirupati.
		All this was composed by Desika (as he puts it, by the Grace of the paduka of the Divine) in just one quarter of the night, actually the third quarter.
		Sri Desika wrote a sloka on Perundevi Thayar of Kanchi Varadaraja Temple at the request of Bramhachari.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vedanta_Desika (1853 words)

	Sri Vedanta Desikar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Sri Vedanta Desika was born in 1268 at Thooppul, a village near Kanchipuram, to Totaramba and Ananta Suri.
		Desika, the boys, and others hid themselves among the dead bodies to escape slaughter.With the invasion of the temple came the need for Desika himself to leave Srirangam, so he took his family and the sons of Sudarsana Suri and headed northwest, settling down first in Satyamangalam, in present day Karnataka.
		Desika was perhaps 60 or so during the composition of this stotram, as he mentions that his hair has greyed by this time.
	www.srivaishnava.org /sva/desika.htm (1841 words)

	Glossary of Sanskrit Terms: V-Y
		Vedanta Desika A thirteenth-century philosopher and writer; one of Ramanuja's greatest successors.
		Vedanta Desika, or Desika, was a voluminous writer, both in Sanskrit and Tamil.
		Desika stressed, in contrast to Pillai Lokacharya, that both grace and self-effort are necessary in spiritual life.
	www.vedanta.org /wiv/glossary/glossary_vy.html (449 words)

	desika_life_history_for children
		Although desika was mere a boy of 5 years he reminded Sri Nadadhur Ammal the vaishanva scholar who was giving lecture and every one assembled there were astonished at the brilliance of Desika at this tender age.
		Swami desika argued with them at length proving that the divya prabandham is nothing but the essence of Vedas and Upanishads and the Azhvars are great devotees of Sriman Narayana and they are fit to be worshipped in side the temple.
		Swami desika was suprised at this and told her that they are vermins and separated them by a dharpa grass, as he did not even want to touch the gold coins.
	www.srivaishnavam.com /desika_life_history.htm (3088 words)

	Sapthagiri
		Vedanta Desika in the Daya Satakam, Sloka 15, boldly asserts that but for the presence of Daya as a noteworthy and noble attribute of the Lord all His numerous other qualities would really not be auspicious.
		Vedanta Desika also points out that the Lord Himself is the subject of praise by the Srutis only because He Possesses Daya in such a predominant measure.
		I shall conclude by referring to Vedanta Desika's conception of the Divya-mangala-vigraha of Lord Venkateswara (and thereby of the archa forms of the Lord in general) as the quintessence of Daya.
	www.tirumala.org /sapthagiri/062003/balaji.htm (2420 words)

	Desika stotras_meaning
		Sri Vedanta Desika who was very much attached to Srirangam and Lord Ranganatha, was advised to leave the city and go northward and save himself to work for the expulsion of the invading army and for the re-installation of the Lord in the temple by his psychic powers and devotion and prayer.
		Sri Vedanta Desika makes a moving appeal to the Lord to come to rescue since he is in the grip of sense-organs which are like crocodiles even as the lord rushed in great haste to save Gajendra from the mouth of a crocodile.
		The Stotra, according to Desika, is a packet of good food in their journey to the world of the Lord to those who had sought refuge at the Lord’s feet and is an infallible recipe for the illness of those who wish to seek the Lord’s feet to attain Him.
	www.srivaishnavam.com /stotras/meaning/stotras_meaning1.htm (2659 words)

	Sri Ramanuja Matham
		Sri Vedanta Desikan was born in Thupul, a village near Kanchipuram, to Totaramba and Ananta Suri.
		Vedanta Desikan's maternal uncle was the renowned scholar Kidambi Appullaar (aka Atreya Ramanuja).
		For these reasons, Vedanta Desikan is highly admired and revered by all devotees and is rightfully recognized as the greatest vaisnava teacher to have ever lived.
	www.qmtech.com /srimatham/history/vedantadesikan.html (1245 words)

	charama slOka
		Vedanta Desika in his 'Rahasyatrayasara' defines by quoting Harivamsa Sloka that 'Mam' means that the Lord is the saviour.
		According to Vedanta Desika, the word 'Ekam' represents the fact that Lord is the Ultimate goal of the Jiva and He is at the same time the Upaya for attaining that goal.
		Vedanta Desika opines that the word 'Mokshayishyami' conveys the meaning "I will grant the liberation or Moksha from this mundane world at the time when you want it".
	sriranganatha.tripod.com /id136.html (2973 words)

