Mushikavamsha, Mūṣikavaṃśa, Mushika-vamsha: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term Mūṣikavaṃśa can be transliterated into English as Musikavamsa or Mushikavamsha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
Source: academia.edu: Gleanings from Atula’s MusikavamsaMūṣikavaṃśa (मूषिकवंश) (or Mūṣakavaṃśa) is the name of an historical poem by Atula.—Mūṣikavaṃśa is an interesting historical poem about the dynastical lineage of a royal family of North Kerala known by that name. It is now generally maintained that the kings of the dynasty ruled over the territory comprising Kolattunādu of later times. [...] The published version consists of about 1000 verses arranged in 15 cantos. [...] The Mūṣikavaṃśa assumes tremendous significance as one of the earliest specimens of Sanskrit historiography as well as Sanskrit poetry composed in Kerala, which has a linguistic background different from that of the Indo-Aryan language stock. It effects a fusion of local history and classical framework of historiography reflecting the court culture of classical Sanskrit literature as typified by the canons of Mahākāvya
The Mūṣikavaṃśa begins with an account of a pregnant queen, guarded by her family priest, escaping the animosity of sage Jāmadagnya Rāma, more popularly known as Paraśurāma (‘Rāma with axe’) in the West coast of India, reaching the mountain called Eli. The queen delivers a male child who was properly educated by her priest who becomes King Rāmaghaṭa. [...]
Note: Pillai informs that both the variants [i.e., Mūṣikavaṃśa and Mūṣakavaṃśa] are found in the manuscripts. As per Monier Williams, both means the same, signifying “the dynasty of a rat”. The reason for the appellation is obviously the giant rat appearing in the beginnings of the poem, who was actually the Lord of the Eli Mountain itself, the seat of the royal family, who had been transformed into a rat due to the curse of sage Kauśika. According to Cirakkal Balakrishnan Nair, the son of a prince belonging to Cirakkal royal family of the neighbourhood, which was a branch of Kolattiri dynasty, the very myth of the rat owes its origin to the false etymology of Elimala as the mountain of rat.
Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.
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Partial matches: Vamsha, Mushika.
Full-text (+35): Mushaka, Mushakavamsha, Eli, Jamadagnya, Kerala, Kupaka, Tulu, Jamadagnyarama, Ramaghata, Kola, Parashurama, Killa, Mahanavika, Ahiraneshvara, Vatukavarman, Sutasoma, Matayi, Valabhapattanam, Marahi, Vatukeshvara.
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