Nathamuni, Nāthamuni, Nātamuni, Natha-muni, Natamuni: 5 definitions

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In Hinduism

Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)

Nātamuṉi (நாதமுனி) who codified the Nālāyiram and is dated by Zvelebil (1974: 91) “sometime in the tenth century” that must fall during 930-999 CE.—Tradition says (Āṟāyirappaṭi p[p]. 118 [114-26]) the ‘Nālāyiram’ was lost during the time of Nātamuṉi. He was destined to discover and codify the hymns by visiting Kurukūr. The 4,000 + hymns could not have mysteriously disappeared within a short range of seventy years.

Source: academia.edu: Dvādaśa-mūrti in Tamil Tradition
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Vaishnava (वैष्णव, vaiṣṇava) or vaishnavism (vaiṣṇavism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshipping Vishnu as the supreme Lord. Similar to the Shaktism and Shaivism traditions, Vaishnavism also developed as an individual movement, famous for its exposition of the dashavatara (‘ten avatars of Vishnu’).

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General definition (in Hinduism)

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Nathamuni was a Vaishnava theologian who collected and compiled the Nalayira Divya Prabandham. Considered the first of Sri Vaishnava āchāryās, Nathamuni is also the author of Yogarahasya, and Nyāyatattva.

Nathamuni is generally considered to have been born in 824 AD and to have died in 924 AD. Though there is difficulty in fixing Nathamuni's date of birth and age, he is considered to have lived during the lifetime of Nammalvar. That Nathamuni was in contact with Nammalvar is attested by the Guru-paramparā, Divya sūri charita, and Prappannāmṛta. The Prappannāmṛta also attests that Nathamuni was born in the village Viranarayana. Viranarayana is today generally identified as Kattumannarkoil. Nathamuni is said to have died at Gangaikonda Cholapuram. His father's name was Iśhvara Bhaṭṭa and his son's name was Iśhvaramuni. His grandson was Yamunacharya.

It is believed that his other names were Sadamarsana Kula Tilakar and Sottai Kulaththu Arasar.

Source: WikiPedia: Hinduism

The first ācārya of the South Indian Śrī Vaiṣṇava tradition and so, nominally, the first Viśiṣṭādvaita teacher.

Source: Oxford Reference: Indian Philosophy

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Sanskrit dictionary

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Nāthamuni (नाथमुनि) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—Quoted in Nyāyasiddhāñjana pp. 169. 172. Mentioned by Yāmunamuni in Āgamaprāmāṇya.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Tamil dictionary

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Nātamuṉi (நாதமுனி) [nāta-muṉi] noun < nāthamuni. The first Vaiṣṇava Ācārya who brought to light Tiruvāymoḻi and other Prabandhas; திருவாய்மொழி முதலிய திவ்யப்பிரபந்தங்களை முதன் முதற்கண்டு பிரபலப்படுத்திய ஶ்ரீவைஷ்ணவாசாரியத் தலைவர். [thiruvaymozhi muthaliya thivyappirapanthangalai muthan mutharkandu pirapalappaduthiya shrivaishnavasariyath thalaivar.] (அஷ்டப்பிரபந்தம் திருவரங்தந். காப்பு. [ashdappirapandam thiruvarangthan. kappu.] 3.)

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon
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Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.

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