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Kumaran Asan also known as Mahakavi Kumaran Asan (the prefix Mahakavi awarded by Madras University in the year 1922 means 'great poet' and the suffix Asan meaning scholar or teacher), was one of the triumvirate poets of Kerala, South India. He was also a philosopher, a social reformer and a disciple of Sree Narayana Guru.

Kumaran Asan initiated a revolution in Malayalam poetry in the first quarter of the 20th century, transforming it from the metaphysical to the lyrical. Deep moral and spiritual commitment is evident in Asan's poetry. His works are an eloquent testimony of poetic concentration and dramatic contextualization. Birth and Family Asan.

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Kumaran asan Born ( 1873-04-12)12 April 1873 Kaayikkara, British India Died 16 January 1924 (1924-01-16) (aged 50) Pallana river, Occupation Poet, writer Notable works N. Kumaran Ashan (12 April 1873 – 16 January 1924), also known as Mahakavi Kumaran Ashan (the prefix Mahakavi, awarded by Madras University in 1922, means 'great poet' and the suffix ' Aashaan means 'scholar' or 'teacher'), was one of the of,. He was also a philosopher, a social reformer and a disciple of Sree. Kumaran Ashan initiated a revolution in poetry in the first quarter of the 20th century, transforming it from the metaphysical to the lyrical.

Deep moral and spiritual commitment is evident in Ashan's poetry. His works are an eloquent testimony of poetic concentration and dramatic contextualisation. Contents. Early life Asan was born in a merchant family belonging to the community in April 1873 in Kayikkara village, Chirayinkeezhu taluk, Anchuthengu Grama Panchaayath district of,. Named Kumaran, he was the second son in a family of nine children.

His father, Narayanan Perungudi, was well versed in. His mother was Kaali.

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Asan inherited his taste for. Kumaru trained in mathematics and for which he had a passion. Even though through his father's efforts, he got a job as a primary school teacher and an accountant to a wholesaler at the age of 14, he quit the job two years later to pursue higher studies in Sanskrit. He undertook a studentship in poetry under Manamboor Govindan Asan. He wished to learn and and worked as an apprentice in a temple at Vakkom.

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He composed a few devotional songs for the benefit of regular worshippers at this temple. In 1917 Asan married Bhanumathiamma, the daughter of Thachakudy Kumaran – younger brother of 's father.

Bhanumathiamma, who was an active social worker, later remarried after Asan's death and died in 1975. Kumaran Asan (standing right) with (seated middle). Kumaran became a disciple of Narayana Guru. Early works Some of the earlier works of the poet were Subramanya Sathakam and Sankara Sathakam, wherein Asan voiced his devotional aspirations. His short poem (fallen flower) is a literary classic.

It paved the way for a new movement in Malayalam literature. His Prarodanam mourns the death of his contemporary and friend, the famous grammarian. His Khanda Kavyas (poems) like Nalini, Leela, Karuna and Chandaalabhikshuki won critical acclaim as well as popularity. In Chintaavishtayaaya Seetha (The Contemplative Sita) he displays his poetic artistry, while in Duravastha, he patiently and skilfully tears down the barriers created by, orthodoxy and casteism and consummates the dictum of the Guru, 'One Caste, One Religion, One God for man'. He wrote the Buddha Charitha for which he got inspiration from 's Light of Asia.

While in Duravastha, he revealed his revolutionary zeal for fighting distinctions; a few other poetic works had a distinct Hindu/Buddhist slant. He died aged 51 as a result of a boat accident in January 1924 while travelling to from a function in.

The boat capsized at Pallana and all on board drowned, except his friend Ouseph Kurian Mappila Thannikuzhiyil Kanjirathanam. Kumaranasan was the only poet in Malayalam who became mahakavi without writing a mahakavyam. The Kumaran Asan National Institute of Culture at was founded in 1958 in his memory, and includes a small house which he had built on his land. Handwriting of Kumaran Asan: From the notebooks of Asan kept at Thonnakkal Asan museum.

Sthothrakrithikal (1901) This is a collection of poems. The poems published in this volume are longer than those published in Manimaala. Saundaryalahari (poem) (1901). (1907) Asan scripted this epoch-making poem in 1907 during his sojourn in,.

A highly philosophical poem, 'Veena Poovu' is an allegory of the transience of the mortal world, which is depicted through the description of the varied stages in the life of a flower. Asan describes in such detail about its probable past and the position it held. It is an intense sarcasm on people on high powers/positions finally losing all those. The first word Ha, and the last word Kashtam of the entire poem is often considered as a symbolism of him calling the world outside 'Ha!. (190Nalini (poem) Nalini (Subtitle: Allengkil Oru Sneham ) (1911). (1914) A deep love story in which Leela leaves madanan, her lover and returns to find him in forest in a pathetic condition. She thus realises the fundamental fact 'Mamsanibhadamalla ragam' (Love is not an artefact of flesh).

(1915) This is an (perhaps Kumaran Asan's longest work), written in and divided into five parts. (1916) This is a shorter epic poem consisting of 267 verses. Most of these verses are couplets, with the exception of the last three. There are, therefore, 540 lines in all.

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(1922). (1922) This poem, divided into four parts and consisting of couplets, describes an untouchable beggar-woman' (also the name of the poem) who approaches Lord near. (1923). (1924) This is a collection of short poems. (1925) This is a larger collection of poems of varying length. Kumaran Asan also wrote many other poems.

Some of these poems are listed in the book Asante Padyakrthikal under the name 'Mattu Krthikal' (Other Works):. Sadaachaarasathakam. Sariyaaya Parishkaranam. Bhaashaaposhinisabhayodu. Saamaanyadharmangal.

Subrahmanyapanchakam. Mrthyanjayam. Pravaasakaalaththu Naattile Ormakal This is another collection of poems that come from various letters Kumaran Asan wrote over the course of several years. None of the poems were longer than thirty-two lines. Koottu Kavitha The other poems are lesser known.

Only a few of them have names:. Kavikalkkupadesam. Mangalam. Oru Kathth This is another one of Asan's letter-poems. Randu Aasamsaapadyangal See also. References. ^.

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