tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258499896042719014.post2456377171974717357..comments2024-03-26T05:22:38.867-04:00Comments on Historic Alleys: Introducing - The Vencaticota OlaMaddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18163804773843409980noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258499896042719014.post-46954752301886253252020-11-05T13:18:27.102-05:002020-11-05T13:18:27.102-05:00Thanks Dr AK
Thirupad and Tiruvadi were usages fo...Thanks Dr AK <br />Thirupad and Tiruvadi were usages for the Travancore RajaMaddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18163804773843409980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258499896042719014.post-16026301757148928372020-11-05T13:10:45.889-05:002020-11-05T13:10:45.889-05:00Tripathi - Trippadi - തൃപ്പടി - Is it related to t...Tripathi - Trippadi - തൃപ്പടി - Is it related to the Tripathi Of Padmanabha ? Dr Ashakiran Kilankajehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05223466316088972056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258499896042719014.post-46886704202325481602020-11-05T13:10:01.403-05:002020-11-05T13:10:01.403-05:00Tripathi - Trippadi - തൃപ്പടി - Is it related to t...Tripathi - Trippadi - തൃപ്പടി - Is it related to the Tripathi Of Padmanabha ? Dr Ashakiran Kilankajehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05223466316088972056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258499896042719014.post-84305932095640823702013-11-04T13:06:08.324-05:002013-11-04T13:06:08.324-05:00also there are books covering the devadasi periods...also there are books covering the devadasi periods - especially the manipravalam style writing. you will find details of temple practices Maddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18163804773843409980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258499896042719014.post-59522327932950778732013-11-04T13:04:53.318-05:002013-11-04T13:04:53.318-05:00thanks premjish..
it is difficult to mention one w...thanks premjish..<br />it is difficult to mention one writer, but you will find bits and pieces in books by Elamkulam (studies in kerala history), MGS about kulashekara perumals, and perhaps books by bernier, Veluthat and I recall there was one book by gouri lakshmi bayi about teh padmanabha temple also.Maddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18163804773843409980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258499896042719014.post-10706307899667909282013-11-04T02:25:39.437-05:002013-11-04T02:25:39.437-05:00Maddy, I am working on medieval sculptures from Ke...Maddy, I am working on medieval sculptures from Kerala, roughly around fourteenth century AD. I am looking at the emergence of a Keral style of sculpture making. But I a, also looking at the sculptural body and its connection with performance inside temples and also with warrior communities. What manuscripts and texts should I look to understand the everyday life of temples, patronage, monarchy PREMJISHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12726436907531742509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258499896042719014.post-57545162306531505412011-07-10T14:56:22.971-04:002011-07-10T14:56:22.971-04:00Maddy, the destruction of the Chaliyam Mosque is q...Maddy, the destruction of the Chaliyam Mosque is quite well known among the mappilas.<br />Infact among the original mosques(supposedly) built by Malik ibn Dinar-the ones at Chaliyam,Pantalayini Kollam and Barkur(Udupi dt)were demolished by the Portuguese.In addition ,several mosques including the Nakhuda mosque at Kuttichira were set on fire by the Portuguese.<br /><br />p 330 &334 Malabar drsabuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00183290616116455978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258499896042719014.post-16239402252956693932010-07-18T05:40:27.592-04:002010-07-18T05:40:27.592-04:00While going through the Epigraphia Indica (Vol 3)I...While going through the Epigraphia Indica (Vol 3)I came across terms like Muyirikkodu for Cranganore, Kallikkotai for Calicut and Tamudiri for Samoodiri. Just thought of sharing.P.N. Subramanianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01420464521174227821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258499896042719014.post-78847839098773897232010-07-16T04:12:37.963-04:002010-07-16T04:12:37.963-04:00Quite interesting. Incidentally horoscopes in our ...Quite interesting. Incidentally horoscopes in our family are on palm leaves without being blackened.P.N. Subramanianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01420464521174227821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258499896042719014.post-61718403555687513022010-07-14T19:18:31.208-04:002010-07-14T19:18:31.208-04:00Thanks Nabeel - I will post the part 2 soon and yo...Thanks Nabeel - I will post the part 2 soon and you will see why I mention Tuhfat, for there is a marked similarity between the ultimate translations into English even though one was Arabic to English and the other Malayalam to English. And in between there was possibly an Arabic tro Malayalam translation!!<br />yes, there is no doubt it is an abridged version. But where or which is the original??Maddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18163804773843409980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258499896042719014.post-6506376468870557672010-07-14T09:27:12.815-04:002010-07-14T09:27:12.815-04:00I was going through some old texts, and happened t...I was going through some old texts, and happened to see the Zamorin referred to variantly as Samory and Tamuri Rajah in two translations of this 1510 book<a href="http://books.google.com.qa/books?id=aJ0MAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA134" rel="nofollow"> The travels of Ludovico di Varthema </a> Its an Italian to English translation dated 1863, but the way the translator refers to the name, it looks like he&#nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11566577757682981764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258499896042719014.post-69688079726356434832010-07-11T08:12:16.978-04:002010-07-11T08:12:16.978-04:00thanks nabeel - I am sure there are many more wait...thanks nabeel - I am sure there are many more waiting to see light. I believe you are probably right that it forms part of a larger text, only difference being that the original may have been a larger malayalam text that both the menon scribe and Sheikh Zanuddin used..<br /><br />It is definitely not Rowlandson's doingMaddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18163804773843409980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258499896042719014.post-11693850714002717512010-07-10T15:27:06.540-04:002010-07-10T15:27:06.540-04:00Interesting to find old texts come out in the publ...Interesting to find old texts come out in the public. I hope we can find more of such texts and have a better idea of those times. Anyway the first impression I get from this is that its most likely an abridged translation of some possibly larger text, written by the Englishman from what he understood of the original. The whole style of writing looks much different from those of the medieval eranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11566577757682981764noreply@blogger.com