| 翻訳と辞書 |
| Periyapuranam ： ウィキペディア英語版 |
Periya Puranam
The ''Periya Puranam'' (Tamil: பெரிய புராணம்), that is, the ''great purana'' or epic, sometimes called ''Tiruttontarpuranam'' ("Tiru-Thondar-Puranam", the Purana of the Holy Devotees) is a Tamil poetic account depicting the legendary lives of the sixty-three Nayanars, the canonical poets of Tamil Shaivism. It was compiled during the 12th century by Sekkizhar. It provides evidence of trade with West Asia〔(Glimpses of life in 12th century South India )〕 The ''Periya Puranam'' is part of the corpus of Shaiva canonical works.
Sekkizhar compiled and wrote the ''Periya Puranam'' or the ''Great Purana'', (the life stories of the sixty-three Shaiva Nayanars, poets of the God Shiva) who composed the liturgical poems of the Tirumurai, and was later himself canonised and the work became part of the sacred canon.〔A Dictionary of Indian Literature By Sujit Mukherjee.〕 Among all the hagiographic ''Puranas'' in Tamil, Sekkizhar's ''Tiruttondar Puranam'' or ''Periyapuranam'', composed during the rule of Kullottonga Chola II (1133-1150) stands first.〔Medieval Indian Literature By K. Ayyappapanicker, Sahitya Akademi.〕
== Background ==
Sekkizhar was a poet and the chief minister in the court of the Chola King, Kulothunga Chola II.〔Criminal Gods and Demon Devotees By Alf Hiltebeitel.〕 Kullottonga Chola II, king Anabaya Chola, was a staunch devotee of Lord Siva Natraja at Chidambaram. He continued the reconstruction of the center of Tamil Saivism that was begun by his ancestors. However Kullottonga II was also enchanted by the Jain courtly epic, ''Jivaka Cintamani''〔 an epic of erotic flavour (''sringara rasa''〔) whose hero, Jivaka, combines heroics and erotics to marry eight damsels and gain a kingdom. In the end he realises the transiency of possessions, renounces his kingship and finally attains Nirvana by prolonged austerity (''tapas'').〔
In order to wean Kullonttonga Chola II from the heretical ''Jivaka Cintamani'', Sekkizhar undertook the task of writing the ''Periyapuranam''.〔 His poetic abilities earned him the title ″Uthama Chola Pulavar″.
抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』
■ウィキペディアで「Periya Puranam」の詳細全文を読む
スポンサード リンク
| 翻訳と辞書 : 翻訳のためのインターネットリソース |
Copyright(C) kotoba.ne.jp 1997-2016. All Rights Reserved.
|
|