A:lwa:rs and A:cha:rya:s

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Swami Para:sara Bhattar has composed a taniyan (invocatory verse  that covers 10 of the twelve A:lwa:rs and Acha:rya Ra:ma:nuja in that taniyan , which all Sri Vaishnava:s recite during their daily prayers :

bhu:tam sarascha mahada:hvaya bhattana:tha
Sri: bhakthisa:ra kulase:khara yo:giva:ha:n
bhaktha:nghrire:nu paraka:la yati:ndramisra:n
srimathpara:nkusamunim pranatho:smi nithyam

(meaning):
bhu:tham: - Bhu:thattha:lwar
sarascha: - Poigai a:lwar Born near a pond (poyikai)
mahada:hvaya: - Pey a:lwa:r - The Tamil name, pe:yi, signifies his mystic ecstasies which made him look wild
bhatta-na:tha: - periya:lwa:r-vishnuchittha
Sribhaktisa:ra: - tiru-mazhisai a:lwa:r
kulase:khara: - kulase:khara a:lwa:r
yo:giva:ha: - tiru-ppa:n a:lwa:r This saint of so-called low birth was brought, on the Lord's directions, on the shoulders of the temple priest, hence He is called : "yo:giva:ha".
bhaktha:nghri-re:nu: - tondaradippodi a:lwa:r His original name was vipra-na:ra:yana
paraka:la: - tiru-mangai
yathi:ndra-misra is Sri ra:ma:nuja
Srimath-para:nkusa-muni: - Satha-ko:pa, namma:lwa:r or, simply a:lwa:r

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In order, from Left to Right:
1. Mudal a:lwa:rs (bhu:thattha:lwa:r, Poygai a:lwa:r, pe:ya:lwa:r)
2. Thriumalisai a:lwa:r (bhaktisa:ra)
3. Namma:lwa:r (para:nkusa, Satagopa)
4. Kulase:khara a:lwa:r
5. Periya:lwa:r (bhattana:tha, Vishnuchitta)
6. Thondaradippodi a:lwa:r (bhakta:nghri-re:nu, Vipra Na:ra:yana)
7. Thiruppana:lwa:r (yo:giva:ha:n, pa:na Yogi)
8. Thirumanagai a:lwa:r (paraka:la Swami)

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