By Kambar (Kavichakravarthy Kamban)
Translated in English by P. R Ramachander
Kamba Ramayanam-Sundara Kandam 1 (Padalam 1)
1. Kadal thavu Padalam Chapter on jumping over the ocean.
(This chapter describes how Hanuman jumped and crossed the sea and reached the city of Lanka. Mainaka Mountain first offers home hospitality which he refuses. Surasa sent by Devas says that he has to become her food. He changes his form in to a micro one, enters her stomach and comes out. A Rakshasi called Angardhara again attacks him. Hanuman enters her stomach and comes out with her intestines after killing her . He reaches the city of Lanka. The meeting With Surasa is described in a different way in Valmiki Ramayana. She appears with a big form but not blocking his way . When she wants him to enter in to her mouth Hanuman increases his body size to a very huge one. She also increases her mouth size. Hanuman becomes very small suddenly enters in to her mouth and comes out .Angaradhara is called as Simhika in Valmiki Ramayana. She does not appear before him but catches his shawdow and makes him immobile.)
4741. That great masculine Hanuman saw the land of the devas from proximity,And suspected that it is Lanka surrounded by the ocean and later ,Understood that it is the land of devas liked by everybody And dropped the idea of searching there, knowing that the lady who has to be seen in not in heaven.
4742. He saw the ancient city of Lanka ,its gardens of security, golden heads of birds,Round boundary walls , it victorious main door , the avenues , where white houses ,Which were painted with lime were studded with gems And he slapped his shoulders and shouted loudly So that the tip of the sky and eight directions shook.
4743. When that deathless Hanuman strongly pressed his feet , that blue mountain ,Went down below the earth big serpents with strong teeth, with lines on their body.And mouth which were spitting fire came out from the caves, Which give gold like the stomach of mountain which got torn with their intestines coming out.
4744. The lions with shivering manes which were sleeping in caves ,Which were difficult to enter became ferocious , bled and were crushed inside,And all birds , making the very wide ocean of the deluge got ashamed ,Produced great sound by loud wailing and covered the sky and hid the sun light.
4745. When the huge ferocious elephants with elephant calves with long tails ,Waved their broad ears and touched their backs making seasonal winds blow at that time , And along with soft she elephants which were like cloud which hugged their body,Fear caught hold of the nearby trees and loudly trumpeted.
4746. When the peaks which shine like gold of the very lustrous mountain ,Was pressed firmly , it became powdery and the dust started flying ,And at the time when it got split huge tigers got scared and holding.Their little ones with closed eyes and soft hair around them , ran away.
4747. When that mountain which had large population of teakwood trees , unlike its nature ,The kings of Vidhyadharas holding their swords and holding their shields up ,Rose up and that scene of their fast raising was like the valorous heroes ,Rising up when in the great battle they were fighting , the enemies got crushed.
4748. With sun, moon and stars standing aside ,with the long cool mountain Going inside the earth , with Hanuman having sharp nails and strong shoulders ,Standing like the ship’s mast with bubbles coming out of depth of the sea,The entire scene was like a sinking ship.
4749. The stream of the mountain applying on itself red sand stones ,The very scented sandal paste , saffron , kulika , the cool gold coloured pollen ,Expelled from the flowers and many other such things ,After taking bath in the cool springs which were falling widely on the earth ,Looked like the mountain was split and wounded and blood was flowing from it .
4750. When the black mountain was rotating like a churner in the ocean of milk,The sages who have won over their sense organs reached the sky,Without completing their duties which they had earlier started,And were like the sages who reached heaven without leaving attachment to their body.
4751. Due to the breaking of that lustrous mountain , deva maidens ,Looking like peacock and having tender hands started shivering ,And tightly embraced the devas and each of them felt as happy as Lord Shiva,When the sharp teethed Ravana shook the Kailasa mountain ,And the very scared Goddess Parvathi embraced Lord Shiva.
4752. ,With the mistakes committed and well fermented alcoholic drinks ,Affecting their wisdom , those very angry deva maidens who had love tiff,Due to the trembling of the mountain, got scared and hugged their husbands ,Went up in the sky , greatly worrying about the birds in the nest left behind by them.
4753. When events were progressing like this , devas , sages and,All those who are in the three worlds stood in the sky according to their rank,And went on sprinkling bunches of flowers , sandalwood and other scented powders, On that Hanuman and told “Oh very wise monkey , please proceed .” and he started .
