Iyer vs Iyengar
Iyer thiab Iyengar yog ob hom castes muab rau Hindu Brahmins ntawm Tamil keeb kwm. Thaum cov neeg los ntawm yav dhau los caste ua raws li cov lus teev tseg los ntawm Adi Sankara, tus tsim ntawm Advaita lub tswv yim, cov neeg los ntawm cov tsev neeg tom kawg ua raws li cov lus teev tseg los ntawm Sri Ramanuja uas tau tawm tswv yim txog lub tswv yim ntawm Visishtadvaita. Nov yog qhov txawv ntawm ob lo lus.
Iyengars muab faib ua ob pawg, uas yog, Vadakalai Iyengar thiab Thenkalai Iyengar. Cov Vadakalai Iyengars ntseeg tau tias yog cov neeg Indo-Aryan uas yuav tau tsiv mus nyob ntev dhau los ntawm North Is Nrias teb. Lub sect Thenkalai ntawm qhov tod tes, yog thawj coj los ntawm Manavala Mamuni. Nws yog ib qho tseem ceeb kom paub tias pawg ntseeg no ua raws Divyaprabandham nruj heev. Lawv tsis kam lees txoj kev nom tswv ib yam nkaus.
Nws yog qhov nthuav kom nco ntsoov tias Iyengar kab lig kev cai pib tsim ntawm kev xauj 1000 xyoo dhau los. Nws ntseeg tias Nathamuni tau hais tias tau qhia txog kev lig kev cai ntev rov qab. Iyengars tau hais tias tau nyob ntau hauv Chola lub nceeg vaj ntawm Tamilnadu. Ib yam yog qhov tseeb ntawm cov Iyers ib yam nkaus.
Lub Iyers yog cov zej zog Hindu Brahmin ntawm Tamil keeb kwm. Lawv tau hais tias lawv nyob hauv Tamilnadu hauv Is Nrias teb. Iyers ib yam nkaus li Iyengars tau hais tias tau nqis los ntawm pawg Indo-Aryan los ntawm North Is Nrias teb. Lawv raug cais raws li lawv cov gotras thiab Veda lawv ua raws. Qhov no yeej muaj tseeb ntawm Iyengars ib yam nkaus.
Lwm qhov sib txawv tseem ceeb ntawm Iyers thiab Iyengars yog tias thaum Iyers ntseeg txog qhov tseem ceeb ntawm tus Tswv Shiva, Iyengars ntseeg nyob rau hauv lub siab tshaj ntawm tus Tswv Vishnu. Iyengars feem ntau tsis ua kev zoo siab rau qee cov festivals thiab cov xwm txheej xws li Vinayaka Chaturthi, Mahasivaratri thiab lwm yam. Iyers qhia kev txaus siab rau cov festivals ntsig txog Vishnu ib yam nkaus.
