Parasara Bhattar
ACHARYA Embar
SISHYA Nanjeeyar, Kooranarayana Jeeyar
YEAR OF BIRTH 1062
LIFE SPAN 54
BIRTH MONTH Vaikasi
BIRTH STAR /NAKSHATRAM Anusham
YEAR OF VIYOGAM 1116
PLACE OF BIRTH Srirangam
PARENTS Koorathazhwan & Andalamma
PLACE OF VIYOGAM Srirangam
NAME AT BIRTH Parasara
GOTHRAM Haritha
WORKS Ashtasloki, Bhagavad Guna Darpanam, Sri Ranganatha Sthoram, Srirangaraja stavam, Guna Ratna kosham, and a commentary of Thirunedunthandakam, Kaisikamahatmya: Commentary on Kaisikapurana, Maivannanarungunji, Tirumanjana Kavi,
LINKS
http://yathirajapadhuka.blogspot.in/2013/05/vaikasi-anusham.html#uds-search-results
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasara_Bhattar
http://www.srivaishnava.org/sva/bhattar.htm
http://guruparamparai.wordpress.com/2012/09/11/parasara-bhattar/
http://www.ahobilamutt.org/us/acharya/lineage/lineage.asp?file=08-bhat.inc
http://www.sadagopan.org/acharyans/ac10.htm
http://anudinam.org/2012/12/11/sri-parasara-bhattar-service-personified/
SHORT NOTE ON PARASARA BHATTAR
He is the son of Koorathazwan who was born by the blessings of Ranga. He was born in Srirangam in the Shubhakruta varsham in the year 1062 AD in the month of Vaikashi and star Anusham. As a baby itself, he grew as a abhimana putran for Sriranganathan and Sriranganachiyar inside the temple garba griham or sanctum sanctorum. While he was taking him to Udayavar for his blessings as a new born, Embar kept chanting the dwayam as a protective shield in his ear. Extremely glad, Udayavar, ordered that Embar should therefore be his acharya from here on. Emperumanar named him as Parasar. He was a great scholar. Even at a very young age, he would surprise everyone with his intelligence and smartness. He was an expert in both Sanskrit and Tamil. He had the full blessings and kataksham of Ramanuja on him and was also the fit person to receive it. It was at Ramanuja’s behest that he fought a verbal debate with a great vedanti living in Melkote and brought him into the fold of Vishishtadwaita siddhantam. He also then did pancha samaskara etc for him. He later became the famous acharya Nanjeeyar.
Parasara Bhattar wrote many commentaries. Let us first list outhis Sanskrit works. They are :- Ashtasloki (About the three rahasyas), Bhagavad Gunadarpanam (Detailed meaning of Vishnu Sahasranama), Sri Gunaratnakosham (A commentary on the greatness and qualities of Piratti), Srirangaraja Stavam (A stotram praising Lord Ranganatha),Sri Ranganatha Ashtakam, Tattva Ratnakaram (A commentary on the tattvas), Lakshmi Kalyanam (A drama detailing the Vishishtadwaita siddhantam), Shubhalopanishta Vivaranam and many other individual slokas. One of these is a conversation between Perumal and Jivatma. Other than these he has written a Tamil work called as Kaisika Puranam. He has given special deeper meanings to pasurams in the Divya Prabandham. We can experience them in the Eedu Vyakhyanam.
Emperumanar appointed him to take care of the temple administration after him. Sri Vedanta Desikan too has used many of his works as references in his commentaries.
It is well known that though being one of the 74 simhasanadipatis, dearly respected by Sri Ramanuja and as a disciple of Embar, Sri Parasara Bhattar, while taking care of the temple administration at Srrangam continued to give kalakshepams on Sri Bhashyam and Bhagavad Vishayam. Sri Parasara Bhattar was one of the four poorvacharyas who established their giant intellect capacities at a very young age. (The other three are Sri Alavandar, Sri Ramanujar, and Sri Vedanta Desikan). He was the darling child of Sri Ranganathan and SriRanganayaki Thayar born and raised by their blessings. He had the tremendous capacity to bring out amazing hidden meanings for the Arulicheyal of the alwars. There is mention of Bhattar’s temple administration in many places in the Eedu. It is on the basis of his explanations that his disciple Nanjeeyar wrote the commentary for the Divya Prabandhams.
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