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    The Ramavataram, popularly referred to as Kamba Ramayanam, is a Tamil epic that was written by the Tamil poet Kambar during the 12th century. Based on...
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    Kamban (1180 CE–1250 CE) was an Indian Tamil poet and the author of the Ramavataram, popularly known as Kambaramayanam, the Tamil version of the epic Ramayana...
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    daughter of Brihaspati, the guru of the gods. The 12th century Tamil Ramavataram and the Telugu Ranganatha Ramayanam state that Tara and Ruma rose, along...
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    Rameswaram to Lanka (called the Rama Setu). An earlier Tamil version, Ramavataram, by Kambar, is also a prevalent text among the Sri Vaishnava and Smarta...
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    epic without two of its kandas. During the 12th century, Kamban wrote Ramavataram, known popularly as Kambaramayanam in Tamil, but references to Ramayana...
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    philosophies of Rama include the epic poem Ramavataram, and the following vernacular versions of Rama's life story: Ramavataram or Kamba-Ramayanam in Tamil by the...
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    most liked by him — The Tirukkural of Tiruvalluvar and The Kambar's Ramavataram, While the former was only a book of ethics, the latter gave the same...
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    verses composed by the 12 Alvars. The legend is also covered in the Ramavataram written by Tamil poet Kambar in the 12th century. This story is missing...
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    Ramayana in the Tamil language, in the 12th century CE, by Kambar as Ramavataram (popularly known as Kamba Ramayanam). The age of Sangam literature (Tamil:...
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    years, Tamil literature again flourished with notable works including Ramavataram, written in 12th century CE by Kambar. After a lull in the intermediate...
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