4754. The very strong friends told Hanuman , “Oh Victorious friend who wears ,Scented garlands on his very strong shoulders, this ocean which was drunk by Agasthya,Is something that should be crossed by jumping and do not get a feeling in your mind ,“It is useless and this is nothing before my strength , Please proceed “,And hearing that , the mountain like Hanuman agreed with what they told.
4755. The devas thought, “This measureless form is not limited up to Lanka,And there is nothing in this world which is capable of stopping him,”And looked at him with surprise and that Hanuman who had garlands on his chest ,Bent his body towards the front and pressed the mountain with his two divine feet,And that gold colured Manhendra mountain, reached the level of the plain.
4756. Hanuman speedily lifted his tail up, folded his strong legs ,Made his chest tight and with his two famous hands becoming happy,Tightened his neck , stretched his hands speedily like the wind,Rubbed the heavens with his head and rose in sky,Without the eyes of people being able to see him.
4757. As soon as that Hanuman rose up, leaving the mountain ,Great trees with branches, mountain which have bamboo plants ,Victorious elephants and several other things , thinking that,This was the service they were doing to Hanuman ,Rose up with Hanuman as if they wanted to visit the cool Lanka.
4758. Those flower garlands , trees with gums , standing mountains ,Many animals , several other living beings speedily went by the way,That Hanuman proceeded and due to their lack of strength to reach,Lanka surrounded by the sea, fell down as if pushed down in the ocean on the way.
4759. Due to the great speed with which Hanuman was proceeding ,Beasts , trees , the soil covering the roots , flags and other material,Were sprinkled and spread all over and below the sea and the bridge ,Was thus formed then itself , before Rama who was similar to devas.
4760. Due to that , waters of ocean broke in to two and the bottom most land,Which is very much liked by the serpents was visible to every one ,And due to the luster of serpent gems , That great male Hanuman saw that,And thought , “I have done great penance to see the wealth of the king of serpents.”
4761. Remembering the speedy splitting of the ocean , due to great wind,Raised by the huge wings of very strong Garuda when he went to steal the nectar,The people of the serpent land thought that again the very strong Garuda ,Has come back and thinking of means to escape, with great sorrow scattered here and there.
4762. Due to that the monster fishes which normally split and disperse ,Became inactive , the sharks became sleepy , the lustrous palm fishes died,And with similarity to the wind which blows at the end of the deluge ,That Hanuman who had sharp nails went speedily and the tides ,Of the ocean were pushed and went as if they wanted to reach Lanka before Hanuman.
4763. That emissary of Rama who was flying in the sky creating great scare ,To the eight elephants carrying the world in eight different directions ,Was resembling the three headed mountain which was pushed ,Travelling over the southern sea , when Adhisesha held meru mountain,Using his thousand hoods and the wind God completely stopped blowing ,And we can imaging the trouble that things on his path would undergo?
4764. Indra who holds the Vajrayudha and rides on the ever moving horse,With his eyes which were not able to follow the speed of Hanuman , who taking a form,In which the oceans and earth surrounded by the ocean was within himself,And was travelling with a speed in which top of one universe was dashing at another ,Was looking like the matchless Pushpaka Vimana going to city of Lanka.
4765. That Hanuman who was going with great anger was praised by Devas,Made the sages who were greatly learned in Vedas greatly astonished ,And was saluted by the people of earth , wanted to again , Crush the cruel and proud Rakshasa Ravana and was resembling,The Kailasa moubtain which was going alone in the sky.
4766. That Hanuman who was having the form of a Brahmachari ,Who was famous all over the world due to the wisdom which was greater than Lord Brahma,Was like the axle pin for the entire world, which filled it with dharma and wealth,And resembled the golden Meru mountain who was speedily going in search of his long lost son.
4767. That Hanuman who was speedily going , breaking the clouds and making fall the stars ,Which fell on the ocean full of tides , confusing the sky , tearing the directions ,Making the Meru mountain move , making the peaks of mountain surrounded by water ,Resembled his father, the wind god , who blows angrily at the time of deluge.
4768. When the effect of good deeds done by Ravana with twenty hands and ten heads,Who without any body’s help sat alone did great penance by controlling his five senses,Got exhausted , as an evil omen, , Hanuman was like the Sun instead of rising in the east ,Started rising from the North and started going towards city of Lanka.
4769. Hanuman was like the God of death , Who after depending on the human being Rama ,Fearing to be alone and has decided to go to another safe placeWith his great power and his being eminently suitable decided to go ,To the great city where Ravana whose only work was valour.
