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sat-sampradāyam

சத் சம்ப்ரதாயம்

Also known as: sat sampradayam, true tradition, authentic lineage, srivaishnava sampradaya

Meaning

The true, authentic tradition; the genuine line of transmission from teacher to student going back to Bhagavān himself, as distinguished from spurious or corrupted lineages.

Detailed Explanation

Sat-sampradāyam — The True Tradition

Sat-sampradāyam (Sanskrit: sat — good/true/existent; sampradāya — tradition/transmission) refers to the authentic, divinely-originated tradition of teaching that flows unbroken from Nārāyaṇa through Lakṣmī, through the Āzhvārs, and through the chain of Āchāryas down to the present. It is distinguished from asat-sampradāya — traditions that have deviated from or corrupted the original teaching.

In Śrī Vaiṣṇavam, the sat-sampradāyam is the Ubhaya-Vedānta tradition: founded on both Sanskrit Vedas and the Tamil Divya Prabandham as co-equal authorities. The sat-sampradāyam is also called srivaishnava-sampradayam and its propagators are sat-sampradāya pravarthakas.

In Yathīndra Pravaṇa Prabhāvam, Māmunigaḷ's role is precisely to preserve and propagate the sat-sampradāyam against the incursions of kudṛṣṭis and those who would dilute the tradition. His establishment of āchārya-niṣṭhā as the culmination of the sat-sampradāyam is the text's central theme.

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