The last days of Srinivasa Sastri were spent in his home “Swaagatham” in Mylapore, Madras… in one of the oldest, most historically well-known quarters of the city (now known as Chennai). Mylapore was indeed one of the oldest and culturally richest parts of Madras, known for its temples, classical music, and Tamil and Sanskrit scholarship.Continue reading “The Rt.Hon’ble Srinivasa Sastri’s memory and legacy… (Part-19): Last days in Mylapore…”
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The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedantins”: Part-54
Failing to effectively repel hostile calumny and criticisms by other schools of Hindu religion against Sri Vaishnavism. In this section of Doraiswamy Iyengar’s pamphlet titled “Ramanuja and Sri Vaishnavas”, another facet of “ubaya-vedanta” in the post-Indian Independence era gets critically examined. Lest the passages written by Doraiswamy Iyengar are misunderstood or misinterpreted, I offer belowContinue reading “The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedantins”: Part-54″
The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedantins”: Part-52
While the editorial published in the May 2022 issue of “The Voice of Sri Vaishnavas” (“vainavan kural“) dealt with the question of present-day Sri Vaishnava identity in polite, gingerly, and rather very general and superficial terms, the c. 1960s pamphlet of M.A Doraiswamy Iyengar titled “Sri Ramanuja and Sri Vaishnavas” was far more nuanced, forthrightContinue reading “The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedantins”: Part-52″