'Entering the universe of fire and light ': the life and philosophy of Pokar from Pokar Elayiram

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dc.contributor.author	Natarajan, Kanchana
dc.date.accessioned	2020-07-07T08:44:27Z
dc.date.available	2020-07-07T08:44:27Z
dc.date.issued	2009
dc.identifier.issn	09721401
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/4616
dc.description	page no.147-162	en_US
dc.description.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.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla	en_US
dc.subject	universe of fire and light , Pokar , Pokar Elayiram	en_US
dc.subject	Poker
dc.subject	Pokar Elayiram
dc.title	'Entering the universe of fire and light ': the life and philosophy of Pokar from Pokar Elayiram	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US
Appears in Collections:	Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS) Vol.16, No.1-2( 2009)

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