Vadakkumkur Rajarajavarmaraja (also written as Vadakkumkur Rajaraja Varma Raja) (27 November 1891 - 28 February 1970) was a
Sanskrit
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Malayalam
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scholar
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from the
Indian State of
Kerala
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. He has written several
great epics, short poems and deep interpretations, all based on stories appearing in classical Sanskrit
and other texts. He is known as a great poet, biographer, literary critic, researcher and also as a scientist.
He was born on 27 November 1891 as the son of
Vaikom
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Vazhuthanakkattu Kottarathil Kavukkutty Thampuratty (mother) and
Sukapuram Thottupurathu Purushothaman Achyuthan Nambuthiri (father). He had his early formal education in Govt School, Vaikom. He also studied Sanskrit in the traditional style at home. He was associated with the Tranvancore Manuscript Library in several capacities, was a member of Kochi Malayala Bhasha Parishkarana Committee and also has served Kerala Sahithya Academy as an Executive Committee Member. Among his several works, his interpretation of ''Krishnagatha'' had wide popularity among Malayalam speaking people.
Publications
The following is a partial list of books authored by Raja.
#Śr̲imahābhārataṃ
#Uḷḷūr mahākavi: paṭhanaṃ
#Mahākavi Rāmapāṇivādan
#Kēral̥īyasaṃskr̥ta sāhityacaritraṃ
#Śailīpr̲adīpaṃ
#Sāhityamañjūṣika
#Mēpputtūr Nārāyaṇabhaṭṭatiri
#Uttara Bhārataṃ : mahākāvyaṃ
#Rāmārjjunīyaṃ campu; savyākhyānaṃ
#Śr̲ī Vālmīki
#Sāhityamañjjuṣika
#Rāmārjjunīyaṃ
#Sāhitīsarvvasvaṃ : sāhityaśāstr̲agranthaṃ
#Mahaccaramaṃ : oru vilāpakāvyaṃ
#Sahithee Sarvaswam
See also
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Vadakkumkur
References
Additional reading
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Vadakkumkur Rajarajavarmaraja in Malayalam Wikipedia
{{Malayalam Literature , state=collapsed
Indian Sanskrit scholars
Malayalam-language writers
Poets from Kerala
20th-century Indian poets