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The Ramavataram, popularly referred to as Kamba Ramayanam, is a Tamil epic that was written by the Tamil poet Kambar during the 12th century. Based on Valmiki 's Ramayana (which is in Sanskrit ), the story describes the legend of King Rama of Ayodhya .
Kambar was a 12th-century Tamil poet who wrote Kamba Ramayanam, the life of Rama of Ayodhya. Kamba Ramayana differed on several aspects from the original version of Ramayana written by Sanskrit poet Valmiki. Kamba Ramayana emphasised Tamil culture and tradition more. [2] It is considered as one of the greatest epic of the Tamil literature. [3]
Kambar, or Kavichakravarthy Kamban (1180 CE–1250 CE), [1] was an Indian poet and the author of the Ramavataram, popularly known as Kambaramayanam, the Tamil version of the epic Ramayana. [2]
It was first published by Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan in 1957. [1] This book is an abridged English retelling of the Valmiki Ramayana; he had earlier published a version of Kamba Ramayanam. [2] Rajaji considered this book and his Mahabharata to be his greatest service to his countrymen. As of 2001, the book had sold over a million copies. [3]
Indian epic poetry is the epic poetry written in the Indian subcontinent, traditionally called Kavya (or Kāvya; Sanskrit: काव्य, IAST: kāvyá).The Ramayana and the Mahabharata, which were originally composed in Sanskrit and later translated into many other Indian languages, and the Five Great Epics of Tamil literature and Sangam literature are some of the oldest surviving epic ...
The Kamba Ramayana portrays Nala also in charge of creating living quarters for the army of Rama in Lanka. He creates a city of tents of gold and gems for the army; but builds a simple house of bamboo and wood and grass beds for himself. [12] Nala fights in the battle led by Rama against Ravana and his rakshasa army.
[1] Ahalya: Wife of the sage Gautama Maharishi. Many Hindu scriptures say that she was seduced by Indra (the king of the gods), cursed by her husband for infidelity, and liberated from the curse by Rama (an avatar of Vishnu). Akampana: A a maternal uncle of Ravana. He was one of ten sons of Sumali and Ketumathi. He also had four sisters.
Shambuka is alluded in 12.149.61.62 [9] in the epic Mahabharata (Principally compiled in 3rd century BCE–4th century CE), in a debate between a jackal and a vulture at a cremation ground. The jackal urges the family of a dead young boy to not abandon him at the cremation ground citing how Rama revives a dead Brahmin boy and slew the sudra ...