4770. Hanuman was like the full moon which spreads light of happiness ,Everywhere , his shoulders which were as tall as the sky would make,The very stout Meru Mountain ashamed and he was like the full moon,On the full moon day at the time of deluge when everything is destroyed.
4771. Hanuman was similar to Garuda who flew over all the divine oceans ,Making them tumultuous , making all the hills which are called mountains,Follw him and churning the intestines of all Rakshasas, to show his prowess ,To the very strong Lord Vishnu who holds the divine wheel.
4772. That Hanuman who travelled making the seven worlds below, shiver ,Send his tail up to the end of the seven great worlds where the devas live,And devas were greatly surprised , that the tail of Hanuman measured ,Which was like the rope of god of death , the sky which was measured by Lord Vishnu with his feet.
4773. The tail of Hanuman who knew Vedas , who was full of mercy, And enthusiasm , who had challenged and was jumping over that ocean,Which was helping him joyously, hid itself on the back of Hanuman ,So that it cannot be seen by those asuras who had drunk toddy ,And were engaged in silly tasks and was like the rope of god of death.
4774. That huge tail loosened like the poisonous Adhi sesha who was tying himself aroundThe Meru mountain and who was staying at the top of the mountain ,Became listless on seeing Garuda as per wishes of Vishnu and loosened its one tie .
4775. The mountain like Hanuman who had victorious and very huge shoulders ,And who was like a monkey lion , was going so speedily like that and a a huge wind,Was generated which caused the dashing against each other of the planes of Devas.Which were travelling in the sky and this caused many of them to break and fall in that black sea.
4776. Due to that the world of Indra who was holding Vajrayudha became apprehensive,With the thought about the intentions of Hanuman who was going like that,And in this earth people felt that the great speed of Hanuman who had curved sharp teeth,Is not going to be limited to the boundary of Lanka and due to that they got worried and ran away.
4777. Those aquatic animals who ate the whales and are told to have a body,Of one Yojana length by the people and puranas , became worried and upset ,When the tides of the sea crossed the oceans and due to the wing generated ,By the body of Hanuman when he jumped over the sea, all sea fishes died and floated on water.
4778. At the time when Hanuman was crossing the ocean by jumping , his great hands ,Which gives him uncontrollable energy , which were similar to each other and,Which gave him great speed were similar to the brothers Rama and Lakshmana ,Who had the great nature of not separating from each other And going on both sides , in front of Hanuman.
4779. When that mountain like Hanuman was proceeding like a cyclone,A mountain called Mainaka which was looking similar to the ,Iravatha elephant which was in the east among those elephants ,Rose from the ocean ay this scene and was as tall as the sky.
4780. That mountain which touched the sky had one thousand golden peaks,Which gave luster , which had several streams which never dried up,And was similar to the upper cloth of Lord Vishnu and looked as if ,He had arisen from the sea full of fishes, which wander about ,For the sake of destroying the bad deeds of the cruel asuras , who were there.
4781. When the matchless earth which was holding that mountain moved away due to weight,Without understanding the wisdom as described in the books and as if looking at ,The world through the sense organs that mountain had got drowned in the ocean,And was rising up because Lord Vishnu was supporting it , in the form of turtle.
4782. That mountain rose like Garuda who went inside the sea to steal the nectar,Defeating the king of ocean and moving him away , with its wings ,Which have not been cut and growing on its sides in a luxuriant manner ,And with its colour which cannot be found fault with matchlessly shining.
4783. That mountain rose like the golden egg which gave birth to Brahma,So that , the grace of undying divine God who has neither beginning nor end ,Is exhibited And who after rising created all the three worlds and all its beings.
4784. And it was similar to Lord Brahma who was born out of that sea who did,Great penance within the sea water easily thinking that “Unless I attain that creator,Who is my father without any doubt , I would not do any good actions,”and rose up after the penance was completed.
4785. That mountain arose from the ocean like the moon god ,Which rose from the sea when it was churned by the devas and asuras,As per the orders of Lord Vishnu who never becomes old ,When due to the sorrow caused by giving of the garland by Durvasa to Indra ,And cursed him so that all the material which were in heaven would get drowned in sea.
4786. That mountain was saffron coloured had golden peaks ,Which were twined by blue coloured coral creepers ,And in all the surrounding of those peaks , the makara fishes(sharks),Who were sleeping along with their ladies, lost their sleep and woke up.
