Guruparamparā literature in Sanskrit

  • Vaṭukanampi/Āndhrāpūrṇa’s Yatirājavaibhavam (12th c.?): This is likely the earliest biographic-hagiographic work among the Śrīvaiṣṇavas, composed by Vaṭuka Nampi, a direct disciple of Rāmānuja, who composed this short verse-based work on the life of his teacher. Here are a couple of editions: Yatirāja-Vaibhava of Āndhrāpūrṇa (Vaṭuka Nambi) Sanskrit text with English Translation. Ed. & tr. by V. Varadachariar (Tirupati: M.C. Krishnan, 1978); and here is a Tamil edition.
  • Garuḍavāhana Paṇḍita’s Divyasūricaritam (13th c.): Divyasūricaritam by Garuḍavāhanapaṇḍita With Hindi Rendering by Mādhavācārya. (Ed. & tr. by K.K.A. Venkatachari and T. A. Sampatkumaracarya. Bombay: Ananthacharya Research Institute, 1978). This is the earliest hagiographic work, and although it is in Sanskrit, it is extensively quoted in the later Manipravalam works. The story goes up to Rāmānuja.
  • Another important work of the kind is Prapannāmṛtam (16th c.?) which can be download here: vol.1 and vol. 2.
  • Ācāryacampū or Vedāntācāryavijayam by Kouśika Kavitārkkikasiṃha narrates Vedānta Deśika’s life story. This edition is in the Telugu script.
  • Kūreśavijayam (mūlamum tātparya saramum. (Śrīperumpūtūr: Śrī Yatirāja Pātukā veḷiyīṭu, 1983): This work speaks of Rāmānuja’s disciple Kūreśa (also known as Kūrattāḻvāṉ in Tamil).

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