Premodern commentaries

WORK IN PROGRESS

On this page, you will find links to the scans/PDFs of the various premodern Śrīvaiṣṇava commentaries in Manipravala. Please let us know if any of the links are broken.


Contents (in chronological order)

AUTHORWISE

WORKWISE


AUTHORWISE

Periyavāccāṉ Piḷḷai’s commentaries

  • Here are his commentaries on the Stotraratnam, Catuśloki, Jitante stotram.
  • Gadya vyākhyāna, which has also been published in the Telugu script here (this latter edition contains Śrutaprakāśikācārya’s Sanskrit commentary on these three gadyas).
  • Rāmāyaṇa Taṉiślokam (part 1), and the full version here; and his Bhāratādi Taṉiślokam can be downloaded here.

Aḻkiya Maṇavāḷa Perumāḷ Nāyaṉār

  • Tiruppāṇāḻvār’s Amalaṉ Āti Pirāṉ: this edition includes Periyavāccāṉ Piḷḷai’s commentary as well.

Vedānta Deśika’s commentaries

  • The Munivāhanabhogam is a commentary on Tiruppāṇ Āḻvār’s Amalaṉ āti pirāṉ. A recent edition can be found here.

Maṇavāḷa Māmunikaḷ’s commentaries

  • On Piḷḷai Lokācārya’s Mumukṣuppaṭi
  • On Aḻakiya Maṇavāḷa Perumāḷ Nāyaṉār’s Ācāryahṛdayam. Also see below, “Workwise.”
  • For a collection of Māmunikaḷ’s works, see here.
  • For his Tamil poem Tiruvāymoḻi Nūṟṟantāti, see here.
  • For a pramāṇatiraṭṭu of his works, see PBA Swami’s compendium here.

Piḷḷai Lokam Jīyar’s commentaries on

  • on Piḷḷai Lokācārya’s Arthapañcaka (Tirucci: Śrīvaiṣṇavaśrī; reprint of the 1931 edition) can be found here.
  • on Māmunikaḷ’s Upatēcarattiṉamālai can be found here.
  • on Maṇavāḷa Māmunikaḷ’s Ārtiprabandham can be found here.
  • on Viḷāñcōlai Piḷḷai’s Saptakātai can be found here.

WORKWISE

Āḻvār poetry

  • Āṇṭāḷ’s Nācciyār Tirumoḻi: with a simple Tamil gloss; with
  • Āṇṭāḷ’s Tiruppāvai: with Svāpadeśam; with Periyavāccāṉ Piḷḷai and Aḻakiya Maṇavāḷa Perumāḷ Nāyaṉār’s commentaries (broken link);
  • Nammāḻvār’s Tiruvāymoḻi: with three commentaries (Nañcīyar, Periyavāccāṉ Piḷḷai and Nampiḷḷai): TVM 1, TVM 2, TVM 3, TVM 4, TVM 5, TVM 6, TVM 7, TVM 8, TVM 9 and TVM 10.
  • Tiruppāṇāḻvār’s Amalaṉ Āti Pirāṉ: this edition includes Aḻakiya Maṇavāḷa Perumāḷ Nāyaṉār’s commentary as well.
  • Madhurakavi Āḻvār’s Kaṇṇi nuṇ ciṟu tāmpu: this edition contains commentaries by Nañcīyar, Nampiḷḷai, and Aḻakiya Maṇvāḷa Perumāḷ Nāyaṉār.
  • Tiruppāṇāḻvār’s Amalaṉ Āti Pirāṉ: this edition includes Periyavāccāṉ Piḷḷai’s and Aḻakiya Maṇavāḷa Perumāḷ Nāyaṉār’s commentaries.
  • Tirumaṅkai Āḻvār’s Periya tirumoḻi: just the text can be found here (Rajam’s edition);this edition has Periyavāccāṉ Piḷḷai’s commentary: vol.1, vol. 2; this edition has Periyavāccāṉ Piḷḷai’s commentary, along with a Tamil translation of it;

Other works

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