Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar

Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar
Indian
Genre	Short Story, Essay, Criticism
Notable works	Vasanavikriti

Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar (1860 – 14 November 1914) was a

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Vengayil family

Nayanar was born in an aristocratic Nair family known as "Vengayil" in Chirackal Thaluk, Northern part of Malabar district in British India. The Vengayil Nayanar tharavad were a significant land-owning family of Malabar district in the 1800s in British India. They, at the time, owned more than 200,000 acres (810 km square) of land including vast forest lands. The land directly under the ownership of the Vengayil family was comparable to the size of the 13-gun salute princely state of Kapurthala State (352 square miles (910 km2)), and 11-gun salute Morvi State (242 square miles (630 km2)).

Early life and education

Kunhiraman Nayanar was born to Vengayil Kunhakkam Amma and Puliyappadappu Haridasan Somayajipad, from Perinchellor Graamam,

. He died while serving as a member there on 14 November 1914, aged 54.

Literature

Nayanar came to the literary world through Kerala Pathrika (started in 1884 by

who did a lot of research on the history, language, and culture of Kerala.

Family

Vengayil Nayanar's grandson was

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Works

Some of Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar's works are lost. Most of his works were published in periodicals such as

under the title Kesari Nayanarude Krithikal.

Stories

• Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar (1891). "
  Vidya Vinodini
  . Vol. 2, no. 5.
• Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar (1893). "Menokkiye Konnatharanu". Vidya Vinodini. Vol. 4, no. 7.
• Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar (1893). "Dwaraka". Vidya Vinodini. Vol. 4, no. 9.
• Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar (1900). "Ente Anubhavam". Vidya Vinodini.
• Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar (n.d.). "Madirashi Pithalattam". Saraswathi.
• Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar (n.d.). "Oru Pottabhagyam". Saraswathi.
• Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar (n.d.). "Paramartham". {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
• Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar (1908). "Kathayonnumalla". Mithavadi.

Essays on literature

• Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar (1891). "Akhyayika Allenkil Novel". Vidya Vinodini. Vol. 2, no. 4.
• Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar (1891). "Natakam". Vidya Vinodini. Vol. 2, no. 9.
• Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar (1892). "Swabhasha". Vidya Vinodini. Vol. 3, no. 8.
• Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar (1892). "Bhramam". Vidya Vinodini. Vol. 3, no. 8.
• Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar (1892). "Mahakavikalude Jeevakalam". Vidya Vinodini. Vol. 3, no. 9.
• Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar (1893). "Mahakavyam". Vidya Vinodini. Vol. 3, no. 12.
• Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar (1893). "Gadyakavyam". Vidya Vinodini. Vol. 4, no. 1.
• Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar (1893). "Pouranikakalathe Parishkarasthithi". Vidya Vinodini. Vol. 4, no. 2.
• Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar (n.d.). "Novel". Vidya Vinodini.

Essays on culture

• Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar (1898). "Nammude Chila Pracheena Acharopacharangalum Sthanamanangalum Mattum Mattum". Vidya Vinodini. Vol. 9, no. 11.
• Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar (n.d.). "Achara Parishkaram". Vidya Vinodini.

Essays on agriculture

• Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar (1894). "Krishi Parishkaram I". Vidya Vinodini. Vol. 6, no. 1.
• Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar (1894). "Krishi Parishkaram I". Vidya Vinodini. Vol. 6, no. 2.
• Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar (1898). "Krishisambandhamaya Chila Aithihyangal". Vidya Vinodini. Vol. 9, no. 11.
• Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar (1913). "Kerala Janmisabha". Bhashaposhini. Vol. 17, no. 9–10.

Miscellaneous

• Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar (1893). "Vaidyam". Vidya Vinodini. Vol. 4, no. 6.
• Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar (1893). "Marichalathe Sukham". Vidya Vinodini. Vol. 4, no. 7.
• Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar (1893). "Kapadavedanthikal". Kerala Pathrika.
• Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar (1894). "Sheettukali". Vidya Vinodini. Vol. 5, no. 1.
• Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar (1914). "Vidyarthikalum Mathrubhashayum" (PDF). Bhashaposhini.
• Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar (1909). Introduction. In: Kottarathil Sankunni. Aithihyamala Part 1.
• Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar (1914). Introduction. In: Kottarathil Sankunni. Aithihyamala Part 2.

See also

• "Kesari" A. Balakrishna Pillai was a critic who was also known by the pseudonym "Kesari".
• Madayi Kavu
• Malayalam

References

External links

• Payyanur.com, "History"
• KSD.kerala.gov.in, "History of Kasaragod"
• PRD.kerala.gov.in Archived 30 January 2006 at the Wayback Machine, "The Essay"
• PRD.kerala.gov.in Archived 27 January 2006 at the Wayback Machine, "History of Press in India"
• Rediff.com Archived 4 November 2005 at the Wayback Machine, "Nayanars of Kerala"