Introducing myself..

[Guest guest]

Greetings to all on this mailing list ..

 

abhivAdaye vAsishta maitrAvaruNa kauNdinya traya RSHaya pravarAnvita:

kauNdinya gotra: Apasthambha sootra: yajushshAkAdhyAyi Sri Narasimha

Sharma- naama aham asmi bho:

 

=) Okay I won't translate that =)

 

I'm Sundar ( shortened right around KG times from Soundararaajan =) )

and I'm from Madras.

 

My family (Veeravalli) is originally from Manaloor, near Kumbakonam,

but i must say it's been a while since any of us have been there..

The main connection we have with that past is the living heritage of

my great-grandfather ( pitAmaHa )'s translation into thamizh of the

Mahabhaaratha, which I believe is still a prose standard. He was

Mahomahopaadhyaaya Manaloor Veeravalli Ramaanujaachaaryar, and he is

a source of inspiration to me.

 

On the "laukika" side, I finished my B.Tech in Metallurgy from IIT Madras

in '90, and I'm now in a PhD program in Materials Science at Penn State,

working with ferroelectrics and electronic materials.

 

I cannot honestly say I am a "serious student" of the Sri Sampradaaya, I

have come to appreciate it rather late..like mainly in the last few years.

I have wandered among various "exotic" paths, and the only thing it's

seemed to result in is make me more eager for my own. This is something

that I can relate too on a deep, and untranslateable level.

 

Currently, it is translations that hold my interest, and though I do

not have a formal education in either Samskrt or thamizh, I'm working

on a translation of the purusha sooktham from a Srivaishnava perspective

( to the best of my knowledge) and plan to attempt one of the sandhya

vandana mantras after this.

 

In the meanwhile, it's my pleasure to join this group.. I hope for many

interesting discussions.

 

V Sundar

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State College, PA 16803

814 867 8749

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