Ramavataram
The Kambaramayanam ( கம்பராமாயணம் Kamparāmāyaṇam [ kambəra ː ma ː jəɳʌm ] " Ramayana of Kamban " ), actually Iramavataram ( இராமாவதாரம் Irāmāvatāram [( ɨ ) ra ː ma ː ʋəd̪a ː rʌm ] " the descent of Rama ") is a Tamil version of the Ramayana epic, the poet Kamban probably in the 12th century wrote.
The Ramayana is an epic poem that tells the story of Prince Rama, who comes in Ayodhya as an avatar of Lord Vishnu on the world. Because of an intrigue he must renounce its rightful dominion and along with his brother Lakshmana and his wife Sita pull into exile in the forest where Sita is abducted by the demon king Ravana to Lanka. With the help of a guided Hanuman monkey army it gets to defeat Rama Ravana and rescue Sita. Finally, he returns to Ayodhya and is crowned king. The oldest version of Ramayana is the mythical author Valmiki attributed Sanskrit version, which probably dates back to the 5th century oldest parts BC and AD essentially received its present form until the 3rd century. There also exist in virtually all modern Indian languages versions of the Ramayana. In the Tamil region, the Kambaramayanam is the authoritative Ramayana version. It is not the first Tamil Ramayana, but probably the oldest, and also according to Kamban has (apart from modern prose retellings ) no other Tamil poets Ramayana written. Among the modern languages Ramayana versions of the Kambaramayanam may contain the Ramcharitmanas, the Hindi version of the poet Tulsidas, as the most important apply.
The Kambaramayanam includes over 12,000 four-line verses. The work is highly poetic and is characterized by a rigid meter, numerous stylistic devices ( alliteration, internal rhymes ) and contrived comparisons from. Stylistically, it is influenced by the Sanskrit Art seal ( Kavya ), but also builds on the conventions of the alttamilischen Sangam literature.
The Kambaramayanam based on the model of Valmiki's Ramayana. The plot has no major deviations from Valmiki's version, and Kamban takes over from Valmiki also the division into books ( Balakanda, Ayodhyakanda, Aranyakanda, Kishkindhakanda, Sundarakanda, Yuddhakanda ), but lacking compared to Valmiki, the seventh and last book ( Uttarakanda ). Inhantlich the Valmiki Ramayana is different from Kambaramayanam by the influence of Bhakti religiosity, which emphasized the devotion of the faithful to God. While Rama still appears as a purely human hero in the oldest parts of the Valmiki Ramayana, he is completely deified in Kamban version. The Bhakti thoughts are also some substantial differences due to: Kamban describes as opposed to Valmiki, the demon Ravana, as he steals Sita, this together with the ground on which it stands, lifts. So the idea is bypassed, the goddess Sita might have been tainted by the touch of a strange man.