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http://localhost:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/4616| Title: | 'Entering the universe of fire and light ': the life and philosophy of Pokar from Pokar Elayiram |
| Authors: | Natarajan, Kanchana |
| Keywords: | universe of fire and light , Pokar , Pokar Elayiram Poker Pokar Elayiram |
| Issue Date: | 2009 |
| Publisher: | Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla |
| Abstract: | My original intent in undertaking this analysis was to try to reconstruct a biography of the alchemist Poker, a mysterious and compelling figure in the Tamil Siddha tradition, based on a particular Tamil text, Poker Elayimrn, also known as Poker Saptakandam (henceforth in this essay PS7000) .3 I had earlier, with similar intent, researched the figure of Irarntevar/ Yakoob, a Tamil Siddha who converted to Islam.4 Yakoob is also an elusive figu~e, as are most of the renowned Tamil Siddhas; but I was able to at least partially develop the known facts of Yakoob's life into some kind of biography, albeit sparse and quite heavily symbolic. |
| Description: | page no.147-162 |
| URI: | http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/4616 |
| ISSN: | 09721401 |
| Appears in Collections: | Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS) Vol.16, No.1-2( 2009) |
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