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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14. Varnanasarasangraha
The Varnanasara-Sangraha [Varnanasarasangraha][1] is an anthology of verses composed by Nilakantha Dikshita. Nilakantha was a protege of the Travancore king Rama Varma alias Dharma Raja (1758 -1798 AD)
The historical information furnished by the Varnanasara-Samgraha is that the Travancore court was in a flourishing condition under Rama Varma, who extended liberal patronage to a number of poets and scholars including its author.
At the end of the Sangraha the poet reveals the Rama Varma conferred on him the title of Prabandhasagara.—
........ śrī vañcimahendra śrīrāmavarma mahārāja dattaprabandhasāgarābhidhānena śrī nīlakaṇṭhadīkṣitena...........
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
Manuscripts are available in Adayar library and Kerala University—
Adayar Library, Bullettin, Madras -manuscript notes -by Raghavan. V. Vol. II -Part III -P 212 Ff—
Adayar Library, Bullettin, Madras -V -125 -128 -Vide
Kerala Sahitya Caritram, Ullur -Vol. III -452 -453;
Kerala Sanskrit Literature -P 28 -29