Swami Srimath Vedanta Mahadesikan
Thaniyan				Birth place : Thiru Thoopul (Thiru Thanga - now a part of Sri Kanchipuram) Birth date : After kali 4370 in Vibhava varusham, Purattasi Sravanam swAmi SrImath vEdAnta mahA dESika incarnated as the amSam of SrI VEnkaTa SrInivAsan's divine ghaNTA who is a nitya sUri as the son of SrI ananta sUri in viSwAmitra gOtram. Actually all the mortal words and also the immortal words of Sruti are not sufficient to express the greatness of swAmi dESika. The following is a very brief account of the life history and works of swAmi dESika. swAmi dESika masters all SAstras at the divine lotus feet of his AachArya SrImath appuLLar who is also his maternal uncle. He did the japam the SrImath garuda mantram at tiru-ahIndra-puram owshadAdri and had the vision of SrImath garuda-AzhwAr and got blessed with the SrImath hayagrIva mantra upadESam from SrImath garuda-AzhwAr. He did the japam of SrImath hayagrIva mantram and then got the vision of SrImath lakhsmI hayagreeva perumAL and got blessed absolutely. He was then blessed with the unparalleled and unsurpassed divine titles namely VEdAntAchArya from periya perumAL SrI ranga nAtha, sarva-tantra-swatantra from periya pirATTi SrI ranga nAyaki. He was honored by great scholars of SrI rangam as kavi tArkika simha and samasyA sahasri. He did sampradAya pravachanam at places SrI rangam, tiru-ahIndra-puram, SrI kAnchIpuram, tiru-nArAyaNapuram etc. He composed more than 120 divine SrI sUktis and protected bhagavath rAmAnuja darSanam in all ways. He is the only AachArya who composed SrI sUktis on SArIraka SAstra and on rahasya-traya vishaya SAstrams. To name swAmi dESika's unparalleled and unsurpassed works (SrI sUktis), VEdanta granantams sESwara mImAmsa SatadhUshaNi adhikaraNa sArAvaLi tattva tIka nyAya pariSuddhi nyAya sidhdAnjanam tattva muktA kalApam nikshEpa raksha saccharitra raksha vaditraya khaNDanam dramidOpanishath tAtparya ratnAvaLi dramidOpanishath sAram vyAkyA grantams chatuSSlOki bhAshyam stOtra (ratna) bhAshyam rahasya raksha gItArtha sangraha raksha tAtparya chandrikA ISAvAsya-upanishad bhAshyam sarvArtha sidhdi adhikaraNa darpaNam nAtaka grantam sankalpa sUryOdayam kAviya grantams SubhAshita nIvI yAdavAbyudayam pAdukA sahasram hamSa sandESam anushTAna grantams bhagavath AarAdhana vidhi yagnyOpavIta pratishTA Rahasya grantams sampradAya pariSudhdi tattva padavI rahasya padavI tattva navanItam rahasya navanItam tattva mAtrukA rahasya mAtrukA tattva sandESam rahasya sandESam rahasya sandESa vivaraNam tattva ratnAvaLi tattva ratnAvaLi pratipAdya sangraham rahasya ratnAvaLi rahasya ratnAvaLi hrudayam tattva traya chulakam rahasya traya chulakam abhaya pradAna sAram rahasya SikhAmaNi anjali vaibhavam pradAna Satakam upahAra sangraham sAra sangraham muni vAhana bhOgam madhura kavi hrudayam paramapada sOpAnam paramatha bhangam hastigiri mAhAtmyam SrImath rahasya traya sAram sAra sAram virOdha parihAram nigama parimaLam tirumudi adaivu Tamizh prabandams amruta ranjani adhikAra sangraham amrutAswAdini parama pada sOpAnam para matha bhangam mei-virata mAnmiyam adaikalappattu aruttapanchakam SrI vaishNava dinachari tirucchinnamAlai panniru nAmam tiru-mantra churukku dwaya churukku charama SlOka churukku gItArtha sangraham mumkaNi kOvai nava maNi mAlai pantu kazhal ammAnai Uusal Eesal prabanda sAram AahAra niyamam StOtra grantams SrI hayagrIva stOtram daSavatAra stOtram bhagavath dyAna sOpAnam gOpAla vimSati SrI stuti bhU stuti gOdA stuti nyAsa daSakam dayA Satakam abhIti stavam dEva nAyaka panchASath varadarAja panchASath yatOktakAri stOtram ashTabhujAshTakam kAmASikAshTakam paramArtha stuti SaraNAgati dIpikA acchyuta Satakam dEhaLISa stuti nyAsa tilakam mahA vIra vaibhavam sudarSanAshTakam shOdasAyuda stOtram garuda dandakam garuda panchASath yatirAja saptati vairAgya panchakam nyAsa vimSati