Svami U.Ve. Lakshmi Thathachar- A Stellar Sanskrit Scientist of Spiritual Eminence

'Srimad Ramanujacharya Sripadaam-bhoruha dvayam!
Saduttama-anga sandhaaryam Anantaarya-maham bhaje!!'

In all humility adiyen Gagan Mandayam says, it is sheer ahobhAgyam to be finely associated with one of the world's greatest multi-faceted, multi-lingual SANSKRIT Technologists of 20th century.

Irrefutably Prof. Sri U.Ve. Lakshmithathacharya Svami of Melkote (Mandya District, Karnataka State, Bharat), was one of the pioneering giants of Sanskrit Scholars, spearheading mission-critical Digital Projects to promote the most ancient Scientific Language of SAMSKRUTAM /Sanskrit.

Svami's sagacious wisdom, insightful enthusiastic Interactions, bold incisive Reflections, ineffable Charisma, felicity of Expression, Thought Leadership, vibrant Motivating-Communicating-Mentoring skills, were a Fertile ground of ENRICHMENT, to all the keen Listeners, common folks, Research Scholars & young-old Specialists. These aren't praiseworthy points, but experienced facts, on the key ENABLERS of ineffable kinship with the Supreme Lord.

Each of adiyen's many visits to Melkote/Tirunarayanapuram, the 'gnAna mantapam' of Dakshina Bharata, and honorific 40+ Interactions with the Svami, have resulted in adiyen's progressive Enlightenment & pure Nourishment to the Jiva-Manas-Atma. Once Svami took adiyen & his friends, on an Educational walk-around, to the lush green farmlands in the scenic Melkote, explaining the nuances of Organic Farming, cowdung usage, bio-fertilizers, etc. It was adiyen's privilege many times, whenever Svami wanted sriVaishnava Notes, to be quickly compiled, for his pan-Bharat Universities Honorable Speeches.

Svami while showing his vast collection of Sanskrit Books, pointed to a 1971 crisp text on 'Ashta-sloki of Parasara Bhattar by Prof. T. Bheemacharya', that he keenly wished to reprint in 2011; adiyen was spellbound to implement this ennobling project with Svami's anugraham.

As a Tech-savvy Scholar, Svami's panditya could also be felt, in our technical interactions of software Knowledge-Tree Applications.

At heart, Svami was an insightful Sanskrit scholar, with strong expertise in Vishishtadvaita Darshana & Nyaya-Tarka vistaras. Each engaging dialogue with Svami, fuels our Thought Processes, and convincing us that Svami is a sure-fire Innovative Disrupter, who can easily connect the dots, from Technology to Indology. Apart from being an untiring Ubhaya Vedantin, Svami's unquenching thirst to analyze-decode infallible Sanskrit Texts-Manuscripts, led him to ingeniously develop Technological Software Tools. Svami was not only bearing the Hallmarks of orthodox sacerdotal SriVaishnavism, but also was indelibly engrossed in developing Software Tools to refine the Sanskrit language USAGE.

As a steering Catalyst, Svami's most notable World-class Project as Founder-Director of the critically acclaimed Academy of Sanskrit Research, Melkote (from 2022, renamed BRNRI-Bhagavat Ramanuja National Research Institute), is 'VishishtAdvaita KOSHA'-first ever brainchild Work on any Vedantic Philosophy. It is a massive Meta-Data Compilation from 250+ Sanatana Dharmic Source Texts & Classical Sanskrit Literature. In the Sanskrit Alphabet order, across 4810 pages, 10 Volumes, around 25,000+ Sanskrit Conceptual terms & Phrases are crisply enumerated.

While today's AI Tools have capability to Distill, Synthesize & Customize Knowledge, for one's personal learning, adiyen wonders given our Svami's deep Knowledge of AAI (Alvars-Acharyas Insights), Svami would have definitely churned out more than the '14 RATNAs', by disruptively chatting with AI Conversational Toolkits, just as the Churning of Samudra Manthanam in TiruParkadal.

Svami was an agile 'Go-Getter Scientific Acharya', eminently gifted & suited, not only to teach Sanskrit Shastras-Sahitya, SriVaishnava Sampradaya-VisishtAdvaita Granthams, Nalayiram Divya Prabandhams, but also dive deeply into architecting Software programs-Initiatives, for a richer Understanding of the faultless Sanskrit Language-Texts.

Svami's vivid & visceral 'VISHISHTA VAIBHAVAM' stands as an edifying Global Use Case Study, to all Seekers of True Knowledge & Subject matter Experts of Sanskrit Universities, Ayurveda, Sanatana Dharmic /Bharatiya Knowledge Systems and Educationalists, Agriculturists, Neuro-Linguists, Cosmologists, Rural-District Development Managers, multi-National Chief Executives, Think Tanks.

Clearly to Svami's blessed network of Associates, he is an 'UttAraka Acharya', still 'rooted in the past, living in the present, for the future';

A Sri Ramanuja Darshanam Sishya's educational, mental, emotional, physical & spiritual Characteristics are astutely molded, during his perspicacious Process of Studies, resulting in an OUTSTANDING Human Being at large, leading a 'PURPOSEFUL Exalting' Life.

Our dear Svami belongs to the hallowed Tirumalai TiruANAND-ALVAN Vamsha /lineage of 11th century, who was also one of the 74 SimhAsanAdipati appointed by Sri Ramanuja for pan-Bharat SriVaishnava SatSampradaya Prachara. Svami's parents are -Sri U.Ve. Alwar Tirumalai Svami & Smt. Singammal.

Equally illustrious and spirited in his footsteps, are the Svami's 2 sons, Dr. M.A. Alwar & Dr. Anantha.

When Kidambi Acchan brought the kid Pillan to be mentored under Sri Ramanuja, Pillan's brilliance was so captivating, that Sri Ramanuja instantly blessed him with affection saying--'May the Grace of my Acharyas, Alavandar, Peria Tirumalai Nambi, that were earned by me, surely FLOW to you Naturally.'

Truly we can 'See & Feel' the effervescent SriVaishnava Guru-Parampara, shining in all its exuberance to this day, right from Sri Emberumannar's time of 1017 CE.

Since Vedic times, this kind of 'Institutional Learning' has been the hallmark of our hallowed "Guru-Sishya" system of education, wherein the versatile elite Acharyas & pre-eminent scholars, as the very embodiment of 'Gnana-Vairagya-Anushtaana', imparted the classical "ashta-dasa Vidyas"-18 major subjects, to the keenly Seeking Sishyas, and Disseminating the highest Quality Intellectual Contents of Sciences, Space, Medicine, Arts, Higher Knowledge with infallible Truths & supreme Wisdom.

SriVaishnava SatSampradaya rises as a glowing torrent from Sriman Narayana Perumal & Sri MahaLakshmi Piratti, down to Sri Ramanuja, protecting those with Sattvic Gunam, flowing onwards to the Fertile fields of the many Acharyas-SIshyas, ever nourishing the fragrant crop of Sri-VAISHNAVAM.

May their infinite Wisdom ever GUIDE us, to reach Spiritual SUBLIMATION & with their Sampurna Blessings, increase our Focus-Commitments, to SERVE Sriman Narayana, Alvars-AchAryAs, Bhaktas, thereby reducing our temporal ramblings in this worldly materialistic morass.

May we all grow in Wisdom & Heart, by emerging more resilient, and be REDEEMED, by ever doing 'KAINKARYAM', just as our Purvacharyas considered it to be their highest Privilege, as Happiness lies in True Service-'Om iti atmanam yunjita'.

Srimate Ramanujaya Namaha!