4787. The shells in the sea with bent bodies which were in advanced stages of pregnancy ,Gave birth to very great pearls and were in the sky like row of algae ,In the crystal courtyard and with the conches resembling the stars ,Were resembling the full moon in the clouded sky with lots of stars.
4788. The mountain rose with many thousand thousands of different types of gems,On its peaks which were like the well extended very long arms ,And were resembling someone going inside the ancient sea ,And coming out with hands full of shining lustrous gems.
4789. The long flag on tall Thethaa tree touching the sky was looking like a garland,Of that mountain which rose up , whose white streams were falling down hidden like fate ,With Panai fish and whale jumping continuously in the mountain pond without waking up .
4790. Like the sages who have given up all attachments who have attained freedom,From six types of hereditary enmities and three types of crimes by their great wisdom,The poisonous snakes which have been hiding in the mountain caves for long time,And which were greatly suffering due to bloated body breathed heavily and came out.
4791. That Hanuman who is tainted with passion , Seeing the mountain,Grow up within a time a black gram takes to roll on a mirror, rising up from the ocean , Grew up bridging the sky and the earth and Hanuman grew up further and furtherAnd with great surprise saw that mountain and thought “What could be this thing?”
4792. Observing that that big mountain has spread all over the water and was very tall,Hanuman who was going thought , that it was not good for him pushed the mountain,So that Its peak fell down making its roots come up and peaks going down ,And making the land of devas above him , jump up on the sky.
4793. That big mountain which was hiding under the sea , scared of Indra,Became nervous and scared by that act but with uncontrollable affection,Assumed a matchless human form stood erect before Hanuman,And said , “my father please hear what I have to say” and said.
4794. ”Oh sir , I am not one belonging to some other world .When Indra ,The slayer of his enemies sent Vajrayudha with a command to cut the wings,Of all mountains and when all mountains were being destroyed, the wind god,With great love pushed me in to this sea and saved me.”
4795. ”Oh Hanuman who has shoulder higher than all that is tall,Because you are the dear son of wind god , pushed by the great affection,That I had towards him and because there is no help that I can do to you,I have come up thinking that you could rest for some time on my golden peaks and then go.”
4796. ”Oh Hanuman who stands firmly for justice , The good natured sea told me,“The son of wind god as per the orders of Rama who is coloured like black cloud ,Is coming for searching Sita with the intention of protecting Devas ,And so you please go and stand on a side of the sky. There is no greater luck than this.”
4797. ”Oh Hanuman who wears a golden garland over his broad chest ,Since I have more affection towards you than your mother , come here ,Thinking of that and accept all that I can give you now. When a guest ,Comes to his house , can the host behave in any other way.”
4798. By those words that valorous Hanuman understood that , he ,Did not have any evil in him , And with his face which was shining like scented lotus,Smiled at him and stared at the direction from which those pleasant words came ,And saw the golden peaks of that mountain which had bamboos grown on its slopes.
4799. Hanuman said ,” I will not get tired and the reason is the love of Rama towards me ,And unless I am able to fulfill my aim, I would not eat anything and due to the hugging ,Of your love , which is sweeter than honey ,I have stayed in your home and what else can I give you?”
4800. “The culture of love practiced by the ancient seven philanthropists,The philanthropists of the middle period and the last seven philanthropists,Was great and because this body which has received love from you ,Has great strength than bones , we can say , there is no worship better than love.
4801. That Hanuman who wore truth as ornament looking at Mainaka said,Now itself I will reach the mountain in Lanka city and if I am able to return,After doing the work commanded by Rama , I would partake in the feast,That is offered by you” and flew forward with the eyes of mountain following him.
4802. The red sun of the sky , the cool moon , the various planets ,On which all the devas travelled, stars , clouds and all other things on the sky ,Were all crowding together in a spot as they did not have any difference of opinion,And Hanuman went speedily like the storm at the time of deluge.
4803. The Sun seeing that he was rising more higher than sea water thought,“When he was a toddler not even able to walk with his red feet on the earth,He had jumped on my chariot and I am not clear as to on whom he is jumping now.”
4804. The strong body of truth of Hanuman who was of golden colour having white teeth,Which were shining like a sword by his sides and his very highly held tail reaching the sky ,Were dividing the atmosphere as dark below him and very lustrous above him.
4805. When the devas full of wisdom who came there summoned Surasa,A lady with pure mind and told her to find out the real strength of Hanuman,Who has undertaken to put an end to all sorrows that filled the three worlds ,That lady took a form of a big Rakshasi and stood before Hanuman.
