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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13. Ramavarma-Yasobhusana by Sadasiva-Diksita
Sadasivadiksita’s Ramavarma-Yasobhushana[1] is composed exactly on the model of Vidyanatha’s Pradaparudrayasobhusana.
The following are two of the verses occuring in its, extolling the Rama Varma Maharaja munificience and musical and literary accomplishments.—
vidvadgajānapi tiraṅguśavartinaḥ svairuddhvā guṇaiḥ kanakaśrṛṃkhalikānubaddhān |
kṛtvā vasa pratipadaṃ nanu vañci bāla śrīrāmavarma kulaśekhara sārvabhauma |
yadṛcchāsallāpai ssamadhigataṣaṭtantravibhavaiścamatkurvan dhīrān sapadi rasabhāvaprakaṭanaiḥ
kavīn dhinvan gānakrama vivaraṇād gāyakavarān parikurvan vañcikṣitipatiko'yaṃ vijayate |
In this work Sadasiva-Diksita says that this is only one god, that is Sripadmanabha there is only one country, that is Travancore, there is only one city that is Trivandrum and there is only one real king, that is the Travancore king[2].
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[2]:
Sahityaparishat Traimasikam -Vol. V -No. 2, 1112 ME, P 146