Paapanaasam Shivan
He was born Polagam Ramaiah. He in 1890 at Polagam near Tanjavoor. He and his brother passed a lot of their time in Papanasam ( between Kumbakonam and Tanjavoor ), hence the "Papanasam" stuck to his name. Also, it was a tradition to address men of respect (men of God, as Rangaraamaanuja Aiyyangaar says) as Sivan, Sivanvaal, etc. in those days - and hence this gets suffixed to persons' names. Also, he came in a long line of composers and performers whose names ended in Shivan. Hence the name Paapanaasam Shivan. It is said that there was lot of influence of mahavaidyanatha iyer's style on his compositions.
Compositions of Paapanasam Sivan
- abayaambikaaramaNi - shankaraabharaNam
- aDimalariNaiyallaal - pharaju
- aLavillaiyE - mukhaari
- anbilaiyE - kamaas
- candra kalaavadamsam - shankaraabharaNam
- cittam magizhvittiDudu - bilahari
- dasarataatmajam - poorvi kalyaaNi
- dEvi paadam paNindEn - tODi
- dharma samvarttani taayE - naaTTai
- durgaalakshmi saraswati - aarabi, yamunaa kalyaaNi
- eesanE inda - cakravaakam
- enda vidamum - mukhaari
- ennatavam sheydanE yeshOdaa - kaapi
- gangaiyaNi - tODi
- gajavadana karunaa - shree ranjani
- Idathu Padam thooki aadum - khamas
- ihapara menumeru - simhEndra madhyamam
- inbamenbadilaiyE - kaanaDaa
- kaaNa kaN koDi - kaambhOji
- kaanarasamuDan - bEgaDa
- kaartikEya gaangEya - tODi
- kaa vaa vaa - varaaLi
- kaDaikkaN nOkki - tODi
- kaDaikkaN paarvaiyadu - kamaas
- kali teerumO - tODi
- kallaada EzhaiyallavO - saavEri
- kanindaruL purindaal - kalyaaNi
- kanmana murugacceyya - shuruTTi
- kaNNan madhura idhazhai - bhimpalaas
- karpagaambikE - bilahari
- karpagamE - madyamaavati
- kumaran taaL - yadukula kaambhOji
- kunRan kuDi - tODi
- maa ramaNan - hindOLam
- maal marugaa-vasantaa
- mahaaprabO shree - aarabi
- malariNai tuNaiyE - reeti gowLa
- manamE kanamum
- mariyaadai taanO - dhanyaasi
- marundaLittaruL - gowLa
- mulaa dhaara murthee - hamsadwani
- naamamuravu - darbaar
- naan oru viLayaaTTu bommaiyaa - navarasa kannaDa
- naaraayaNa divya naamam-mOhanam
- nee aruL puriya vENDum - keeravaaNi
- nee gadiyaladu - bhairavi
- Nee Irangkaayeni Pugalethu - atanaa
- neeyallavO - pantuvaraaLi
- nekk-urugi - aabhOgi
- ninai manamE - aananda bhairavi
- paadamalarE taNYcam - kEdaaram
- paarvati naayakanE - shhanmugapriyaa
- padamalarE gaiyena - maayamaaLava gowLa
- padumaabhan marugaa - naagaswaraavaLi
- paraamukham Enaiyaa - kharaharapriyaa
- paraashakti jananee - hamsadwani
- paraatpara - vaacaspati
- paRpala poRpaNi (kaNNi) - kamaas
- patita paavana raama - tODi
- piravaa varam - lataangi
- piRaviyadanaaR - sahaanaa
- raadhaa mukhakamala - hindustaani kaapi
- raagagOpaala dEvaadi dEvanE - tODi
- raamam bhajata - shree
- saamagaana lOlanE - hindOLam
- saamaja vara gamana - madyamaavati
- saa sapaa nabOnipaa - hamsadwani
- Senthil Andavan Shiva Kumaran - Karahara Priya
- sharaNam ayyappaa - mukhaari
- sharavaNa bhava guhanE - madyamaavati
- shivagangaa nagara - punnaagavaraaLi
- shivakaama sundaree jagadamba - mukhaari
- shree gaNapatiyE - dEva manOhari
- shree maadhavaa - behaag
- shreenivaasa tava - kharaharapriyaa
- shreenivaasa tiruvenkaTa - hamsaanandi
- shreeraaman ravikulasOman - naaraayaNa gowLa
- shree shhanmukam - bhairavi
- shree vaataapi gaNapatiyE - sahaanaa
- sikkal mEviya - kaambhOji
- singaaravElavan vandaan - aananda bhairavi
- sollu paapaa (paapaa kaNNi) - mukhaari
- swaamy sharaNam - aananda bhairavi
- swaami unRan caraNam - bilahari
- taamasam En swaamy - tODi
- taayE Ezhaipaal - bhairavi
- tanigai vaLar - tODi
- tattvamariya taramaa - reeti gowLa
- tinameedE naTrinamE - bhoopaaLam
- tirukkumaranaa yavadarittaar - shankaraabharaNam
- tiruvaLar mayilaiyun (kaNNi) - kamaas
- tiruvazhundoor vaazh - dhanyaasi
- tunai purindaruL - sudda hindOLam
- unadu dayai enai - pantuvaraaLi
- unDenRu uRudi - harikaambhOji
- uNDu kuladeivaraaman - tODi
- unnaittudikka - kuntala varaaLi
- un paadamE - punnaagavaraaLi
- vaanOr vaNangu - aananda bhairavi
- vandadellaam varaTTum - husEni