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Rama and Hanuman fighting Ravana, an album painting on paper from Tamil Nadu, ca 1820. The Mandapam at The Ranganathasamy Temple, Srirangam where Kambar is believed to have first recited the epic. The Ramavataram, popularly referred to as Kamba Ramayanam, is a Tamil epic that was written by the Tamil poet Kambar during the 12th
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] Kambar also authored other literary works in Tamil, such as Tirukkai Valakkam, Erelupatu, Silai Elupatu, Kangai Puranam, Sadagopar Antati and Saraswati ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Kamba Ramayanam: Tevaram: Tirumurai: Tamil people: Sangam: ... They teach her Buddhist mantras to free herself from fears. One ...
There are earlier references of Ramayana in Sangam literature (300 B.C - 300 A.D), but the earliest known written version of Ramayana in the Tamil language, is the Ramavataram (popularly known as Kamba Ramayanam) written in the 12th century AD, by Kambar.
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]
Kamban Adippodi Saw Ganesan (6 June 1908 – 28 July 1982) was an Indian politician and Tamil activist, writer, historian, and epigraphist. He was known for popularising the Tamil epic Ramavataram (also known as Kamba Ramayanam) through his Kamban Kazhagam organization, and for initiating construction of a temple to the Tamil language in Karaikudi.
Tevaram text has been called as a Shaiva "Tamil-vētam" (a Tamil Veda) in Volume 4 of the Madras Tamil Lexicon. This equivalence with the ancient Hindu Vedas has been explained by the Tamil Shaiva scholars in that the Tevaram "resembles the Vedic hymns" by being poetry of the "highest order" that also systematically builds the philosophical ...
Udayana Kumara Kaviyam is one of the five minor epic poems of Sangham literature. [1] Though the name of the author is unknown, it is considered to be the work of a Jaina nun named Kandiyar.