Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Devraj to Jyoti.
In Adhyatma Ramayana everyone praises and chants the hymn on Rama starting from Vamadeva, Valmiki, Bharadwaja, Narada, Viradha, Sarabanga River, Sutikshna, Agasthya, Viswamitra, Vasishta, Jatayu, Kabhanda, Sabari, Swayamprabha, Parasurama, Vibhishana, and Hanuman.This is the same work which was translated by Thunchathu Ezhuthachan into Malayalam in the form of kilippattu, a South Indian genre in which a parrot recites the text to the poet. It is this work that provided Tulasidas with the inspiration to compose his immortal work, the Ramacharitamanasa. The Adhyathma Ramayana is the portrayal of a conversation between the god Shiva and his wife Parvati, as reported by the god Brahma to the sage Narada.
However, some scholars attribute it to the period 14th - 15th century CE and the author as unknown. Tradition ascribes the authorship of the Sanskrit Adhyathma Ramayana to Ramananda since it is said to be an integral part of the Brahmanda Purana.
A page from a copy of the Adhyatma Ramayanam Kilippattu written in the 1870s.
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