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The Tirumurukar?r?uppatai is a Tamil text of the Sangam period. The poem is devoted to Lord Murugan (also known as Subrahmanya, Skanda, Kumara…) whose cult is extremely popular in Tamil Nadu. It invokes the deity in the holy places where he resides, describing his characteristics, praising his dance in the mountains and inviting the reader to worship him. The text became extremely renowned and the object of several commentaries. It is accompanied here by a translation into French; an introduction presents the Sanskrit and Tamil names of the god, his nature and mythology as well as the Tirumurukar?r?uppatai poem. A Tamil-French glossary is included.
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