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Adhyatma Ramayanam Kilippattu is the most popular Malayalam version of the Sanskrit Hindu epic Ramayana. It is believed to have been written by Thunchaththu Ramanujan Ezhuthachan in the early 17th century, [ 1 ] and is considered to be a classic of Malayalam literature and an important text in the history of Malayalam language.
Adhyatma Ramayanam Kilippattu, written in the parrot-song style, is Ezhuthachan's principle work. [1] It is not an adaptation from the original Valmiki Ramayana, but a translation of the Adhyatma Ramayana, a Sanskrit text connected with the Ramanandi sect. [3] The poem is composed in nearly-modern Malayalam. [3]
Kilippattu or parrot song is a genre of Malayalam poems [1] in which the narrator is a parrot, a bee, a swan, and so on. Kiḷippaṭṭu was popularized by the 16th-century poet Ezhuthachan (The Father Of The Malayalam language). In Adhyathmaramayanam (work of Ezhuthachan), each chapter starts with calling of parrot and asking it tell song of ...
His book, The history of the grammatical theories in Malayalam published in 1975, is considered to be a seminal work in the field of Malayalam grammar. [9] [10] He has also authored a research thesis on Thunchath Ezhuthachan's Adhyathma Ramayanam and scholarly article about Kilippattu. [1]
Adhyatma Ramayana represents the story of Rama in a spiritual context. The text constitutes over 35% of the chapters of Brahmanda Purana, often circulated as an independent text in the Vaishnavism tradition, [9] and is an Advaita Vedanta treatise of over 65 chapters and 4,500 verses.
The Kannassa Ramayanam written by Niranam Rama Panicker in the 14th century, Adhyathmaramayanam Kilippattu written by Thunchaththu Ezhuthachan in the 16th century (The most popular one) and "Mappila Ramayanam." among the Muslims. [24] Maharashtra – The Marathi Bhavartha Ramayana written by Sant Eknath in the 16th century. There is also a ...
He has been rendering Adhyatma Ramayana right from 1985, when he stood before the microphone at All India Radio. Since then he has been instrumental in popularizing Thunchath Ezhuthachans Adhyatma Ramayanam Kilippattu(the Malayalam version of Ramayana) with his emphasis on emotion without compromising on its lyrical quality.
In the year 1883, at the urging of Paramel Ittoop, Rama Variyar moved his family to Kunnamkulam and stayed there and devoted fully to his scholarly pursuit. One of his first publication was a corrected edition of Ezhuthacchan's Adhyatma Ramayanam in Malayalam. Several of Rama variyar's early works were printed at Vidyaratnaprabha Printing Press.