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Re: kamba ramayanam

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vijay.triplicane • October 24, 2002 


  I am sure all those quotes from AchArya Hrudhayam are in the 'na hi ninda'
context. In an attempt to praise one, it is compared with the other in a
literary context without any malign intention. Moreover, the original
question was to compare vAlmiki and kamba Ramayanams and not Ramayanam with
other works. 

  To answer the original question, Kamban is not totally neglected. I have
heard vELukkudi swami, annangarachar swami and Kannan swami quoting kamban.
The 'original' stamp for valmiki and 'pUrvacharya' stamp for PVP sometimes
supercedes the 'thamizh' stamp for kamban. But this in no way undermines
Kamban's great work. Also, like Mani pointed out, the average upanyasaka
would master the dhivya prabhandhams, valmiki Ramayanam and other epics
first before coming to Kamban and therefore in such cases Kamban takes the
backseat. 

  Could somebody post the references to kamban in the Idu or 24000? It
should be interesting...
adiyEn,
-Vijay Triplicane


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