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papavinAsa mudaliyar
PApavinAsha Mudaliyar belonged to Mudaliyar stock of the tondaimandalam tozhuva vellala community .He was born in Tiruvarur and was known as Arooran.He lived in Kumbakonam for a long time and came to be known as papavinasa mudaliyar due to his family ties with that place.
His compositions were known as padas rather than as kirtanas.Prof Arunachalam in Musical tradition of Tanjore says that his compositions were the priveleged possessions of the dance community.They show him as a scholar in Telugu and Sanskrit and a past master of dance.
When examining PApavinasha mudaliyar's time the essence of that is lack of biographical information and authenticity
of
compositions with regard to raga and tala.Dr.Seetha in her book Tanjore as a seat of music says that he lived during the court of Tulaja but does not
mention whether it was Tulaja I or Tulaja II.Somasundara Desikar in an article in Silpashri puts him as belonging to the 17th CE.
Prof .Arunachalam says of his time as 1650 - 1725.
Dr.Seetha speaks of three kings, Ekoji (1676-1683) whom Arunachalam puts it at 1688, Shahaji II and Sharaboji I
It seems that he was patronised by Ekoji.There is a reference to Ekoji in his kumbesar kuravanji as 'iravalar taru
ekoji tanjai mannan.Subbarama Dikshitar says of him as being in the time of Tulaja II (1765 - 1787 )
Shri.K.V.Srinivasa Ayyangar gives the notation of nadamadi tirinda in sangita rasarnavam.As of now only 4 kirtanas are available.He gives some under the title veru sila kirtanangal.Ananda Coomaraswamy once observed, "We have lost more than what other countries have learnt.
He wrote on Tyagaraja the presiding deity of Tiruvarur and on
Nataraja.He was conversant with saivite temple traditions.His kumbesar kuravanji
has been published by Kalakshetra and by The son of Dr.U.Ve.Sa.Dr.U.Ve.sa also
writes
that his father sang many songs from Kumbesar kuravanji
Compositions of Papavinasa mudaliyar
1.mughattai kAttiye - bhairavi
pallavi:
mukhattai kAtTTiye dEham muzhumaiyum kATTAmal mUDU mandiram EdayyA
anupallavi:
jagattil adhikamAna ArUril vAsarE sezhitta mEniyilUnam uNDO tyAgEsarE
(mukhattai)
caraNam 1:
cAyarakSayil vandidOtTTai kATTi mayakki mAyAvittanam uLLa
mandahAsattuDanE mAn mazhuvEndiya karattai kUDa maraittu
(mukhattai)
caraNam 2:
kUttADum pOdangE kunindu pArppOm enrAl kudittu kudittu munpin
Odum vidattai utru pArttAl
pasigaL tIrum paravasamAga seyyum paNiyAl maraittu koNDoru pAdam kATTuvadallAl
(mukhattai)
caraNam 3:
abhiSeka kAlattil arumai tirumEniyai ati rahasiyamAna toTTAl maraikkirIr
vibhavam tandu rakShikkum divya mangaLa rUpA-vidanga
tyAgarAjarE pApavinAsarE
(mukhattai)
2.nadamAdi tirinda - kAmbhOji
Pallavi:
naTamADit-tirinda umadiDadu kAl udavAmal mUDhamAnadEnenru solluveer ayyA
Anupallavi:
dhiDamEvum tillai nagar maruvum pErAnandat-tANDavarE nidamum enadANDavarE
sabhaiyariya
Caranam 1:
tirunIrai sumandIrO neruppAna mEni tanil sIdalattinAl mighunda vAda guNamO
orumaiyuDan mArkkaNDarkku taviyAi marali vizha udaikka shuLukkEriyuNDa bhEda
guNamO
paravaitanin teruvAsarp-paDiyiDariTrO endan pApamO en sivanE mUvarkkum
mudalvarenru
caranam 2:
bhakti seyyum periyOrgaL pApanAsamAghum paramapadam iduvenru tUkki
ninradaduvO
shakti shivakAma valli tan bhAgam nOghumenrE taraiyil aDi vaikka tayangi
ninraduvO
satya lOkAdhipati tALattirkkErppa naTam tAngiyE oru kAlait-tUkki ninraduvO
3.perum nalla tyAgar rAga : pUrvakalyANi
pErum nalla tyAgar Urum nirai selva tiruvArUr
prayojanam enna sollayyA
vARic corivIr endrAl vArtai mAttiram
oruvarum vArAmal oru pollAdavanai vAsal vaitheer
vAsal nandikku tappi vandu dEhi endrAl
valadu kai anal Endi cuDume
veesum analai taLLi vandom endrAl
vIra veNDayam kaNdu miga baya padume
vIra veNDayattukkuLLAgi ADAravam vishataic
coriven endrirukke
pErai nambi vandom enDru solla ponAl
piththan endru oru perai vaithuk koNdirukkirIR
pitharO tyAgesaro pesuvOm endrAl
peRum pApanAsam endru azhaikkirIR
ethanai sonnAlum viDEn eNDru ?
indhA tirunIrrai tandu adan pin nagaikkirIr
4.umakku prIti varac ceivadu eppadi rAga :
huseni
umakku prIti varac ceivadu eppadi
nAn oru vagayum kANen svAmi
kamalai padiyil vAzhum tyAga vaibhogare
karuNai vaitennai mutrum kAkka kadavIr ayyA
mundi vandun pAdam paNiya varuvOm endRAl
muDiyaDiyum vadivum illaye
anbAga ummai valam sUzha varuvadarkku
aNDam Adi elAm akhanDa pariPUrNA
nEyamAgave nivedhanam seivom endRAl svAmI
nityatruptar allavo
dUpam dIpam koNdu toNdu seivom endRAl
svayamprakAshamAna svarUpam allavo
From the lecdem of Prof.S.R.Janakiraman at the Music Academy chennai 1997