A (, ; also anglicized as shloka or sloka, meaning, ' song ', from the root śru, ' hear ') is a category of verse line developed from the Vedic Anuṣṭubh.

Considering the two constituents of " Vahiguru " (" vahi " + " guru ") implying the state of wondrous ecstasy and offering of homage to the Lord, the first one was brought distinctly and prominently into the devotional system by Guru Nanak, who has made use of this interjection, as in Majh ki Var ( stanza 24 ), and Suhi ki Var, sloka to pauri 10.

The interjection " vahu " (" hail, wondrous is the Lord ") occurs in Guru Ram Das in conjunction with " Satiguru "( compounded from Guru ) in sloka 2 in Sloka Varan te Vadhik ( GG, 1421 ).

Other prominent Gaudiya Vaishnava theologians are his uncles, Rupa Gosvami author of Sri Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu and Sanatana Gosvami, author of Hari-bhakti-vilasa, Visvanatha Chakravarti author of Sri Camatkara-candrika and Baladeva Vidyabhushana, author of Govinda Bhashya, a famous commentary on Vedanta Sutra.

Besides these philosophers, Ramanuja's teacher Yamunacharya is credited with laying the foundation for what culminates as the Sri Bhashya.

Thus Baladeva began to write, and within a few days completed the commentary which was titled ' Sri Govinda Bhashya '.

Thus Baladeva began to write, and within a few days completed the commentary which was titled ' Sri Govinda Bhashya '.

Guru says in Sri Guru Granth Sahib ( Page 1093 ), " By establishing the nine houses and a royal mansion above i. e. the tenth door of our body also called ' mokh dwar ', the Lord comes to abide in his own mansion i. e. the tenth one.

Basic training for new recruits of the Sri Lanka Navy which is approximately six months are conducted at Advanced Naval Training Center, SLNS ' Nipuna '; Naval Artificer Training Institute, SLNS ' Thakshila ', Welisara ; and at Naval Recruit Training Centres at several shore establishments.

** the heir apparent was styled: Sri Sri Sri Sri Sri Yuvarajadhiraj (' Young King of Kings ', i. e. Crown Prince ) ( personal name ) Bir Bikram Shah Deva ;

In May 2009, the Sri Lankan Government declared an end to two decades of armed conflict with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam ( LTTE ), who had been seeking a separate homeland, or ' Eelam ', for Tamils in the north and east of the country.

In ' Anand ', the Third Guru ( Sri Guru Granth Sahib: p. 919 ) says, " ' Sahaj ' ( knowledge or intuitive balance ) is not born with the deeds or action.

At the time of his birth Dutugemunu's father was Kavantissa, king of Ruhuna, a small kingdom in south-east Sri Lanka outside of the influence of Rajarata in the north ; the border between the two polities was the Mahaganga, or ' Great River ', possibly the modern Menik Ganga.

The term Kaffir is said to mean ' non-believer ', not holding the same meaning in Sri Lanka as it does in countries like South Africa where it is used as a racial slur.

Sri Krishna-Balarama Temple built by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness ( ISKCON ) in a location known as ' Raman-Reti ', is one of the most beautiful temples in Vrindavan today.

The lyrics to Johnny Comes Marching Home, written by Irish-American bandleader Patrick Gilmore and published under the pseudonym ' Louis Lambert ', effectively reverse those of Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye, in which Johnny returns home blind and crippled, to the woman and children he abandoned to be able to go to Sri Lanka to serve in the British Army for the East India Company.

Perhaps most worrying, a number of native sepoys defected to the Kandyans, including a soldier of Malay descent called ' William O ' Deen ' or ' Odeen ', who years later became the first Sri Lankan exiled to Australia.

#' Sri Wickrema Rajasinha ', the ' Malabari ' king, to forfeit all claims to the throne of Kandy.

The temple is famous for the continuous 24-hour chanting of the mantra ' Sri Ram, Jai Ram, Jai Jai Ram ', since 1 August 1964.

Skandagupta's name appear in the Javanese text ` Tantrikamandaka ', and Chinese writer, Wang-hiuen-tse refers that an ambassador was sent to his court by King Meghvarma of Sri Lanka, who had asked his permission to build a Buddhist monastery at Bodh Gaya for the monks traveling from Sri Lanka.

