
K R Krishnaswami
An engineer by profession, Nullan Chakravarthy K. R. Krishnaswami is an alumnus of Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru. He was selected by the Central Ministry of Scientific Research for specialization in his field and sent to Hamburg, Germany. Returning to India, the Ministry placed him as a CSIR Pool Officer at Indian Institute of Science. He was then picked up by the multinational company, ICI India, from where he retired as a Senior Manager.
Always interested in religious and spiritual fields, Krishnaswami trained himself in 4000 Divya Prabandham and the full block of Krishna Yajur Veda. With this background, he assisted a famous Vishishtaadwaithic scholar, Dr. N. S. Anantharangachar in publication of his books on 4000 Divya Prabandham.
He started writing books in 2000 and in the last two decades, around 50 books covering a wide range of Srivaishnava subjects have come out. These books have been published under the banner of A & K Prakashana.
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Are You a Srivaishnava?
$15.00The book has been written with the express purpose of getting young Srivaishnavas to appreciate their religious history in terms of genealogy, their religious gurus… -
Sathyagalam: The Untold Story
$15.00Adiyen’s first book on Sathyaagalm was written when enough work had not been done but it, more by way of publicity, got itself written! This… -
Srimad Bhagavatha Mahaapurana (Skandhas 11-12)
$20.00In the present two chapters, the ‘unmissable’ dialog between Uddhava and the Lord Himself, reminding one of the ‘Bhagavad Gita’, the Lord leaving to His… -
Sri Ramanuja’s Sri Vedartha Sangraha
$12.00Vedartha Sangraha is great is many ways – first that it fulfills the need in full measure the requirement of a bhaashya to be written… -
Koyil Shathrumurai (Kannada)
$25.00Koyil Shathrumurai is a compendium giving details of all that goes on in a Srivaishnava temple – right from waking up the Lord with Prabhandham… -
Sri Vedanta Desikar’s Paduka Sahasram (Kannada)
$20.00Paduka Sahasram by Vedanta Desikan is considered by many as his magnum opus. It comprises 1008 slokas, which Swami Desikan composed in a single night… -
Sri Rāmānuja‘s Treatment of Chathussoothri
$8.00Chathussoothri contains the entire message of Brahma Suthras in a synoptic way just as the first four lines of Thiruvoimozhi covering the entire message of… -
Srimad Bhagavatha Mahaapurana’s Celebrated Dashama Skandha
$25.00The tenth chapter, a single skandha, comprises 90 stories/episodes and accounts for almost 30% of the entire Bhaagavatha Purana. It has episodes related to such… -
Sri Vedantha Desikar’s Sri Abhayapradhānasāra (Vibheeshana Sharanaagathi)
$20.00Abhaya Pradhaana Saaram is one of the 32 rahasyas (hidden truths) authored by Swami Desikan and this work is the 20th in the serial order.… -
Sri Parashara Bhattar’s Kriyaadeepah & Sri Ramanuja’s Nithyagranthah
$8.00This book is the second publication in the ‘Thiruvaaraadhanam’ series. The first volume was on Sri Rāmānuja Nithyagrantham, for which original texts were presented in… -
Srimad Bhagavatha Mahaa Puraana (Skandhas 5-9)
$20.00Indeed, it is with Vyaasa Muni’s anugraha only the present volume has been completed covering five skandhas, 5 – 9. The famous tenth skandha will… -
Sri Vedantha Desikar’s Chillarei Rahasyangal: Volume 3
$12.00The present volume contains two of the major rahasyas viz. Tathvatraya Chulakam and Rahasyatraya Chulakam. It is specially recommended to those who have decided to… -
Srimad Bhagavatha Mahaa Puraana (Skandhas 1-4)
$20.00The first volume has, besides some preparatory coverage, about 90 stories/sub-stories and episodes. I have thought it appropriate to talk about Bhaagavatha’s significance at the… -
Āzwārs: The Divine Dozen
$8.00Like the Upanishadic seers, āzwārs experienced the Lord, Brahman, in their inner vision and by realizing Him demonstrated that Brahman who has philosophically the highest… -
The Unique Power of Sudharshana – Naarasimha
$5.00The unique power of the extraordinary combination of Sri Sudharshana and Sri Naarasimha cannot be overstated. It has to be experienced. The greatest example is… -
Sri Vedantha Desikar’s Chillarei Rahasyangal: Volume 2
$20.00The second volume of Chillarei Rahasyangal presents seven titles, which are a continuation of the previous seven titles of Volume 1. The main themes that… -
The Trinity of Poorvacharyas & Vishistadvaitha
$7.00Around the end of the ninth century a person, who later came to be known as the first āchārya, takes birth in Veeranārāyanapuram, Chidambaram district,… -
Sri Vedantha Desikar’s Chillarei Rahasyangal: Volume 1
$10.00Sri Vedantha Desikar has written 32 Rahasyas, out of which 16 come under the class of Chillarei Rahasyas. Somehow, the figure of 32 seems to… -
An Introduction to 32 Brahma Vidyās
$5.00Details of the various Brahma Vidyās are known as ‘guhya ādesha’ or secret teaching in Upanishads. In each vidyā one discerns a particular attribute or… -
Sri Rāmānuja‘s Nithyagranthah
$5.00In Nithyagrantham, Sri Rāmānuja deals with the ritual of daily worship enabling one to immerse oneself in ‘dhyānā’ and literally feel the presence of the… -
Sri Āndāl’s Thiruppāvai & Nāchhiyār Thirumozhi
$20.00The original text of Thiruppāvai has been given in the book in three languages. I have given short lead-notes for each pāsuram to connect the… -
Iyarpā
$10.00Iyarpā comprises a total of 11 compositions by 6 āzwārs, and Sri Rāmānuja Nootrandhādhi by Thiruvarangatthamudhanār, a contemporary of Sri Rāmānuja. -
Thirumangai Āzwār’s Periya Thirumozhi & Thirukurunddhāndakam Thirunedunddāndakam
$8.00Broadly based on Peria Aachān Pillai’s commentary, the summary of explanations bears Adiyen’s stamp – no important message of the āzwār is left out; the… -
Mudalāyirām (2 Middle Āzwārs)
$5.00In this book, Kulasēkhara Āzwār’s Perumāl Thirumozhi and Thirumazhishai Āzwār’s Thirucchanddhaviruttham are covered. Explanations for each verse are fairly exhaustive, yet not too long to…