4806. She took the form of a Rakshasi with a very big mouth which was ,Extended by her like human desire and told Hanuman, “Oh Hanuman,Who was born in the clan of very strong monkeys , Please live ,Making even the cruel God of death getting scared of you ,Please come as meat for becoming as my food “ saying this ,She stood with an open mouth with her head spread all over the sky.
4807. “Oh Charitable one , please become one who cures the disease of my hunger ,And come quickly and come by yourselves and enter my mouth ,Which has huge teeth which are stitched by fat , as there is no path in the sky.”
4808. When Hanuman told her , “You are a woman and are suffering ,Due to pangs of hunger and so if I return after successfully completing ,The job of Lord Rama , You can eat my body and with love and friendliness,I agree to this “ hearing that , the Surasa laughed making fun of him.
4809. That Surasa then told “I would eat your body and satiate my hunger,When all the seven worlds are witnessing it . This is my oath.”And Hanuman understanding the thought became happy and told her,“I would not go away but would enter your mouth properly ,And go away and if you are strong enough please do eat me.”
4810. When Hanuman told like that That Rakshasi opened her mouth ,Which could not be filled up even if the entire universe entered in to it,And stood there prepared to eat him and seeing her act , that valorous one ,Started growing bigger and bigger in the sky making her mouth small.
4811. That Hanuman who grew very tall and very big but suddenly became very tiny ,Went in to the belly of Surasa and became like food for her and ,When she breathed out , he came out along with the breath and the devas,Seeing it said , “hanuman who came to save us is indeed strong.”
4812. That Surasa assumed her normal and usual form ,lost her fatty body,And with a love increasing like a mother greeted , ”Now , is there anything ,Which cannot be done you , “ and that Hanuman with the gold like body ,Becoming strong enough to travel like the lightning , went wearing those good wishes.
4813. Kinnaras sang songs and the ladies recited the formations of music ,The Bhoothas which were experts in dancing went on praising Hanuman,The great Brahmins recited the Vedas and the breeze gave more energy.
4814. The breeze from the garden filled with Mandhara trees ,Carrying the pollen of the tree removed the sweat from his lotus like face,.And his red ears enjoyed the honey like music raised from Gandhara Veena,Without making any mistakes in Thala by Vidhyadharas sitting in their own worlds.
4815. The Anghara Dhara who was a Rakshasi who was like Halahala poison,Separated from that black sea which had rising tides and it appeared as if,The black sea itself has given birth to another black sea and asked,“Where are you going crossing me , who am in the sea?”
4816. That Angara Dhara who could recognize an object which exists ,One Kadham distance within a second silenced the sea,Just by the sound of her anklets and was like Madhu and Kaidabha ,Who came seeking Lord Vishnu so that they can fight with him.
4817. She had two long bent ,side teeth which resembled the moon’s crescent ,And had a mouth as big as the case stitched by the hide of the big elephant,Which was torn out by Lord Shiva who has a blue stain on his neck due to poison.
4818. She stood before Hanuman , her head touching the sky ,And her feet being washed by the water of the ocean with big tides , And Hanuman who had the great power of analytical thinking ,Understood that she was a Rakshasi who had eaten away dharma and mercy.
4819. When she stood with her big mouth open , not even giving a path,For him to go ahead in the long sky which covers the entire world,Hanuman that servant of Rama , thinking to split open .That cave like mouth of hers , told the following words to her.
4820. , “You tried to pull me down by the boon , which permits you,To pull down a shadow and in spite of seeing, my speed which did not reduce ,Due to your pulling , You have still not understood my strength,Also you are blocking the path of the sky by your open mouth ,Who are you? And what is the reason for you to stand here?”, he asked.
4821. She then aid, “If any one comes and stands before me,Thinking that , after all I am a lady , even if they are the devas of heaven,It is definite that their soul would go away from their body ,And even if lord of death comes before my eyes ,It is not possible for him to stop me from eating him.”
4822. She then opened her mouth and that great Hanuman went inside ,And the God of Dharma shouted with sorrow thinking that Hanuman is no more,The devas became sad but that huge lion like Hanuman , even before batting of the eye ,Came back as if he was born once more in this world.
4823. Hanuman holding her long intestines and making her ,Who had a toddy dripping mouth wail , by splitting her body .Reached the sky and in this he was very similar to Garuda,Which entered the mountain caves with thorny plants ,Carrying the snakes in the cave and flied away with great strength.
