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> Besides, amudhanaar says in the 33rd paasuram of 100thanthaathi

> that sri raamaanujaa was the avathaaram of the five divine

> weapons:

 

Isn't Ramanuja considered an incarnation of Sesha (= Lakshmana =

Rama + Anuja)? Infact I have heard the following legend about

Ramanuja:

 

Once Ramanuja was challenged to a debate by some followers of

Buddhist/Jain(?) philosophy. For some reason (which I forget), it was

stipulated that he should be able to simulatneously engage in debate

with all those scholars. Ramanuja agreed on the condition that a curtain

should separate him from the others so that neither could see the other

side. The debate began, and Ramanuja was able to manage them all. One of

the scholars couldn't hold back his curiosity at this feat and peeped beind

the curtain and was shocked to see a multiheaded snake (Sesha) sitting there!

 

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Ranga Satagopan writes:

> > Besides, amudhanaar says in the 33rd paasuram of 100thanthaathi

> > that sri raamaanujaa was the avathaaram of the five divine

> > weapons:

>

> Isn't Ramanuja considered an incarnation of Sesha (= Lakshmana =

> Rama + Anuja)? Infact I have heard the following legend about

> Ramanuja:

 

Yes, some traditional histories have Ramanuja as an

incarnation of Adisesha. I think Amudhanaar symbolizes

Ramanuja as a "defender of the faith" by making him

an incarnation of the divya aayudhaani.

 

The earliest biographies, though, do not mention

Ramanuja as an incarnation of anyone. Neither

Vedanta Desika nor Manavaala Maamunigal mention

the Adisesha = Ramanuja equation in their poems

in praise of Ramanuja, so it is likely that this

story gained currency only later.

 

Mani

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>Yes, some traditional histories have Ramanuja as an

>incarnation of Adisesha. I think Amudhanaar symbolizes

>Ramanuja as a "defender of the faith" by making him

>an incarnation of the divya aayudhaani.

 

Thus, we can conclude that the tradition holds that Ramanuja is both

Adishsesha as well as incarnation of the divya aayushaani of Vishnu. We can

probably rationalize it, if we think of Ramanuja as a representation of two in

one like the Bala Rama, who is both Sheshamsha as well as Vishnu.

Also Bala Rama coexisted with Krishna. Like wise we see Parashurama and Rama

at the same time in Ramayana(when Rama breaks Shiva Dhanus, Parasurama appears

at the scene to challange him). We also see a sort of Vishishtasvaita here:

Rama-Parasurama

Krishna-Balarama

Divy aayudhas-Adishesha

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