Mahapurna

Mahapurna was one of the teachers of the medieval Vaishnavite philosopher Ramanuja. He was responsible for initiating Ramanuja into Sri Vaishnavism.

Life

Mahapurna was born in a Chozhiyar family and lived in the eleventh or twelfth century AD. He was a disciple of Yamunacharya whom he helped with the management of the Ranganathasamy temple at Srirangam.[1]

He was instrumental in bringing Ramanuja into the Sri Vaishnavite fold and initiated the latter after performing the Pancha Samskara ceremony at Madurantakam, a place located 40 km from present day Chennai.[2]

References
  1. Smt. Latha Balasubramanian. Sri Ramanuja Pictorial. Sri Ramakrishna Math.
  2. Madabhushini Narasimhacharya. Sri Ramanuja, Makers of Indian literature. Sahitya Akademi, 2004. p. 21.

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