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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Malayalam version of the Sanskrit epic Ramayana}}<br />
{{Italic title}}[[File:Ramapanchayan, Raja Ravi Varma (Lithograph).jpg|thumb|[[Rama]] and [[Sita]], with [[Hanuman]], and Rama's three brothers [[Lakshmana]], [[Bharata (Ramayana)|Bharata]], and [[Shatrughna]].]]<br />
'''''Adhyatma Ramayanam Kilippattu''''' is the most popular [[Malayalam]] version of the [[Sanskrit]] [[Mahakavya|Hindu epic]] ''[[Ramayana]]''. It is believed to have been written by [[Thunchaththu Ramanujan Ezhuthachan]] in the early 17th century,<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zB4n3MVozbUC&q=Adhyathmaramayanam+Kilippattu&pg=PA1251|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Devraj to Jyoti|last=Datta|first=Amaresh|date=1988|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=9788126011940|pages=1251|language=en}}</ref> and is considered to be a classic of [[Malayalam literature]] and an important text in the history of Malayalam language. It is a retelling of the Sanskrit work ''[[Adhyatma Ramayana]]'' in [[Kilippattu]] (bird song) format.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YCJrUfVtZxoC&q=Adhyathmaramayanam+Kilippattu&pg=PA5|title=A Dictionary of Indian Literature: Beginnings-1850|last=Mukherjee|first=Sujit|date=1998|publisher=Orient Blackswan|isbn=9788125014539|pages=5|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c-p9Iyk3lpkC&q=Adhyathmaramayanam+Kilippattu|title=Ramayana Stories in Modern South India: An Anthology|last=Richman|first=Paula|date=2008|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=9780253219534|pages=17|language=en}}</ref> Ezhuthachan used the [[Grantha alphabet|Grantha]]-based Malayalam script to write his ''Ramayana'', although the [[Vatteluttu]] writing system was the traditional writing system of [[Kerala]] then.<ref>{{cite book |title=William Logan's Malabar manual : new edition with commentaries |year=2000 |publisher=Kerala Gazetteers Dept |isbn=9788185499376 |pages=90–92}}</ref> Recitation of ''Adhyatma Ramayanam Kilippattu'' is very important in Hindu families in Kerala. The month of Karkitakam in the [[Malayalam calendar]] is celebrated as the Ramayana recitation month and Ramayana is recited in Hindu houses and temples across Kerala.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Chandran|first=Mini|date=2013-10-01|title=The Fugitive Reader: Reading Adhyatmaramayanam through the Ages|journal=South Asian Review|volume=34|issue=2|pages=123–138|doi=10.1080/02759527.2013.11932933|s2cid=187073132|issn=0275-9527}}</ref><br />
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==Date and authorship==<br />
[[File:Ramayanam Kilippattu page.png|thumb|A page from a copy of the Adhyatma Ramayanam Kilippattu written in the 1870s.]]<br />
Tradition ascribes the authorship of the Sanskrit ''[[Adhyatma Ramayana]]'' to [[Ramananda]] since it is said to be an integral part of the ''[[Brahmanda Purana]]''.{{Citation needed|date= July 2022}} However, some scholars attribute it to the period 14th - 15th century CE and the author as unknown. The ''Adhyatma Ramayana'' is the portrayal of a conversation between the god [[Shiva]] and his wife [[Parvati]], as reported by the god [[Brahma]] to the sage [[Narada]]. It is this work that provided [[Tulasidas]] with the inspiration to compose his immortal work, the ''[[Ramacharitamanasa]]''.<ref name=esamskriti>{{cite web|last1=T.N.Sethumadhavan|title=Adhyatma Ramayana, The Spiritual Version Of The Story Of Sri Rama|url=http://www.esamskriti.com/essay-chapters/Adhyatma-Ramayana,-The-Spiritual-Version-of-the-Story-of-Sri-Rama-2.aspx|website=esamskriti|publisher=esamskriti|access-date=23 October 2015}}</ref> This is the same work which was translated by Thunchathu Ezhuthachan into [[Malayalam]] in the form of ''Kilippattu,'' a South Indian genre in which a parrot recites the text to the poet.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c-p9Iyk3lpkC&q=Adhyathmaramayanam+Kilippattu|title=Ramayana Stories in Modern South India: An Anthology|last=Richman|first=Paula|date=2008|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=9780253219534|pages=17|language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Deviation from Valmiki Ramayana==<br />
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# In Adhyatma Ramayana everyone praises and chants the hymn on Rama starting from [[Vamadeva]], [[Valmiki]], [[Bharadwaja]], [[Narada]], [[Viradha]], [[Sarabanga River]], Sutikshna, [[Agasthya]], [[Viswamitra]], [[Vasishta]], [[Jatayu]], [[Kabhanda]], [[Shabari]], Swayamprabha, [[Parasurama]], [[Vibhishana]], and [[Hanuman]]. This is absent in Valmiki's.<ref name="esamskriti" /><br />
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==See also==<br />
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* [[Kaikulangara Rama Variar]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [http://ramayanam.guruvayoor.com Audio of the Adhyathma Ramayanam - Rendering by Dr. A. P. Sukumar]<br />
* [http://sanskritdocuments.org/sanskrit/by-category/adhyatmaramayana.php Adhyatma Ramayana in Devanagari, Malayalam and other Indian Scripts as webpages and PDF]<br />
* [https://archive.org/details/AdhyathmRaramayanam-Malayalam-TunchathuEzhuthachan Adhyatma Raramayanam - Malayalam - Tunchathu Ezhuthachan]<br />
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