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Kannan Srinivasan asked me about origin of Iyengars.

I thought the following might be interesting to others also.

 

There were 74 disciples of Sri Ramanuja.

The rate of population growth in world is about 2.7% per year,

The rate of population growth in India is about 2.6%,

The rate of population growth in Tamil Nadu is about 1.2%.

 

If we assume a population growth of 1.1% per year over 850 years,

the 74 becomes 800 000. If we use a 1.2% growth rate over 850 years,

74 becomes 1 870 000.

 

The population of TN is about 50 million, Karnataka 40 million.

800 000 works out to 1.6% of 50 million, which is too high.

800 000 works out to about 0.9% of 90 million, which seems OK.

 

Any comments about my "guesses" from anybody?

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In <199409261434.HAA04326, Parthasarati Dileepan wrote:

>Dr. Radhakrishnan, ex-president of India, captures the essential

>difference between the two groups in his "monkey theory" and "cat

>theory" [2].

 

A.L. Basham, in his "Wonder that was India", also gives this explanation.

I think the cat/monkey concept is from some other earlier Vaishnava source.

I think Dr.Radhakrishnan did not do a good justification regarding

Sri Vaishnavism. There are mistakes. That is what I heard.

>[1] "Achaarya vaibhavam," Published by Sri Vishistadvaitha

>Research Center, 66, Dr. Rangachari Road, Mylapore, Madras 600

>018.

>

>[2] "Indian Philosophy," Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, Vol 2., page 706.

>

 

Srinivasan

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K. Srinivsasan writes:

> Kannan Srinivasan asked me about origin of Iyengars.

> I thought the following might be interesting to others also.

>

> There were 74 disciples of Sri Ramanuja.

 

There were 74 *main* disciples of Ramanuja. These were the

scholar/students he had whom he nominated to spread the Srivaishnava

religion and philosophy. These 74 were the "simhaasanaadhipatis".

He had "countless" others, according to the biographies.

 

I wonder what happened to them all; perhaps many were killed during

Malik Kafur's invasion of Tamil Nadu a couple of centuries later?

 

Mani

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