Acaryahrdayam, the esoteric Text explores various metaphysical means, through which Sriman Narayana provides sastras to discriminate good from malefic; and through them, the jivas could acquire true knowledge without the samsays, anyatha and viparita jnanam. Nayanar has given importance to Tirumantra, which contains compressed meaning of spirituality. Influenced by this, He puts forth reasonable arguments and declares the reliability of Tiruvaymoli which is more valuable than vedas. He propagates the essential attributes of Lord; how He resides at holy places like Triuvarangam, etc.; how Nammalvar has done mangalasasanam and invested them with divine sanctity; how the Alvar has undergone a blissful spiritual experience; and how he analyses the significant qualities of Lord. Nayanar confirms that, the mellifluous verses of Tiruvaymoli are the out bursting manifestations of his overwhelminng love of Lord. He is in fact, spiritual fervent personified. He asserts that, Trimantra, Dvaya Mantra and Carama Sloka has taken avatara to guide people, who are afflicted with materialistic entanglements. He through his polemic treaty in par with ten decades of Tiruvaymoli explains the ten prominent features such as paratva of the Lord.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR J. Rangaswami
J. Rangaswami (b. 1956; Solaiudiyanpatty (Thirumalaipatty); Namakkal Dt., in Tamilnadu), Associate Professor, School of Philosophy, Tamil University, Thanjavur, India is the rank holder of M.A. (1980) and M.Phil (1981) in Philosophy along with Diploma in Sanskrit (1983); his Ph.D. thesis on Bhagavadgita was ‘highly commended’ at the Department of Philosophy, Annamalai University. He has completed 10 research Projects at the School of Philosophy and credited ‘UGC Research Associate (1994-1996) at the Department of Philosophy and Religion, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi; and Associate of Indian Institute of Advanced Study (1996-1998), Shimla. He has assiduously published more than 45 research articles and participated in 85 national and international conferences, seminars and symposia. He completes this book under the scheme (1999-2002) of Major Research Project, financed by UGC, New Delhi. Currently he is indefatigably translating Acarya Hrdaya, the another canonical text of Srivaisnavism with the Commentary of Manavalamamuni into English under the same scheme (2004). Recently, he, as Commonwealth Fellow visited the Department of Religious Studies, Lancaster University, United Kingdom and completed a project on Samkhya darsana, within which, by criticizing the dualistic Nirisvara Samkhya, authoritatively establishes the existence of third higher spiritual principle within the background of British Thinkers. His erudite scholarshi on Srivaisnavism fueled with modern trend of Western Philosophy is quite remarkable.
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