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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Kotai Iravi Inscription (Thrippunithura 917-944 AD)
brahmendracandrārkamanena keśavam
mahendraḥ ṣaḍvaḥ śubhasaṃgamiṣyatām
ārogyamaiśvaryamudārabhogyatām ||
This is inscribed on a slab on the cuttambalam of Santanagopalaswami temple, Thrippunithura[1]. It records certain praises of lord Krsna and Lord Siva. This Sanskrit inscriptions forms part of the final portion of a Tamil inscription. The inscription belongs to Kota Iravi, who might be the Chera ruler Goda Ravivarma (917 -944 AD). The inscription of Goda Ravi, discovered from Nedumpuram, Tali, Avittathur, Cokkur, Thrippunithura and Udayamperur have helped historian in working out the chronology of his reign and fixing up the limits of the Chera empire during this period[2].
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
Administration reports, of Archeological Dept Cochin, 1927 -28, P. 28.
[2]:
Sukasandesa H -P. 124