Notable Works of Kumaranasan

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Key Takeaway

N.Kumaranasan was a great social reformer and a philosopher-poet who revolutionized Malayalam literature through his poems in the first quarter of the 20th century.

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Notable Works of Kumaranasan(9)

Oru Simhaprasavam (เด’เดฐเต เดธเดฟเด‚เดนเดชเตเดฐเดธเดตเด‚)Nalini (เดจเดณเดฟเดจเดฟ)Subtitle
Allengkil Oru Sneham
Background
Love story of Nalini & Diwakaran
Leela (เดฒเต€เดฒ)Background
Love story of Leela & Madanan
Chinthavishtayaya Sitha (เดšเดฟเดจเตเดคเดพเดตเดฟเดทเตเดŸเดฏเดพเดฏ เดธเต€เดค)Background
Plight of Valmiki's Sita in Ramayana
Famous Lines
'เดตเดฟเดจเดฏเดพเตผเดจเตเดจ เดธเตเด–เด‚ เด•เตŠเดคเดฟเด•เตเด•เตเด•เดฟเดฒเตเดฒเดฟเดจเดฟเดฎเต‡เตฝ เดžเดพเดจเดธเตเด–เด‚ เดตเดฐเดฟเด•เตเด•เตเดตเดพเตป.'Prabodhachandrodayam (เดชเตเดฐเดฌเต‹เดง เดšเดจเตเดฆเตเดฐเต‹เดฆเดฏเด‚)Duravastha (เดฆเตเดฐเดตเดธเตเดฅ)Background โ€“ About a Brahmin woman named Savithri who marries a lower caste man Chathan who gave her refuge during the Malabar Rebellion of 1921
Theme
Intercaste marriage,First Futuristic Poem in Malayalam
Famous Lines
Mattuvin chattangale swayam, allenkil mattumathukalee ningalethan(เดฎเดพเดฑเตเดฑเตเดตเดฟเตป เดšเดŸเตเดŸเด™เตเด™เดณเต† เดธเตเดตเดฏเดฎเดฒเตเดฒเต†เด™เตเด•เดฟเตฝเดฎเดพเดฑเตเดฑเตเดฎเดคเตเด•เดณเต€ เดจเดฟเด™เตเด™เดณเต†เดคเตเดคเดพเตป)
Pushpakavadi (เดชเตเดทเตเดชเดตเดพเดŸเดฟ)Chandalabhikshuki (เดšเดฃเตเดกเดพเดฒเดญเดฟเด•เตเดทเตเด•เดฟ)Background
About a low-caste woman namedMatangiwho offers a drink of water to a young Buddhist monk,Ananda
Karuna (เด•เดฐเตเดฃ)Background
Based on the Buddhist tale of a courtesanVฤsavadattฤattracted to the Buddhist monkUpagupta

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๐Ÿ“ SideNotes-(6)

"Swathanthra Gatha (เดธเตเดตเดพเดคเดจเตเดคเตเดฐเด—เดพเดฅ)" was written by
Kumaranasan
The biography of Sree Narayana Guru was written by
Kumaranasan
Asan's books under Buddhist legends
Karuna, Chandala Bhikshuki & Sree Buddhacharitam
Two epics were written by Kumaranasan
Sree Buddha Charitham (5 volumes) & Balaramayanam (3 volumes)
Which literary critic has created a controversy by claiming that Kumaranasan's Karuna was an imitation of the Kuchelavirthum
P.K. Narayana Pillai
The first magazine in which the Asan's poems were published
Sujananandini (started by Kesavan Asan)