Kesava Rajarajan K
Biographic Data
| ID | 10127989 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kesava Rajarajan K |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kesava K |
| FAMILY NAME | Rajarajan |
| SIGNATURE | K K R |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1078-1694 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Sanskritic Purāṇic Sources and the Tamil Mythic Legends in the Caṅkam Literature ‘Kalittokai’
The classical phase of Tamil literature, which lasted from the second century BCE to the fifth century CE, includes a vast corpus that is divided into the Pattuppāṭṭu and Eṭṭuttokai, including the Tolkāppiyam. The Kalittokai is similar to the Paripāṭal, the 150 poems deal with the different landscapes and phases of love poems, it may be understood that the mythologies of the pan-Indian order and the typical Tamil idioms have gone a long way in th…
Pallava Elements in South and Southeast Asian Art – Visual Appraisal
It is a known fact that contact between the Tamil country and Southeast Asia, including Śrī Laṅkā and China was a long-established tradition. References to the yavanas in Tamil Caṅkam literature and the notes supplied by Greek, Roman, and Egyptian classical authors would establish the fact that commercial intercourse between the east and west was an immemorial process 1, datable to at least a few centuries earlier than the Christian era 2. Howeve…
The Vedas and Bhakti Harmonized - Kovalur
The unanimous opinion among religious philosophers is that the Vedas and bhakti are two different denominators of approach to God in Indian tradition. However, the Tamil Vaiṣṇava mystics, the Āḻvārs find a harmonious blend of the two modes in ritual worship. The present article examines the pros and cons of the problem from a study of the hymns beginning with the Mutal (Early) Āḻvārs and last in the train, Tirumaṅkai. The cited hymns are replete …
From Purāṇic to Folk
The present article aims to examine a folk literary motif from the ‘Kirātārjunīyam’. Kirāta (hunter-Śiva) and Arjuna once needed to clash with each other during the forest life of the Pāṇḍavas. Arjuna wanted to obtain the coveted pāśupatāstra from Śiva that could only be awarded to a soldier of mettle to wield the missile efficiently. Arjuna undertook hazardous tapas pleased with which Śiva tested Arjuna and finally awarded the astra. This myth a…
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The Vedas and Bhakti Harmonized - Kovalur
The unanimous opinion among religious philosophers is that the Vedas and bhakti are two different denominators of approach to God in Indian tradition. However, the Tamil Vaiṣṇava mystics, the Āḻvārs find a harmonious blend of the two modes in ritual worship. The present article examines the pros and cons of the problem from a study of the hymns beginning with the Mutal (Early) Āḻvārs and last in the train, Tirumaṅkai. The cited hymns are replete …
From Purāṇic to Folk
The present article aims to examine a folk literary motif from the ‘Kirātārjunīyam’. Kirāta (hunter-Śiva) and Arjuna once needed to clash with each other during the forest life of the Pāṇḍavas. Arjuna wanted to obtain the coveted pāśupatāstra from Śiva that could only be awarded to a soldier of mettle to wield the missile efficiently. Arjuna undertook hazardous tapas pleased with which Śiva tested Arjuna and finally awarded the astra. This myth a…
Pallava Elements in South and Southeast Asian Art – Visual Appraisal
It is a known fact that contact between the Tamil country and Southeast Asia, including Śrī Laṅkā and China was a long-established tradition. References to the yavanas in Tamil Caṅkam literature and the notes supplied by Greek, Roman, and Egyptian classical authors would establish the fact that commercial intercourse between the east and west was an immemorial process 1, datable to at least a few centuries earlier than the Christian era 2. Howeve…
Sanskritic Purāṇic Sources and the Tamil Mythic Legends in the Caṅkam Literature ‘Kalittokai’
The classical phase of Tamil literature, which lasted from the second century BCE to the fifth century CE, includes a vast corpus that is divided into the Pattuppāṭṭu and Eṭṭuttokai, including the Tolkāppiyam. The Kalittokai is similar to the Paripāṭal, the 150 poems deal with the different landscapes and phases of love poems, it may be understood that the mythologies of the pan-Indian order and the typical Tamil idioms have gone a long way in th…
Art (3 works) · Literature (3 works) · Tamil (3 works) · History (2 works) · Indian and Buddhist Studies (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 works) · Ancient history (1 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (1 works) · Archaeology (1 works) · Ballad (1 works)