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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Netranarayana Inscription (Vadakkunnatha, Tricur—1731 AD)
yogīśvaracitrakṛtau vṛṣālaye
yannetranārāyaṇaśśiṣyamādiśat
likhannaśeṣaṃ punaryathāpūrvaṃ kṛṣṇassaśiṣyassudine
samāpayat sādhavaḥ kṣantumarhanti likhannaśeṣaṃ sa punaḥ kaliḥ ||
The record is referred to the repainting of the picture on the southern side of the wall of the central shrine of over the sala of the Vadakkunatha temple Tricur. The repainting work has done by one Krsna with the assistance of his students in the kollam era 906 (AD 1731) by the order of one Netranarayana[1]. No royal connection can be seen in this document. The term vrsalaya found in this inscription may be the synonym of vrsagiri (Trichur)
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
Netranarayana is a hereditory title of Alvanceri Tamrakkal