Parankusan Digital Library

About Sri U. Ve. Sohattūr Parāṅkuśācārya

Late Ghanapāṭhī Vidvān Sri U. Ve. Parāṅkuśācārya [1905-1974] was an illustrious scholar of Salakṣaṇa Ghanānta in Kr̥ṣṇa Yajur Veda, Dharmaśāstra-s, Sāhitya, Vyākaraṇa and Vedānta, besides being proficient in the divine songs of Ālvārs in Tamil and Pāñcarātra Āgama. Sri Parāṅkuśācārya was an authority on Śrīvaiṣṇava Sampradāya and was conferred the title 'Bhūloka Nitya Sūri' on 14 January 1963 by Ubhaya Vedānta Pravartana Sabhā, Bengaluru.

About PIVS

The Institution named "Parankushachar Institute of Vedic Studies" (PIVS) was formed in 1996, by his son Vedavāridhi Dr. P. Rāmānujan, to follow his father's ideals by promoting research and study of Vedic topics. The Institute is imparting traditional Vedic knowledge in the maukhik paramparā and is actively engaged in research ever since in Vedic texts for bringing out the treasures hidden in them for the benefit of all. A library of all the books and manuscripts of Late Sri. Parāṅkuśācārya and subsequent collections is set up at the Institute and its detailed cataloguing (computerized database) is in progress. Currently there are approximately 4500 titles in the library.

PIVS Activities

• Teaching Taittirīya Śākhā of Kr̥ṣṇa YajurVeda, Stotras, Nālāyira Divya Prabandham etc., in maukhik paramparā [oral tradition]
• Digital Content Creation
• Ubhaya-Vedānta, (all 14 vidyāsthāna-s [Veda-s, Vedāṅga-s, Upāṅga-s] and Drāvida Vedānta)
• Text, audio/video modes of all discourses
• Descriptive Cataloguing of the Library collection [including palm-leaf manuscripts]
• Continuous updating and maintaining of the website-URL - pivstrust.org
• Regular Kālakṣepam/Discourses in-house/outside

Current And Future Plans

The R̥gVeda Vaidika Vyākaraṇa Prakriyā Book covering (1-4) Aṣṭaka-1 and Adhyāya-1 is already published. PIVS is continuing the text preparation for the remaining portions. PIVS is also blueprinting awareness/enlightenment courses online on Viśiṣṭādvaita Sampradāya for various levels of learners.