Complex sentence: The traditional hagiographies of Ramanuja state he was born in a Brahmin family, to mother Kantimath and father Kesava Somayaji, in a village near modern Chennai, and place his life in the period of 1017--1137 CE, yielding a lifespan of 120 years.
Split into simpler sentences: The traditional hagiographies of Ramanuja state he was born in a Brahmin family, to mother Kantimath and father Kesava Somayaji, in a village near modern Chennai. They place his life in the period of 1017--1137 CE, yielding a lifespan of 120 years.