Sanskrit sources of Kerala history
by Suma Parappattoli | 2010 | 88,327 words
This study deals with the history of Kerala based on ancient Sanskrit sources, such as the Keralamahatmyam. The modern state known as Keralam or Kerala is situated on the Malabar Coast of India. The first chapter of this study discusses the historical details from the inscriptions. The second chapter deals with the historical points from the Mahatm...
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Paliyasa Inscription (Tiruvancikulam鈥�1801 AD)
ya岣� ka艣cicch膩strab膩hyo yamadah峁沝ucite岣� k膩rayitv膩 tath膩ddh膩
k膩le devaddhiramya峁� dhruvamihanilaya峁� m膩峁璦bh奴p膩j帽ay膩 tam |
驳辞惫颈苍诲补岣� p膩liya艣o giri艣amabhinav墨k膩rayanva帽cule艣a峁�
nyak峁峁噊nnaddhasaukhya峁� kalitagha峁璦sahasr膩bhi峁kta峁� vyadhatt膩 |
dordva峁囜笉a峁� yaj帽adu峁ａ弓a峁� nijamiti kalayanyastu m膩y膩ka峁乲峁Ｄ�
ddh膩r膩v峁涐梗峁玶yath膩rtha峁� satatamapi di艣annarthin膩峁� sadgu峁嚹佱笉hya岣�
v墨ra艣r墨r膩mavarm膩hvaya dhara峁噄patirva帽cule艣asya
艣ambhobh奴rid墨pam膩ra峁� nijasacivavarai岣� k膩ray膩m膩sa n奴nam ||
dehe 艣lok膩nuju峁ａ弓he kalitimirahare va帽cule艣膩nagehe
caik膩rambhassa艣ambhu岣� cita艣ara峁嘺dhiy膩 r膩mavarm膩 sukarm膩 |
m膩峁璭艣o d墨pam膩ra峁� punaratanuta tak峁tran奴tn墨kriy膩nte
dh膩r膩v峁涐梗峁玹iv膩kye druvi峁嘺vitara峁噀 yatka峁乲峁Ｄ乨dhruva峁� sy膩t ||[1]
Kollam era 976 (1801 AD), Govinda, the Paliyasa[3], being commented by the Madabhupathi (Kochin king) renovated the temple of Vanculesa, which had been descecrated by the Sastrabahya (heritic).
Kollam era 1006 (AD 1831), king Ramavarma of Kochin got light house of the temple of Vanculesa, reconstructed by his ministers. King Ramavarma of Kochin got a lamp pavilion built by his minister after completion of the renovation.
From AD 1756, onwards the Mysorian intervention continued in Malabar till the treaties of Srirangapattanam signed on February 22 and March 18, 1792 AD, when Tippu formally ceded Malabar to the British. The cities possible to connect the inscriptional usage heritic to Tippu in connection with his advance to Malabar[4]. The first verse is of the year AD 1801, which belonged to King Ramavarma Saktan Tampuran (1790-1805 AD). While the other two verses are of the year AD 1831, which are related to the king Ramavarma (1828-1837 AD)
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
Travancore Arceological Series Vol. VI -P. 191
[2]:
Travancore Arceological Series Vol. VI -P. 191
[3]:
Sanskritised form of Paliyatt Accan, the Minister of Kocci.