	Biography of Swami Desika
		Desika was carrying out his daily chores with Anushtaanam appropriate to his stage of life as a householder, what with Oupaasana, Panchakaala Prakriya,etc., He lived by "Uncha Vritti" (begging for grains) true to the norms prescribed for a Srivaishnava Grihasta.
		Desika just scratched with his fingernail a pillar nearby and all the water flowed out there from and Desika's belly regained the normal position.
		Desika built a well almost in no time which stands to this day as a testimony of his dexterity as professional mason.
	swamydesika.tripod.com /life.html (4223 words)

	HERE-NOW4U :K. R. Sundararajan: THE HINDU MODELS OF INTER-RELIGIOUS DIALOGUE
		Vedanta Desika lived in the South Indian city of Srirangam which is one of the importantVaishnava centres in South India.
		Vedanta Desika was forced to flee Srirangam when it was invaded by a Muslim army and according to theVaishnava sources the most famous temple to Vishnu in this city was ransacked.
		In this process of rebuilding, Ramanuja is said to have gone to Delhi to retrieve the icon of Vishnu used in the temple from the Muslim ruler (sultan) whose daughter had developed intense emotional and 'spiritual' attachment to the icon of Vishnu, which Ramanuja was seeking to reinstall in the temple.
	www.here-now4u.de /eng/the_hindu_models_of_inter-reli.htm (4788 words)

	VISISTADVAITA VEDANTA HOMEPAGE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The other party, lead by Sri Vedanta Desika and Sri Sudarsanacarya and several other un-armed, defenseless Hindus walked towards north to form a human wall in front of the approaching Muslim army, only to be massacred at a place called Samayapuram.
		In the ensuing general massacre of Hindus that followed, Sri Vedanta Desika hid himself, the manuscript of Srutaprakasika, and the two sons of Sri Sudarsana Suri among the corpses.
		When Sri Vedanta Desika fled to Mysore after the sack of the Srirangam temple by the iconoclast Muslim armies, he settled down at a place called Satyamangalam or Satyakalam, where he taught this text to many disciples and kept it from extinction.
	www.hinduweb.org /home/dharma_and_philosophy/vvh/vvhteach.htm (7062 words)

	Re: The Theism of the Upanishads (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Advaita tatva sudha - a reply to satadushani of vedanta desika - by N. Anantha krishna Saastriar.
		IF one can answer the objections put forth by vedanta desika to advaita, then it is worth evaluating.
		Appayya dikshita, a noted advaitin was so deeply influenced by vedanta desika that he wrote a gloss to one of the vedanta desika's works - yaadavaaabhyudayam - a drama in sanskrit which deals with the leela of Lord Krishna,......
	www.hindunet.org /alt_hindu/1994/msg00381.html (400 words)

	Brahmotsavam at Mylapore temple from June 3
		The shrine of the great teacher Vedanta Desika is the one that faces north and it is the first shrine one sees in the temple.
		Sri Vedanta Desika lived over 730 years ago in South India.He wrote erudite commentaries on Ramanuja's Sribhashyam, Gita Bhashyam and was a great exponent of Visishtadvaita.
		As this was the temple of the bhaagavatha, Vedanta Desika, the thief was apprehended, says Devanathachariar.
	www.chennaionline.com /toursntravel/temple/brahmotsavam.asp (600 words)

	The Hindu : Vedanta dialectics
		It is in reply to these and similar objections that Vedanta Desika composed this work.
		Desika corroborates this view by saying that the last aphorism of Kasakritsna speaks of Hari or Vishnu as Brahman and Brahmasutra opens with the aphorism ``Athato Brahmajijnasa''.
		Desika also refers to the views of other little known teachers of Visishtadvaita like Pundarikaksha (his own grandfather), Varadaraja (author of Sanmargadipika), Varada Narayana Bhattaraka (author of Nyayasudarsana), and or his own maternal uncle, Atreya Ramanuja, who refuted the Sphota theory of Bhartuhari in his Nyaya Kulisa.
	www.hindu.com /thehindu/br/2002/02/12/stories/2002021200100600.htm (720 words)

	Tazarat.com :: Asian Bronze Item Description
		Coupled with the size of this piece and the rich lustre of its patina makes this the nicest Vedanta Desika we have come across in some time.
		Vedanta Desika is typically shown with a serene, pleasant expression.
		He is recognizable by the coil in his topknot (visible from the rear).
	www.tazarat.com /description.asp?id=1332 (104 words)

