thomas hardy wrote the story the fun they had.
who wrote the story the fun they had?
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bullet::::- poonthanam namboothiri (1547-1540): a contemporary of melpathur, born in keezhattoor near perinthalmanna, also in the present-day malappuram district. unlike melpathur, poonthanam did not have sufficient knowledge in sanskrit, and wrote his poems in malayalam. his magnum opus is "jnanappana", considered to be the bhagavad gita of malayalis. born in a non-vedic kerala brahmin family , he was always made fun by scholarly brahmins. even melpathur made fun of him, as told in the popular story of 'bhakti and 'vibhakti'. the story says that poonthanam was also conducting his 'bhajanam' in guruvayur when melpathur was conducting his bhajanam for curing his paralysis and writing narayaneeyam. one day, poonthanam approached melpathur, and told him to evaluate his jnanappana, but melpathur refused, saying that being a sanskrit scholar, he cannot evaluate a malayalam work. this incident made poonthanam terribly upset. that night, melpathur's health condition, which was improving till then, turned worse again. soon later, he had a vision of the lord, who told him that he likes the bhakti of poonthanam more than the vibhakti of melpathur. this saddened melpathur, and on the very next day, he met poonthanam, and after reading jnanappana, praised him. in another story, he was made fun for mispronouncing a name in vishnu sahasranamam. that story says that even with a little knowledge in sanskrit, poonthanam had a habit of evaluating vishnu sahasranamam, and gave a commentary by whatever he feels. one day, he mispronounced the part 'padmanabho amaraprabhu' as 'padmanabho maraprabhu'. scholarly brahmins sitting nearby him made fun, saying that the lord is not marapabhu, but amaraprabhu, meaning 'the lord of the ones without death' (lit. devas). at the same time, a voice appeared from the sanctum, saying that he is himself marapabhu. the scholars felt ashamed. poonthanam has written numerous works, all having devotional feeling in them. since he was childless for a long period after his marriage, he wrote "santhanagopalam pana" for begetting a child, and fathered a son. but the son unfortunately died on his choroonu day after a sack falling on his body. it is from this sadness that he wrote 'jnanappana'. the stanza 'unnikrishnan manassil kalikkumbol unnikal pinne venamo makkalay (when the child lord krishna is in our hearts, do we need another child?) from this poem clearly reflects his mindset. he was also a devotee of thirumandhamkunnu bhagavathy, about whom he wrote another famous poem, 'ghanasangham', believed to have written in his old age for curing his smallpox. he is also credited with the devotional songs 'naranayingane janichu bhoomiyil' about lord shiva of vaikom temple in the present-day kottayam district, and the famous vishu song 'kani kaanum neram'. it is widely believed that he directly ascended to vaikuntha at the age of 93.
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