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K脛聛脙卤c脛芦puram in the Varad脛聛bhyudayacamp脜芦: Thesis presentation by Lakshminarayanan Sundara Raman
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Dear All
You are cordially invited to the presentation of a 4th year undergraduate thesis, being submitted in the department of Sanskrit Studies, by Lakshminarayanan Sundara Raman.
Time:
6pm tomorrow (Thursday)
Place:
AC04 537
Title:
An Ornament to the Field of True Vows: K脛聛ñc脛芦puram in the Varad脛聛bhyudayacamp脜芦 of Ve谩鹿鈥a谩鹿颅脛聛dhvarin
Abstract:
The present study introduces and analyses the Varad脛聛bhyudaya, a little-known camp脜芦-k脛聛vya poem of the renowned Sanskrit poet, Ve谩鹿鈥a谩鹿颅脛聛dhvarin (circa 16-17th century CE).
Consisting of verse interspersed with sections of prose, the poem retells the sthalam脛聛h脛聛tmya of the Varadar脛聛jasv脛聛mi Temple, a prominent temple to Vi谩鹿拢谩鹿鈥 and a major site of 脜拧r脛芦vai谩鹿拢谩鹿鈥va pilgrimage located in K脛聛ñc脛芦puram, Tamilnadu.
By attempting to analyse the influence of the depiction of K脛聛ñc脛芦puram in earlier sthalam脛聛h脛聛tmya texts and poetry on the poem and through a careful analysis of the poem itself, the study aims to analyse the depiction of K脛聛ñc脛芦puram and its temples in Ve谩鹿鈥a谩鹿颅脛聛dhvarin's work, while exploring their role in the text's narrative and their significance to Ve谩鹿鈥a谩鹿颅脛聛dhvarin himself.