He is originally named, Sri Varadarajar. He was
called by Sri Nam Jeeyar to write down Sri Nam Jeeyar's
"Onbadhinayirappadi" work. Sri Varadarajar
wrote it down and promised Sri Nam Jeeyar to be back with a
final version. He tried to cross the Kaveri river and
"olai chuvadi" (Manuscript) containing his work
swept away in the river floods. Sri Varadarajar prayed
Sri Peria Perumal and the Perumal himself came in his dreams
and instructed him to write the work again. He rewrote
the work again with Peria Perumal's help and Nam jeeyar was
so happy to see that, that he gave the title of "Nam
Pillai" to Sri Varadarajan.
He is considered a great Sri Vaishnava scholar and a
great bhaktha of Sri Rangam Peria Perumal. He also
documented the twelve different types of "Bhagavatha
Apacharams" (Sins committed towards Sri Vaishnavas).
His famous sishya is Sri Periya Vaachan Pillai, who gave
the "Vyakyanam" (explanations) for the 4000 Divya
Prabhandams. His another sishya is Sri Vadakku
ThiruVeedhi Pillai, whose "Vyakyanam" for
Thiruvaimozhi is very famous. These explanations
included the daily discourses given by Sri Nam Pillai.
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