	Stotras of Vedanta Desika (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Tiruppaan Alvar was vouchsafed a vision of that great God, and he has sung about what he then saw, in ten verses.
		Vedanta Desika enjoys the same Tirumeni (Sacred Body) of the same Sleeping Beauty in the same manner, i.e., from the Feet to the Head; but the enjoyment here is mental dhyaanam or contemplation.
		The reference to the Lord at the beginning and at the end (1 and 24) as Madhuvijayi, a term by which Desika indicates Lord Srinivasa in the Hamsa Sandesa, and the name sarasija-nilayaa for Lakshmi are pointers to Padmavati Thayar of Tiruchanur (Tirupati) being praised in, and by this stotra.
	www.ramanuja.org /sv/acharyas/desika/stotras/stotras12.html (552 words)

	The Hindu : Vedanta Desika's humility
		These profound thoughts are those of Vedanta Desika, who wanted to live in a society where there would be no fear of aggression by enemies, where all members are of the same bent of mind, i.e., motiveless devotion to God and are free from mutual hatred, ill-will and jealousy.
		Narasimhachari referred to the manner in which Vedanta Desika practised what he preached and displayed his incredible humility.
		Desika, unmindful of the affront, said while some adopt difficult paths to secure hibernation, one had now given the privilege to hold on to the (feet) sandals of devotees of the Lord, as the means of getting release from worldly ordeals.
	www.hindu.com /2003/10/04/stories/2003100400070900.htm (386 words)

	Vishishtadvaita - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The message that Ramanuja left for posterity and the world went home not only in his homeland, but in the entire country up to distant Kashmir.
		Vedanta Desika, one of the foremost learned scholars of medieval India, wrote more than a hundred works in Sanskrit and Tamil.
		All are characterised by their versatility, deep spiritual in sight, ethical fervour and excellent expressions of devotional emotion in delightful style.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vishishtadvaita (893 words)

	Ahobila Matam Home Page - 42nd Jeeyar
		After Sri Ramanuja, Sri Vedanta Desika held aloft the flag of Vaishnavism.
		The First Jeeyar was a disciple of Sri Nainaracharya - the son and disciple of Sri Desika the apostolic leadership from 1371-1410 A.D held by him has been most faithfully carried forward by the later Jeeyars.
		With the specific consent of the Jeeyar, Sri Rajagopala Ayyangar swami learnt Vedanta Sastras at the feet of the renowned Thilliambur swami.
	www.ahobilamutt.org /bio/44jeer.html (2129 words)

	Gitartha sangraha
		Sri Vedanta Desika followed the footsteps of Sri Râmânuja and blessed us with his detailed commentary on Gîta Bhâshyam named "Tâthparya Chandrika ".
		Vedanta Desika with his superb genius captured the essence of the 32 Sanskrit verses (Shloka) of Sri Âlavandâr in 21 Tamil verses (Pâsurams) including the benefits of reciting these verses (Phala shruthi).
		Vedanta Desika's First Pâsuram of Gîtârtha Sangraham is a wonderful echo of the above summary of Sri Âlavandâr.
	yogakshemam.net /English/IndianPhilosophy/GitarthaSangraha.html (4892 words)

	Welcome to Seva Online : Seva Swamy's Contribution to Literature
		His thoughts got materialised through the journal "Seva" which was devoted to sphereheading the greatness of Srivaishnava philosophy in particular Vedanta Desika Sampradaya.
		He has written commentaries on the works of Sri Vedanta Desika the notable being "Yadavabhyudhayam" the volumnious project.
		This could be compared to the task of Vedanta Desika composing Paduka Sahasram in one Yama.
	www.sevaonline.org /html/literature.html (448 words)

	Bhakti: bhakti, bhakti yoga, bhakti sangeet.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Bhakti itself came to be defined by their actions and pronouncements.
		One has only to read the biographies of Thyagaraja, Appar, Mirabai, Ramadas, Namdev, Kabir, Vedanta Desika, Chaitanya, Ramana or Ramakrishna and scores of several others.
		Every one of their lives would show how devotion is always followed by the descent of the Grace of God on the devotee.
	wikipedia.openfun.org /wiki/Bhakti (1865 words)

	VEDIC CULTURAL LINKS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The Vedanta as interpretted by Sri Ramakrishna and Swami Vivekananda.
		Thoopul Divya Desam The Janmabhoomi of Sri Vedanta Desikar
		Swami Desika Sabha: of Sri ParavakkOttai Ashramam, SriRangam.
	www.vedicempire.com /vediclinx.htm (1520 words)

