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'''Kachiyappar''' ({{Lang-ta|கச்சியப்பர்|translit=Kachiyappar}}) was an 8th-century Tamil temple [[priest]] as well as a [[poet]] and [[Vedanta|Vedantist]]. He is the author of the [[Kanda Puranam|''Kanda Puranam'']], written between the years 600 and 750 CE.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Eliot |first=Charles |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8A5-DwAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PT296&dq=Kachiyappar&hl=en |title=Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 |date=2018-12-08 |publisher=Litres |isbn=978-5-04-146444-8 |pages=296 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Kachiyappar was born in a Shaivite [[Brahmin]] family and officiated as a priest in the [[Ekambareswarar Temple (Kanchipuram)|Ekambareswarar Temple]] in [[Kanchipuram]], [[Kumarakottam Temple|Kumara Kottam Murugan temple, Kanchipuram.]]<br />
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==Works==<br />
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=== ''Kanda Puranam'' ===<br />
Kachiyappar's greatest composition was the ''[[Kanda Puranam]]'', which is the Tamil adaptation of the [[Sanskrit]] ''[[Skanda Purana]]''. The metres have been composed in the same style as the former. It is made up of six volumes comprising a total of 13,305 stanzas. According to Kachiyapper's preface to Parasurama Mudaliar's ''Kandha purana Vachagam'', the work was completed in the Saka year 700 corresponding to 778 CE.[[File:The mandapam where Kantha puranam was released.jpg|right|thumb|[[Mandapa|Mantapam]] (Hall) in the Kumarakottam Temple complex where the epic Kanda Puranam was composed]]<br />
According to tradition, the first line of the first stanza was written by Kachiyappar's patron deity, [[Murugan]] himself. The god is also believed to have corrected the 100 stanzas written by the priest during the day.{{sfn|Pillai|1904|p=107}} The poet is regarded to have taken his composition to the god and rehearsed it.{{sfn|Spuler|1975|p=222}} <br />
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The hall ''Kandhapurāna Arangetra [[Mandapa|Mantapam]] ''(An outdoor pavilion) where Kachiyappar composed the text still exists in the temple complex.{{sfn|Rao|2008|p=109-110}} To the present day, the priests in the temple are the descendants of Kachiyappar.<ref name="Koti">{{Cite web|url=http://www.kamakoti.org/kamakoti/visitors/temples%20in%20Kanchi.html?PHPSESSID=8fbec77f0783fc108c69fea4bedc569d#muruga|title=Temples in Kānchi Near Srimatam|access-date=22 August 2013|publisher=Kamakoti organization}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
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* {{cite book | title=The Tamil Plutarch, containing a summary account of the lives of poets and poetesses of Southern India and Ceylon | last=Chitty| first=Simon Casie| year=1859| pages=31| publisher=Ripley & Strong| location=Jaffna|ref=tamil_plutarch}}<br />
*{{cite book|last= Pillai |first=M. S. Purnalingam |title=A Primer of Tamil Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JwkrAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA107|year=1904|publisher=Ananda Press}}<br />
*{{cite book|last= Rao |first=P. V. L. Narasimha |title=Kanchipuram: Land of Legends, Saints and Temples|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HJFldI75dRcC&pg=PA91|year=2008|publisher=Readworthy|isbn=978-81-89973-54-4}}<br />
*{{cite book|last= Spuler |first=Bertold |title=Handbook of Oriental Studies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Kx4uqyts2t4C&pg=PA222|year=1975|publisher=BRILL|isbn=978-90-04-04190-5}}<br />
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[[Category:Bhakti movement]]<br />
[[Category:Indian Shaivite religious leaders]]<br />
[[Category:Tamil poets]]<br />
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