So vANi ramaNAnanda refers to brahmAnandam and the one who can provide that is Lord Ganesha (RV) vANi referes to Saraswati and ramaNA means husband. Beauty in words coined for describing someone/something: In gaNanAyakam (rudrapriyA), he has described Lord Ganesha as vANi ramaNAnanda.Some examples of his linguistic expertise are:
Many of his kritis are full of advaita sAram (RV) It is very difficult to imagine how he could have accumulated all this knowledge at a very young age. His sAhityAs have a lot of depth and show that he had knowledge of purANAs and a variety of other texts. He was a genius and it is his pAnDityam that is responsible for us still remembering him and singing his compositions (RV) He has himself used the word panDitakara in one of his compositions. His kritis develop rAgams beautifully (SS)Įxpertise in Sanskrit & knowledge of scriptures: Many of MD’s songs don’t have the anupallavi and are slow paced.
But MD was the only one who had Tiruvarur as a base throughout his life (RV) They have done a lot of research on MD (RV) There are two people responsible for us knowing so much about Sri Muthuswami Dikshitar (MD) today: Sri T.L. The youngest among the trinity, he has probably traveled the most (SS) Sri Muthuswami Dikshitar was a vocalist, a vainika, a linguist, traveler and a composer.
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