	Sri Parakala Matham (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Initially, he studied all shastras including Vedanta at the feet of his acharya Sri Vedanta Desika and took to the holy ascetic order with the title, Perarulaala jeer at a very early age.
		Bhagavan Ramanuja, Kidambi Achchaan, Kidambi Ramanujapillan, Kidambi Rangarajar, Kidambi Appullar, Swamy Vedanta Desikan and Sri Brahmatantra Swatantrar.
		Bhagavan Ramanuja, Thirukkurugaippiraan Pillan, Engalaazhwan, Nadadur Ammal, Kidambi Appullar, Swamy Vedanta Desikan and Sri Brahmatantra Swatantrar.
	www.parakalamatham.org /jeers/jeer1.shtml (2306 words)

	: kamakoti.org
		The Keraliya Sankara Vijaya states that Sankara Desika staying in the Sharada Matha (The Sankaracharya Matha at Kanchi is known as Sharada Matha) and directing Suresvara to teach the Bhashyas to disciples.
		Sayana, commentator of the Vedas, Madhava (later Vidyaranyaswami), Vedanta Desika, the Vaisnava scholar, and Bharati Krisna Tirtha, were all pupils of Vidya Tirtha.
		His exposition of Vedanta, sastras and the dharmic duties attracted scholars and laymen alike, from far and wide, for it has always been rich in values and simple in understanding.
	www.kamakoti.org /peeth/origin.html (10247 words)

	sadagopan.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		In this Hamsa Sandesam, Sri Desika refers to the status of Sringara in sloka II-10 to that of a Nidhi or treasure (SrungArAkyam nidhimatigataa SreyasI Devadeva).
		It is strange and it is almost a tragedy, that it is for this reason Desika's works are not as widely known as they deserve to be.
		Desika"s great attachment to the Archa forms of the Lords that preside over the several shrines is revealed to us by the excellent stotras in praise of Lord Ranganatha of Srirangam, Lord Srinivasa of Thiruvenkatam, Lord Varadaraja of Kanchipuram, Lord Sundararaja of Thirumalirumccholai and Lord Semthaamarai Kannan of ThiruveLLarai.
	www.sadagopan.org /acharyans/sd25.htm (1734 words)

	HERE-NOW4U :Sundararajan, Prof. K.R. :Self-Consciousness In Ramanuja's Vedanta
		Self-consciousness is an important concept in the system of Vedanta, since it is in the understanding of the nature of self, that the theistic and non-theistic systems of Vedanta differ from one another.
		I will be focusing on one of the forms of theistic Vedanta, Visistadvaita and its formulations on the nature of the self and of self-consciousness based on the writings of Ramanuja and post- Ramanuja Vaisnava theologians, particularly Vedanta Desika.
		This freedom granted to the jiva is to be seen Ramanuja's Vedanta in the concept of antaryami, God's presence as the "inner most" being in the jiva.
	www.here-now4u.de /eng/self-consciousness_in_ramanuja.htm (2337 words)

	Ramanuja (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Sri Ramanuja Teachings Promotes the teachings of Sri Ramanuja and his followers, popularly known as Visistadvaita or Ubhaya Vedanta.
		Bhakti List Discusses Vedanta, as systematized by the Indian philosopher Ramanuja.The religious philosophy of Sri Ramanuja is known by various names, including Sri Vaishnavam, Visishtadvaita, and Ubhaya Vedanta.
		Le vishnouisme, un chemin vers Dieu La religion de la bhakti, la voie du coeur, le visishtadvaita vedanta, présentation de la doctrine et philosophie de Ramanuja, extraits de textes et poèmes vaisnavas.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Ramanuja.html (248 words)

	Guru-parampara - 2
		It is believed by many that Madhavendra Puri Goswami, though taking diksa initiation from Laksmipati, was given siksa (instruction and inspiration) from Visnu Puri, thus this is why the title "Puri" was added to his name instead of Tirtha, as with the previous parampara acaryas.
		In Dr. B.N.K. Sharma's "History of Dvaita Vedanta" he makes a point to say that up until this time this was the parampara which came to be known as the Vyasaraja Mutt line of the Madhva Mutts, following down to the disciples of Vyasatirtha, a strict Madhva line.
		His sannyasa guru ordered him that, "You should yourself study the Vedanta and also teach it to others." Sri Purusottama Acarya didn't accept the garments of sannyasa, but simply gave up his sikha and brahmana thread.
	www.veda.harekrsna.cz /encyclopedia/parampara2.htm (10542 words)

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