Between the branching off of Parakaala Mutt and that of Ahobila Mutt 

The  Guru-Sishya  Parampara from the time of branching off of Parakaala Mutt and
that of Ahobila Mutt may be understood as follows:

After Swami Vedanta Desika -

Branch I
1. Nainarachariar
2. Vatsya Varada Guru
3. Varada Vishnuvarya
4. Mahadayadeesar
5. Ahobilachariar
6. Shashta Parankusa Swami

Branch II
1. PB Annan
2. Kidambi Nayanar

Branch III
1. Srinivasacharya
2. Narasimha Desikar
3. Lakshmanacharya
4. Narasimhacharya
5. Tatasuri

Branch IV
1. Vadakku Tiruveedhi Pillai
2. Srirangachar
3. Kesavachariar
4. Srinivasachariar
5. Kesavachariar
6. Adi Vann Satakopar


Branch I. 1:   NAINARACHARIAR* (Already dealt with in AVV Part 29)

Branch I. 2: GATIKAA SATHAM AMMAAL (Vaatsya varada guru)

We give below the Familial genealogy of this Acharya:
Bhashyakarar's Sister is Kamala Devi.
Her son is Nadadur AazwAn. His grandson is Nadadur AmmAL.
HIS GRANDSON IS GATIKA SATHAM AMMAL (aka Varada Vishnu and Sudarsanachar).
His son is Mahadayadeesar.
His son and disciple is Vatsya Varadha Desikan (aka Varadha VishnuvAryA).
His son and disciple is MahadayAdeesar (has the same name as his grandfather).
His disciple is AhobilAchariAr (brother's son of the above Mahadayadeesar).

GATIKA SATHAM AMMAL 

had the capacity to compose a hundred verses in
a  ghatika  (24  minutes).  Hence,  he  was known as Gatika Satham AmmAL. He was
in-charge of the Kanchi school after the first Brahma Thantra Swathantra Jeeyar.
Among   his   Sishyas  was  one  Srinivasan,  son  of  Kidambi  KesavachArya  of
Thirunarayanapuram, who later became famous as Sri Adi Vann Satakopa Jeeyar, the
1st pontiff of Sri Ahobila Mutt.
GatikaSatham  AmmAL  was succeeded in the Kanchi school by his son Varada Vishnu
and after him we come across 3 Acharyas namely, MahadayAdeesa, AhobilAchAryA and
Vatsya Varadacharya.
(At  that  time,  there  was  a  scholar  named  Sri  Vedantacharya  who  learnt
Sribhashyam  from  Vatsya  Varadacharya  and Bhagavad Vishayam from one Triteeya
Paraankusa Swami.  Sri Vedantacharya later became famous as "Shasta Paraankusa",
the  6th Jeeyar of Ahobila Mutt, who was instrumental in placing Ahobila Mutt on
firm foundation.)
Gatika  Satham  Ammal  wrote Yathiraja Vijayam, Vasantha Tilaka Bhaanam, Geethaa
sAram, PramAnaswam and AmmAL SuprabAtham.
His Tanian reads as follows:
Namo Varada Vishnu vaaryaaya Nayanaananda Daayine /
Vaatsyaaya Varadaaryaaya Vadhineeha Bhaaswate //
Meaning:
"  I  bow to Vatsya Varada, a Guru who has a charming personality and who shines
like a beacon light to the lineage of Vishnuvaarya"



VARADA VISHNU VAARYA:

He  was  the  grandson of Gatika Satham Ammaal. and son of one Mahaadayaadessar.
He  learned  from his grandfather Rahasya Traya Saara, and from Adivann Satakopa
Sribhasyam and 6,000 padi of Bhagavad Vishayam.
His Tanian is as follows:
Mahaa Dayaadeesa Guror Thanayam Natva Vidwaram /
Vande Vishnuvaaryam Vaatsalyaadhi Gunaarnavam //
Meaning:
" I bow to the erudite Varada Vishnu Vaarya, son of Mahadayadeesa Guru and whose
qualities like mercy are vast and deep like the very ocean"
Branch I.4: MAHAA DAYAA DEESAR:
He was the son and disciple of Sri Varada Vishnu Maha Desikan.  He bore the name
of  his  grandfather  as  Mahadayaadeesar.  He had his MantrOpadesam and Grantha
Kalakshepam (except Bhagavad Vishayam) from his father.
His Tanian reads as follows:-
Mahaa Dayaa Deesitur Ambujaaksha Nidhyaana
Nityaabhi Nivishta Buddeh /
Agjnaana  Nigrahakamunjasaaham Asmad Guror
Angri Yugalam Prapadhye //
Meaning:
"  I surrender at the feet of our Guru, Mahadayadesar whose eyes are like lotus,
who constantly meditates on the Lord and who is ignorant of punishing us for our
faults due to his forgiving nature"


