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... Kamban . The Tamil epics that Kamban inherited have such arguments in their exordiums . Even if the view that the patikams of Cilappatikāram and Maņimēkalai were not written by the respective epic poets is accepted Civakacintamani ...
... Kamban . The Tamil epics that Kamban inherited have such arguments in their exordiums . Even if the view that the patikams of Cilappatikāram and Maņimēkalai were not written by the respective epic poets is accepted Civakacintamani ...
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... Kamban thinks that scholars may laugh at him for his saucy attempt and that his name would be would be maligned.40 It is a delightful irony that both these poets who have bequeathed their respective posterity with such superb literary ...
... Kamban thinks that scholars may laugh at him for his saucy attempt and that his name would be would be maligned.40 It is a delightful irony that both these poets who have bequeathed their respective posterity with such superb literary ...
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... Kamban makes his prayer to God who is also the hero of his epic as an avatar . ( 5 ) Whereas the western epics expressly seek the assis- tance of the Muses , Kamba Ramayanam like the other epics in Tamil does not expressly seek any such ...
... Kamban makes his prayer to God who is also the hero of his epic as an avatar . ( 5 ) Whereas the western epics expressly seek the assis- tance of the Muses , Kamba Ramayanam like the other epics in Tamil does not expressly seek any such ...
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Aeneid Akam poetry ancient argument Arivu artistic aspect audience beauty Celvam Ceyyu Cilappatikāram commentary composed conscious convention creative Dante digressions divine elucidation emotions English Literature epic poets essay exordial exordium follows hence Homer human Ilakkiya Marapu Ilampūraṇar Iliad imagination inspiration invocation invocatory invoke Iraiyanar Akapporul Kalaviyal Kamba Ramayanam Kamban Kannaki Keats lines literary criticism Love in Akam lover Madras Manavalan Marapu Mātavi mean Milton mind Munaivan Muses mutal nul mutalvan nature nūl nūṛpā opinion original Paradise Lost phase poems poetic composition Poru Porul prayer prayer songs prose Quoted Rama references regard relevance Romantic love Romantic poetry Romanticism sage Sastri says scholars Shelley songs Spenser stanza subject matter T. S. Eliot Tamil epics Tamil Literature Thiru tion Tiran Tolkāppiyam tradition translation unconscious University valinul Valmiki verse Vinaiyin Ninki Virgil Viruntu vision Wordsworth ஆராய்ச்சி இலக்கியம் தமிழ் பக் பாட்டு மலர்