मेप्पत्तूर् नारायण भट्टतिरि
[meppattur narayana bhattatiri] IAST: MEPPATTŪR NĀRĀYAṆA BHAṬṬATIRI
A Sanskrit poet who lived in केरल .
General information
It is believed that this poet lived during the period from 1560 to 1648 A.D. He was born in the village of कुरुमात्तूर् in Malabar district The illam (house of नम्बूतिरिस् ) which became famous by his birth was a mile to the east of the भगवती temple, चन्दनक्कावु , which itself is situated just two furlongs to the north of the well known तिरुनावाय temple. मेप्पत्तूर् illam became impoverished and was merged with another illam of name मरवञ्चेरि तेक्केटत्तु .
नारायण Bhaṭṭatiri had a brother named मातृदत्त . He was younger to नारायण and his work was to take down the verses which नारायण composed. मेप्पत्तूर् ( नारायण is more well-known under the name of his illam) studied under different preceptors. His father taught him मीमांसा and such other subjects. He studied वेद under माधवाचार्य and तर्क under दामोदराचार्य . अच्युत पिषारोटि taught him व्याकरण . The poet became a rheumatic patient in his old age and he stayed in the गुरुवायूर् temple worshipping the deity there. His famous work नारायणीयम् was written sitting in the temple of गुरुवायूर् and the मण्डप (raised dais) where he sat and wrote is even now preserved for pilgrims to see. He took hundred days to write the नारायणीयम् .
His works
It is not yet known how many books Meppattūr had written but the following have been recognised as definitely written by him:
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