AHOBILAACHAARIAR:

He  was  the  son  of one Anantaachariar of Sirangattur, (brother of Mahaa Dayaa
Deesar).   He  had  his  Mantropadesam  and Pancha Samskaaram from Varada Vishnu
Vaarya.   He  did  his  Kalakshepam  of Granthas (except Bhagavad Vishayam) from
Mahaa Dayaa Deesar.
His Tanian reads as follows:
Srimad Varada Vishnu Vaaraya Pada Pankaja Shat Padam /
Ahobila Gurum Vande Vatsa Vamsaika Mouktikam //
Meaning:
"  I  salute  the  pearl of the lineage of Vatsa who was like a bee at the lotus
feet of Varada Vishnuvarya"


SHASHTA PARAANKUSA SWAMI

This  Swami  later  became  the  6th  pontiff  of the Ahobila Mutt.  His name in
Poorvaasramam was Venkataachaariar.  He had his Kalakshepam of Bhagavad Vishayam
from  the  3rd  Pontiff  of  Ahobila Mutt who himself had his training under the
first   pontiff,   Adi   Vann   Satakopar.    He  learned  other  Granthas  from
Ahobilachariar and
Varadaachariar  who,  however,  had connections only in respect of Gita Bhashyam
and  Sri  Bhashyam  (and not in Rahasya and Bhagavad Vishayam) as per the Srimad
Andavan  Sampradayam.   He  established  the  Agraharam  and is believed to have
merged  in the Tirumeni of Azhagiya Singhar at Ahobilam. He wrote Siddhanta Mani
Deepam and
Pancha Kaala Deepikai
His Tanian reads as follows:
Srimad   Sataari  Muni  Paada  Saroja  Hamsam
Srimad   Paraankusa Tapodhana Labda bodham /
Sriman  Nrisimha  Varadaarya  Dyaava Labdam
Srimad Paaraankusa Munim Pranathosmi Nityam //
Meaning:
"  I  bow  constantly  at  the feet of Parankusamuni, who was like a swan at the
lotus  feet  of  Parankusa  (Nammalwar)  who  got  enlightenment  from the great
Tapasvi,  Parankusa  (also  Nammalwar)  and  who  got  initiated  into Dvayam by
Nrisimha Varadarya"


 PB ANNAN 
- Credited to have composed Sri Venkatesa Suprabatham


KIDAAMBI NAAYANAAR: 
He  succeeded  Prativaadi  Bhayankaram  Annan.   But,  no  further  details  are
available about him.


SRINIVASACHARYA
 - No details available


NARASIMHA DESIKAR: 
He was the son of Tirumalai Srinivasacharya.  He was a
contemporary  of  Nainarachaariar.   He  had  his  own  line  of  Sishyas called
"Braathru  Vamsam",  which,  however,  was  not as established as Parakaala Mutt
already  formed or the Ahobila Mutt to be founded.  His first Sishya was his own
son called Narasimhachaarya also known as "Braatru Athangi".


LAKSHMANAACHAARYA: 
He was the son and disciple of the above Narasimha Desikar.


NARASIMHACHAARYA 
He was the son and disciple of the above Lakshmanaachaarya


TATASURI  (aka) Tirumalai Nambi

 He was the son and disciple of
Narasimhaachaarya.   This  "Braatru  Santhadhi"  was  also  known as Sankapuram,
Bukkapatnam, Nampaakkam, Satyakaalam and Surapuram
Vamsam, as the disciples were spread over all these places.



VADAKKU TIRUVEETHI PILLAI 
(Already dealt with in AVV Part 26 (2)


SRIRANGAACHAARIAR: 
A  Contemporary of Pillai Lokaachaarya, he was a disciple of Vadakku Tiruveedhip
Pillai  along  with  Pillai  Lokaachaarya.   While  Pillai  Lokaachaarya was the
Praachaarya of the Vanamaamalai Parampara, Sri Rangachaariar was the Praachaarya
of  Ahobila
Parampara.


KESAVAACHAARIAR: 
He was the disciple of the above Srirangaachaariar.


SRINIVAASAACHAARIAR: 
He was the disciple of the above Kesavaachaariar.


 KESAVAACHAARIAR: 
He was the disciple of the above Srinivaasaachaariar.


AADHI VANN SATAKOPA  SWAMI 
The Prathama Yathi of the Ahobila Mutt.  ( Details in a later post)

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