4824. That Hanuman who was like the thilaka among those ,Who had received the boon of “no death,”, came out ,Carrying the intestines of that Rakshasi and was similar to,The kite which flies on the sky , with the thread on earth and tail in the sky.
4825. The devas shouted with joy of victory , The asuras became sad ,And their body was covered with sweat and even Lord Brahma ,Was surprised and showered flowers like water , The endless Lord Shiva,Who was in the far away Kailasa mountain saw it and sages greeted Hanuman.
4826. That Rakshasi had died because Hanuman went to her belly,Through her mouth and split it open and even before one batted the eye ,He had assumed a form as large as the Meru mountain ,And he started flying again with a speed more than speed of thought ,And he travelled through the path that is travelled by the sun,
4827. ”The sorrows told by those who showed the way were innumerable ,And the methods to remove those sorrows were very many,But they all have now vanished and if I jump and cross the sea ,And reach Lanka in spite of further problems which may come on the way,All the sorrows and road blocks would go away”, thought Hanuman,
4828. He stabilized in his mind the thought that “If one tells the name “Rama” All the sorrows which one has , would turn in to joy , though sorrows come speedily ,And there was no other way that the thoughtless Rakshasas would stop causing sorrow.”
4829. That Hanuman who was going through the sky went up to the land of devas,Where the Karpaga trees keep on dripping honey and from there ,Seeing the city of Lanka with spires as well strong golden parapet walls ,Reduced his speed , altered his path and alighted in the old city of Lanka,In a garden which had green luster on the coral mountains .
4830. When that Hanuman who was proceeding speedily on the sky .Landed in Lanka and due to that , the mountain was pushed aside ,Here and there and due to its shaking , it resembled a ship ,Where the hot winds from clouds blew on it and made travelling difficult.
4831. Standing firmly on that unimaginable , coral mountain which was touching ,Both the earth and the sky , Hanuman saw carefully the body of that great city of Lanka,Which was like the tender lady like the land of devas covering itself with a mirror.
4832. Hanuman thought , “If one were to see this pretty city and wave his lotus like hands,And see that this city resembles the golden city of the devas , it would be an ignorant act ,And it would be greatly surprising for if it were more prettier than this city ,Would that Ravana who rules all the globes, prefer to live in this place .”
4833. In this city one can get whatever he wants and he can enjoy it ,Without any hatred and also the sweetness of pleasure that we get here ,Is not available in heaven according to the Vedas and so,This city is far superior and cannot be compared to heaven which grants goodness.(because the devas who live in heaven work under Ravana)
4834. People say that the interior length of the city is seven hundred Yojanas,And all great things of all the three worlds were available in very large quantity in that city ,And even for those with sharp intellect and with great knowledge ,Who examine everything very carefully , would this city can be seen fully with the eyes ,And would the intellect of examining the scene , be able to completely examine it?
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About Kavichakravarthy Kamban
Historians place him in the 9th century CE, But surely Kamban belongs to the third great wave of Tamizh literature that started with the Sangam period (dated before the Common Era), followed by the widespread impact of Bhakti literature of the Alwars (vaishnavite saints) & Nayanamars (shaivaite saints). Kamban Authored Ramanaya in Tamil…Known as Kamba Ramayanam..
Kambar has been the milestone for the Tamil scholars that none had reached. He was also known as “Kamba Naatazhvar” at his time. Many Tamil authors from the modern world have written the books on the poet Kamban.
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Kambar or Kavichakravarthy Kamban (1180–1250) was a medieval Tamil poet and the author of the Ramavataram, popularly known as Kambaramayanam, the Tamil version of the epic Ramayana.
Valmiki Ramayana and Kamba Ramayanam are two versions of Ramayana written in the Sanskrit and Tamil languages respectively. … Kamba Ramayanam is originally called as Ramavataram. Although Valmiki Ramayana is the original version of the story of Rama, Kamba Ramayana is believed to be based on the work by Valmiki.
The Kamba Ramayanam, is a Tamil epic that was written by the Tamil poet Kambar during the 12th century. Based on Valmiki’s Ramayana (which is in Sanskrit), the story describes the life of King Rama of Ayodhya.
The book is divided into six chapters, called Kandam in Tamil. The Kandams are further divided into 123 sections called Padalam (படலம்) in Tamil. These 123 sections contain approximately 12,000 verses of the epic.