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| '''Thenkalai''' ({{lang-ta|தென்கலை, தென்னாசாரிய சம்பிரதாயம்}})<ref></ref> are a subsect of the ] ] community of ] ]. Thenkalais are followers of ], ] and ]. | |||
| == Differences with Vadakalai Srivaishnavas == | |||
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| The main difference lies in doctrine i.e. the relation of divine grace to human response. The main views of Thenkalais that are not in line with ] are: | |||
| * Thenkalai Iyengars lay more emphasis on worship of Vishnu while Vadakalais assign an equally important place to Vishnu's consort ]. | |||
| * Thenkalais do not ring bells during worship. | |||
| * Though both Vadakalais and Thenkalais revere Sanskrit, the Thenkalais place a higher important to Tamil shlokas than Sanskrit. | |||
| * Unlike Vadakalai Iyengars, Thenkalai Iyengars forbid widows to shave (tonsure) their head. While Vadakalais support the tonsure quoting the Manusmriti,<ref></ref> Thenkalais oppose it quoting the Parashara Smriti.<ref></ref> | |||
| * Thenkalais accept that kaivalya is in an eternal position within the realm of Vaikuntha. They say, however, that kaivalya only exists at the outer most regions of Vaikuntha. | |||
| * Thenkalais say that God's seemingly contradictory nature as both minuscule and immense are examples of God's special powers that enable Him to accomplish the impossible. | |||
| * Thenkalais take prapatti as the only means to attain salvation;<ref></ref> while the Vadakalais believe in Karmayoga, Jnanayoga, Bhaktiyoga and Prapatti as means to salvation.<ref></ref><ref></ref> | |||
| * Thenkalais accept Prapatti as an unconditional surrender, while the Vadakalais consider prapatti as an act of winning grace.<ref></ref> | |||
| * According to Thenkalais, exalted persons need not perform duties such as sandyavandanam; they do so only to set a good example. | |||
| * Thenkalai iyengars follow Manavala Mamunigal and Pillai Lokacharya, while the Vadakalai Iyengars follow Vedanta Desika.<ref></ref> | |||
| Additionally, it is believed that while the Vadakalai society was rigid, the Thenkalai society, on the contrary, accepted a significant proportion of the non-Brahmin population into its fold.<ref name="swarnalathap40">{{cite book|title=The world of the weaver in Northern Coromandel, c.1750-c.1850|page=40|first=P.|last=Swarnalatha|publisher=Orient Blackswan|year=2005|id=ISBN 8125028684, ISBN 978-81-250-2868-0}}</ref> | |||
| == Mutts == | |||
| The Thenkalai Iyengars are generally followers of Vanamamalai mutt, ] mutt and ] mutt in the ] and ]s of ],<ref name="thurstonp349">], p 349</ref>] Jeeyar Swamy Mutt in ], ] <ref name="Thirumala"></ref> and Yadugiri Yathiraja Mutt in ], ], ], ], ], and Tamil Nadu. | |||
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| == List of people of Thenkalai Iyengar descent == | |||
| * ] (1887–1920), Indian mathematician, of patrilineal Thenkalai descent.<ref>http://books.google.co.in/books?id=TT1T8A94xNcC&pg=PA89&dq=ramanujan+thengalai#PPA89,M1</ref> | |||
| == See also == | |||
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| == Notes == | |||
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| == References == | |||
| * <cite id = "Thurston">{{cite book | title=] Volume I – A and B| last=Thurston| first=Edgar| authorlink= Edgar Thurston|coauthors=]| chapter=Brahmin|year=1909| publisher=Government Press| location=Madras}}</cite> | |||
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