The ' Mahavamsa ', the recorded chronicles of Sri Lankan history ( starting from the 3rd Century BCE ), refers to Edirille Rala as a ' war hero.

Sri Sangabo Corea is a pioneering advertising guru, he ' discovered ' Sri Lanka's ' King of Pop ', Clarence Wijewardena and Sri Lankan star, Annesley Malewana.

It is probable that the name ' Srirampur ' originated either from ' Sripur ', ' Sri Ram ' or both, or it could originate from ' Seetarampore ' as there was a very famous ' Ram-Seeta ' temple.

Starting with famous dance dramas like, ' Sita Swayamvaram ', ' Sri Rama Vanagamanam ', ' Paduka Pattabhishekam ' and ' Sabari Moksham ', followed by ' Kutrala Kuruvanji ', ' Ramayana ', ' Kumara Sambhavam ', ' Gita Govindam ' and ' Usha Parinayam '.

* Sri Ramanuja

On hearing about Sri Ramanuja he went to Srirangam.

The case of Democritus is different from the case of, for example, Epimenides of Crete ( 7th, 6th centuries BC ), who is said to have lived 154, 157 or 290 years, as has been said about countless elders even during the last centuries as well as in the present time. The philosopher and theologian Ramanuja lived from 1017CE to 1137 CE. His body is said to be not perished and kept at Sri Ranganather temple, Trichy district, Tamilnadu India as exhibit These cases are not verifiable by modern means.

The Shrine of Sri Ramanuja is adjacent to the Sangeeta Bhandara, in the northern corridor of the Vimana Pradakshinam.

Ramanuja is considered the father of the Sri Vaishnava community in Tirupati.

Ramanuja was responsible for managing the worship and other affairs of the Sri Venkateswara temple.

It is sincerely believed by the Vaishnavism a sect of ancient Vedic Hindu religion, that Aadi Sesha the divine snake over which God Vishnu resides took incarnation as Lakshmana, later as the great Vaishnavaitic saint and philosopher Sri Ramanuja, later once again as Sri Manavala Mamunigal as he is the embodiment of ultimate service to lord Almighty Sriman Narayana

Legend has it that the parents of the Sri Vaishnava saint, Ramanuja came to the temple and prayed to the Lord for a son and eventually the saint was born.

There are also festivals for Sri Ramanuja ( April – May ) and Sri Manavalamamunigal ( Oct-Nov ) besides festivals for Alwar and Acharyas.

The province of Canara seems to have been under the sway of Vishnu Vardhana, the great Vaishnava King who was converted by Sri Ramanuja.

* The book, Sri Ramanuja, His Life, Religion, and Philosophy, states that the name " Narayana " means, " He who is the dwelling place i. e. the source, support and dissolving ground of all Jivas or souls, including inert matter.

Ramanuja also wrote a commentary on the Brahma sutra, called Sri Bhasya, which lays the foundations of the Vishishtadvaita tradition.

Ramanuja, in Sri Bhasya 1. 1. 1., reiterates that inequality and diversity in the world are due to the fruits of karma of different souls and the omnipresent energy of the soul suffers pain or pleasure due to its karma.

Andavan Ashram ( Mutt ) has a connection with Hemmige from the days of Periya Andavan, Chinna Andavan, KaTAndethi Andavan ( Srinivasa Ramanuja Maha Desikan ), Nam Andavan, Thembarai Andavan, Akkur Andavan, ThiruKudanthai Andavan who all visited Hemmige for some time and did the Mangala Sasnam of Varadharajar at Sri Varadharaja Swamy Temple.

63 Sri Ramanuja Upadesa, 1896

Sri Ramanuja makes many references to these two scholars in his commentaries, Vedanta Sangraha and Sri Bhasya.

Recently the pontiff of Srivilliputtur ( the most venerated Srivaishnava pilgrim centre in Tamilnadu in India ), ' Sri Manavala Mamunigal Mutt ' H. H 23rd peetam Sri Sri Sri Satakopa Ramanuja Jeeyar Swamiji has made the installation of the idols of Andal ( Sri Gotha Devi ), Ramanuja, and Manavala Mamunigal in this sacred place of predominant Sri Vaishnava origin during the yagna performed between 3-8-2009 and 6-8-2009.