Divine Semen’ and the Alchemical Conversion of Iramatevar
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12319949 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kanchana Natarajan (0000-0003-1898-6966, University of Delhi, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 255-278 |
| Publication date | 2004-10-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Medieval History Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0971-9458 • E-ISSN: 0973-0753 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/097194580400700206 |
| OpenAlex | W2170989559 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 1 |
This article is a biographical study of the alchemist and tantrik siddha Iramatevar alias Yakoppu based on his original work in medieval Tamil. In the arduous process of knowledge acquisition and production Yakoppu took the remarkable step of visiting Mecca and converting to Islam. He was a prolific writer and in many works describes the imperative and mechanism of the realigning of his personal identity in fascinating detail. The intrepid persona of Iramatevar or Yakoppu is not a simple juxta-position of two traditions, Hinduism and Islam, but a veritable alchemical symbiosis
Aesthetics · Alchemy · Art · Hinduism · Humanities · Identity (music · Literature · Minutiae · Persona · Sociology · Tamil · Computer Science · Diverse Historical and Scientific Studies · History of Science and Medicine · Philosophy · Religious studies · Artificial Intelligence · Religious Studies
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| Citations per year | 0.47 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2009 - 2024 (16) |
| Highly cited | No |