sentences:  He grew up learning Vedic texts from Rama Misra also known as Manakkal Nambi and was skilled in mimansa.SriVaishnavite legend relates this history—As a teenager he challenged the royal priest Akkiyalvan of the Pandya king (the name of the king is disputed).Akkiyalvan, when he saw the age of the youth, asked sarcastically "alavandara?"