India history and geography

Source: Heidelberg: Glory of the Tiruvanantapuram Padmanabhasvami Temple

Padmanābhodaya (पद्मनाभोदय) (by Śaṅku) is the name of a text talking about the Thiruvananthapuram temple.—Several works other than the Purāṇas speak about the glory of the Tiruvanantapuram temple. The unpublished Padmanābhodaya is a short kāvya of Śaṅku or Śaṅkukavi (eighteenth century CE), written at the instance of Ramavarma Yuvaraja, a nephew of King Martanda Varma of Travancore, on the Tiruvanantapuram temple. The work consists of one hundred and forty-two verses in four sections called paddhatis. It deals with the glory of the Tiruvanantapuram temple and gives a description of the magnificence of Lord Padmanābha and the blessings showered by the Lord on sage Divākara.

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Partial matches: Padmanabha, Udaya.

Full-text: Shankukavi, Shanku, Padmanabha, Syanandurapurana, Anantapuravarnana, Padmanabhacarita, Padmanabhakirtana, Syanandurapuranasamuccaya, Padmanabhavijaya, Anantashayanakshetra, Padmanabhapancaka, Anantakanana, Anantapura, Padmanabhastuti.

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