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VIII | 11 |
The literature of devotion | 88 |
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A. K. RAMANUJAN akam akaval alias ancient antāti anthology beautiful became bhakti Bharati Bharatidasan born Brāhmaṇ canto cent century characters Chera Chola Cilappatikāram classical collection commentary composed contains devotional diction divine elephant English epic erotic eyes father garland genre girl hero heroic Hindu History of Tamil hymns important Indian Jaina JESUDASAN K. V. ZVELEBIL Kampan Kannaki king Kṛṣṇa Kuruntokai language lines literary Lord Madras married marutam Maturai metre modern Tamil mother motif Murukan Nampi narrative Pandya Pannirupāṭṭiyal Paripățal patikam Pillai plays poem poet poetic Pondicherry popular prabandhas praise probably prose prosody published puram purāṇam purāņas quatrains Rāma Saiva Sanskrit says short story Śiva Smile of Murugan social songs stanzas style Sundara Tamil Language Tamil literature Tamil novel Tamil poetry Tamil Studies temple texts themes tiņai Tirukkural Tolkāppiyam traditional transl translation V. V. S. Aiyar Vaiṣṇava veņpā verse viruttam wife woman writing