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Sanskrit, once a lingua franca of kings - Dr Chitra Madhavan
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Sanskrit, once a lingua franca of kings -- Dr Chitra Madhavan
Sanskrit, once a lingua franca of kings
By Express News Service - Chennai 23rd March 2013
http://newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/article1512930.ece
Dr Chitra Madhavan - EPS
The language Sanskrit was once used as a lingua franca
all over the nation during the ancient and medieval era.
Most of the inscriptions of those days were in Sanskrit
and those inscriptions were found in large numbers in
Tamil Nadu, said Dr Chitra Madhavan, a noted historian,
here on Thursday.
Delivering the lecture on �Sanskrit inscriptions in Tamil
Nadu� at the monthly lecture organised by Tamil Valarchi
Kazhagam, she said, �From the Pallava dynasty to the
Maratha dynasty, which ruled Tamil Nadu � Sanskrit
inscriptions were used, since it was widely followed and
the mother tongue of each dynasty was different from
others.�
�Through the inscriptions, one can know about the
political geography, culture, administration, economy,
etc., of these periods,� she said.
She added that most of the inscriptions were found in
temples, which indicated that the donations were made by
the kings. One can find inscriptions that are centuries
old at Thiruparuthikundram near Kanchipuram.�
�Interestingly some of the inscriptions found in Gangai
Konda Cholapuram tell us that kings from the Northern
parts of India also made their contributions through
these donations,� she added.
She said, �Most of the temples in Tamil Nadu do not have
the names of the kings. But one of the temples in
Thiruvottiyur, which is in the shape of a gajapirushtam,
has an inscription naming the builder of the temple as
Veera Chola Ravi.�
Another interesting point she noted was that the
Vijayanagara Dynasty kings did not sign in their own
names on the inscriptions. Whenever they signed on the
metal inscriptions, they used the name of Sri Virupaksha,
since the latter was the traditional deity of those
kings.�
Continues at:
http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.com/2013/04/sanskrit-once-lingua-franca-of-kings-dr.html
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Sanskrit, once a lingua franca of kings
By Express News Service - Chennai 23rd March 2013
http://newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/article1512930.ece
Dr Chitra Madhavan - EPS
The language Sanskrit was once used as a lingua franca
all over the nation during the ancient and medieval era.
Most of the inscriptions of those days were in Sanskrit
and those inscriptions were found in large numbers in
Tamil Nadu, said Dr Chitra Madhavan, a noted historian,
here on Thursday.
Delivering the lecture on �Sanskrit inscriptions in Tamil
Nadu� at the monthly lecture organised by Tamil Valarchi
Kazhagam, she said, �From the Pallava dynasty to the
Maratha dynasty, which ruled Tamil Nadu � Sanskrit
inscriptions were used, since it was widely followed and
the mother tongue of each dynasty was different from
others.�
�Through the inscriptions, one can know about the
political geography, culture, administration, economy,
etc., of these periods,� she said.
She added that most of the inscriptions were found in
temples, which indicated that the donations were made by
the kings. One can find inscriptions that are centuries
old at Thiruparuthikundram near Kanchipuram.�
�Interestingly some of the inscriptions found in Gangai
Konda Cholapuram tell us that kings from the Northern
parts of India also made their contributions through
these donations,� she added.
She said, �Most of the temples in Tamil Nadu do not have
the names of the kings. But one of the temples in
Thiruvottiyur, which is in the shape of a gajapirushtam,
has an inscription naming the builder of the temple as
Veera Chola Ravi.�
Another interesting point she noted was that the
Vijayanagara Dynasty kings did not sign in their own
names on the inscriptions. Whenever they signed on the
metal inscriptions, they used the name of Sri Virupaksha,
since the latter was the traditional deity of those
kings.�
Continues at:
http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.com/2013/04/sanskrit-once-lingua-franca-of-kings-dr.html
Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
Om Shanti
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Jan 22, 2014, 3:21:05 PM1/22/14
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May be these kings were under the control of Rajguru who knew Sanskrit chanting.
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