Keralolpatti, Kerala-ulpathy: 2 definitions
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Source: Wikipedia: India HistoryKeralolpathi (കേരളോല്പത്തി, “Kerala’s origin”) is a Malayalam work that deals with the origin of the land of Kerala. Shungunny Menon ascribes the authorship of this work to Thunchaththu Ramanujan Ezhuthachan, a 17th-century scholar of the Malabar region of India. The Keralolpathi is mostly an expansion from an earlier Sanskrit work known as the Kerala Mahatmayam. That work is classed among the Hindu Puranas as an Upa Purana (or sub Purana) of the Bhoogola Purana.
The Keralolpathi covers the ancestry of the Namboodiri Brahmins and other castes of Kerala and is sometimes called the “Kerala Ulpathy”. While the “Kerala Mahatmayam” deals with the origin of Kerala and its people alone, the Keralolpathi gives a history of Kerala down to the modern age, including reference to the British in Kerala.
Source: Project Gutenberg: Castes and Tribes of Southern India, Volume 1Keralolpatti.—A Nambutiri, when questioned about the past, refers to the Keralolpatti. The Keralolpatti relates the story of the exclusion of the Panniyur Brahmans from the Vedas. There were in the beginning two religious factions among the Nambutiris, the Vaishnavas or worshippers of Vishnu in his incarnation as a boar, and the Saivas; the former residing in Panniyur (boar village), and the latter in Chovur (Siva’s village). The Saivas gained the upper hand, and, completely dominating the others, excluded them altogether from the Vedas. So now the Nambutiris of Panniyur are said to be prohibited from studying the Vedas. It is said, however, that this prohibition is not observed, and that, as a matter of fact, the Panniyur Nambutiris perform all the Vedic ceremonies.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
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Sanskrit sources of Kerala history (by Suma Parappattoli)
1.6. The Origin of Dynasties < [Chapter 2 - Historical details from Mahatmyas and Prashastis]
1.1. The Kerala-Mahatmyam (Introduction) < [Chapter 2 - Historical details from Mahatmyas and Prashastis]
5.7. Udayavarmacarita Sangraha alias Desyastaka < [Chapter 2 - Historical details from Mahatmyas and Prashastis]