Tiruttakkadēvar (English spelling)

Japanese: Tiruttakkadēvar(英語表記)Tiruttakkadevar
Tiruttakkadēvar (English spelling)

…At this time, the penetration of Aryan culture into South India reached its peak, and many works were created based on the Sanskrit epics and Puranas. The main surviving works are the Jain epic Sivaha-Sindhamani (first half of the 10th century, by Tiruttakkadēvar), the Periya Puranam (first half of the 12th century, by Cēkkirār), a collection of biographies of Shaivite saints, and the Tamil epic masterpiece The Descent of Rama (second half of the 12th century?, by Kamban). Although The Descent of Rama borrows material from the Sanskrit epic Ramayana, it is a new and lively work that is rooted in the rich soil of Tamil literature since the Sangam period. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Tiruttakkadēvar" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…このころアーリヤ文化の南インドへの浸透は頂点に達し,サンスクリットの叙事詩やプラーナ文献をモデルとした作品が数多く作られた。現存する作品のうち主要なものとして,ジャイナ教の叙事詩《シーバハ・シンダーマニ》(10世紀前半,ティルタッカデーバルTiruttakkadēvar作),シバ派の聖人の伝記を集めた《ペリヤ・プラーナム》(12世紀前半,シェーキラールCēkkirār作),そして,タミル叙事詩の最高傑作《ラーマの降臨》(12世紀後半?,カンバン作)がある。《ラーマの降臨》は,サンスクリットの叙事詩《ラーマーヤナ》に素材を借りているとはいえ,サンガム以来の豊かなタミル文学の土壌に根を下ろした新しい生き生きした作品となっている。…

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