நடமாடும் கலைக்களஞ்சியம் ந.சுப்புரெட்டியாரின் காப்பியப் புலமையும் கழுகுப்பார்வையும் / Scholarship of Epics and Astounding Vision of the Itinerant Encyclopedia N. Subbu Reddiar

Abstract

One of the great learned scholars about Kamban is N. Subbu Reddiar, a best Tamil scholar, writer and author of 135 books nationalized by the Government of Tamil Nadu. He has written a book entitled, 'Kambanil Makkal Kural’ (Peoples Voice in Kamban), in which he compiles essays on the uniqueness of Kamban with an eagle's vision. N. Subbu Reddiar, popularly known as Mobile Encyclopedia was titled like that by Rathinavel Pandian who delivers infallible justice like a 'balance scale'. His eleven review articles on Kamban are the subject of this research study. With his excellent scholarship in epics and affection for Kamban, and as a timeless researcher, the morality of research was carried out impeccably by Professor Subbu Reddiar with an eagle’s eye. He raised questions logically about Kamban's poetry, explained the answers with evidence and performed research scientifically. He has shown his analytical ability through this book to the research world. N. Subbu Reddiar is also a prolific critic of Kamban's poetic ability, uniqueness, and mastery of classic epics. His research perspective reflected in these eleven articles has been considered as the hypothesis of this study. This descriptive approach outlines the contents of the article. Kamban's poems are portrayed as evidence for criticism in this book revealing the in-depth purpose of Professor Reddiar's study. Hence, this article is intended to help future researchers to know and follow the scholarship, research skills, and Tamil work of N. Subbu Reddiar, who has subtle research knowledge that has led to his reputation as an itinerant encyclopedia.

Keywords

• scholarship
• epics
• astounding vision
• itinerant encyclopedia
• n. subbu reddiar.