Kandar Anubhuti () is a work of Tamil Hindu literature composed by the poet-saint
Arunagirinathar
Arunagirinathar (', ) was a Tamil language, Tamil Shaivism, Shaiva saint-poet who lived during the 14th century in Tamil Nadu, India. In his treatise ''A History of Indian Literature'' (1974), Czechs, Czech Indologist Kamil Zvelebil places Aru ...
. The collection of songs are dated to around 1500 CE. It consists of 51 hymns dedicated to the Hindu deity
Murugan
Kartikeya (/ kɑɾt̪ɪkejə/; ), also known as Skanda ( /skən̪d̪ə/), Subrahmanya (/ sʊbɾəɦməɲjə/, /ɕʊ-/), Shanmukha ( /ɕɑnmʊkʰə/) and Murugan (/ mʊɾʊgən/), is the Hindu god of war. He is generally described as the ...
, asking him to grant wisdom in order to overcome
maya
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* Maya (East Africa), a p ...
, the 'illusory nature of the world'.
Description
Translated as "The perception of Skanda", the Kandar Anubhuti describes the themes of the detachment from the world, a spiritual experience of the deity Murugan, and observation of the deity both
with
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* ''With'' (album ...
and
without form.
[{{Cite book , last=Dalal , first=Roshen , url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DH0vmD8ghdMC&pg=PA40 , title=Hinduism: An Alphabetical Guide , date=2010 , publisher=Penguin Books India , isbn=978-0-14-341421-6 , pages=40 , language=en]
References
Tamil-language literature
Tamil Hindu literature