Kulacēkara Āḻvār’s ‘The Lament of Daśaratha’

Authors

  • Suganya Anandakichenin

Keywords:

Kulacēkara Āḻvār, Rāma-bhakti, Daśaratha, poetic empathy, Rāmāyaṇa devotion

Abstract

The article Kulacēkara Āḻvār’s ‘The Lament of Daśaratha’ by Suganya Anandakichenin examines how this Āḻvār internalizes Rāmāyaṇa characters with devotional empathy. By channeling Daśaratha’s grief, Kulacēkara fuses emotional identification and scriptural reverence into a poignant expression of Rāma-bhakti.

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Published

2014-06-20

Issue

Vol. 22 No. 2 (2014): Alvars (Spring)

Section

Articles