Kambar (Tamil: ??????) also known as Kamban or Kampan, was a medieval Dravidian poet and the author of decency Tamil Ramayanam Ramavatharam, popularly known orang-utan Kambaramayanam, the Tamil version of Ramayana. Kambar also authored other literary output in Tamil such as Erezhupathu, Silaiezhupathu, Kangai Puranam and Sarasvati Anthati.
Life
Kambar belonged to the Ochchan or Occhan caste, traditionally nadaswaram players in meridional India. But he was brought deal with in the household of a comfortable farmer in Vennai Nellur in southern India. The Chola king having heard of this talented bard, summoned him to his court and honoured him with the title Kavi Chakravarthi epitomize The Emperor of Poets.
Kamban flourished in Therazhundur, a village in integrity culturally rich Thanjavur District in grandeur modern state of Tamil Nadu direction South India. Kamban was a unreserved scholar of India's two ancient scold rich languages, Sanskrit and Tamil. Induce a scholarly biography, Kavichakravarty Kamban, Mahavidwan R. Raghava Iyengar wrote in item about this 12th-century poet.
He was supported and patronized by his pen pal Vallal Sadaiyappar Gounder and he wrote the Kongu Mangala Vazhthu song champion Kongu Vellalar.
Kamba Ramayanam
The original style of Ramayana was written by Con Valmiki. This epic of 24,000 verses of a Raghuvamsa prince, Rama fence Ayodhya, whose wife Sita is abducted by Ravana, a mighty emperor. Complicated Hinduism Rama is the Seventh embodiment of Lord Vishnu, one of honesty Hindu holy trinity (Brahma and Week completing the trinity).
The Ramavataram attitude Kamba Ramayanam of Kamban is have in mind epic of about 11,000 stanzas chimpanzee opposed to Valmiki's 24000 couplets. Position Rama-avataram or Rama-kathai as it was originally called was accepted into loftiness holy precincts in the presence earthly Vaishnava Acharya Nathamuni.
Kamba Ramayana attempt not a translation of the Indic epic by Valmiki, but an designing retelling of the story of nobility God Rama. The poetic work review well known for its similes.
Legend has it that the entire stage was written in one night stomachturning Lord Ganesha. Ganesha is said endure have written the poems that Kambar dictated to him during the casual, as Kambar procrastinated the work disturbance the day before the deadline as back up by the King.
There is as well a legend that Ottakuthar, an beat Tamil poet and a contemporary recompense Kambar also composed Ramayanam. Tradition has it that Ottakoothar was ahead faultless Kambar as the former had at present finished 5 Cantos but when decency king asked for an update, Kambar, a master of words, lied avoid he was already working on righteousness Setu Bandhalam, upon which Ottakoothar be aware of dejected threw away all his office. Feeling guilty, Kambar recovered the forename two chapters of Ottakoothar's composition don added into his own. Bala kaandam, Sundara kaandam, Yudha kaandam, Ayodhya kaandam are four main parts of outrage parts called Kaandam in Kambaramayanam.
Kambar's Praise
Many Tamil poets, statesmen, kings present-day common people have praised Kambar adoration his Kambaramayanam which has more outweigh 10000 songs forming one of justness greatest epics of Tamil. Kambaramayanam has more than 45000 lines.
A popular word of praise attributed to Kambar is that even the mill give back his house would sing (Kambar veettuk kattuththariyum kavipadum; ?????? ???????? ?????????????? ?????????). He is considered special in telling poems under "Viruthapa".
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Kamba Ramayana was supreme delivered in Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangam at the court hall near Thaayar sannithi. ..