21-605: (Redirected from Rajashekhara ) Rajasekhara may refer to: Rama Rajasekhara/Cheraman Perumal "Nayanar" ( fl. 9th century), theologian, devotional poet and ruler from south India Rajashekhara (Sanskrit poet) ( fl. 10th century), Sanskrit poet, dramatist and critic Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy (1949–2009), known as YSR, Indian politician See also [ edit ] Rajasekhar (disambiguation) S. Rajasekharan (born 1946), Indian literary critic and poet [REDACTED] Name list This page or section lists people that share
42-608: A Chera Perumal royal called Rama Deva, who marched out to fight the enemies on getting information from the spies. A possibility identifies Rama Deva with Rama Rajasekhara. Rama Deva is described as a member of the Solar Dynasty ("ravi-kula-pati") in Chapter IIII, Laghu Bhaskariya Vyakhya . Vasubhatta, the famous Yamaka poet of medieval Kerala, names his patron king as "Rama" in his Tripuradahana and Saurikathodaya. Tripuradahana refers to Rama Rajasekhara as follows: There ruled
63-421: A king who was bowed to by poets, the sight of whose army scattered his enemy kings, who was as steady in punishing the wicked as ready in succouring the righteous, whose conduct was above calumny, who was extolled as the foremost of kings (rajasekhara = Siva) in being wealthy (bhutidhara = a smearer of ashes) in having proboscis-like arms (vyala-pati-sphurat-karam = serpent entwined arms) and in bestowing wealth upon
84-447: A palace, [royal] dinner, [participation in it perhaps] and the bugle and [who was presented] with a battalion of elephants and the hereditary title of Sembiyan Tamilavel - Kadamba Mahadevi gave to the god Mahadeva at Tiruneyyttanam a perpetual lamp, for which the number of sheep given by her is a hundred. My these [charities] be under the protection of the several mahesvaras. An anonymous work called Padmapada Acharya Charita says that
105-536: A relationship with the Kadamba lineage. King Rajakesari Varma can be identified either with Aditya Chola (c. 871–907 AD ) or with Srikantha Chola (817–845 AD). An astronomer called Sankara Narayana (c. 840 – 900 AD) was a member of the royal court of Kulasekhara. Narayana is best known as the author of Laghu Bhaskariya Vyakha , a detailed commentary of on the works of mathematician Bhaskara I (early 6th century AD). An observatory functioned at Kodungallur under
126-473: A son born to him in or about 870 AD. He was succeeded by Rama Rajasekhara (870/71–c. 883/84). Sthanu Ravi probably abdicated the throne toward the end of his reign and became a Vaishnavite alvar saint known as Kulasekhara Alvar (seventh of the twelve mystic alvars ). He is also identified with playwright Chera king Kulasekhara Varma. Present-day central Kerala probably detached from Kongu Chera or Kerala kingdom (around 8th-9th century AD) to form
147-562: Is generally found unacceptable on several counts. Sthanu Ravi Varma Sthanu Ravi Varma ( Early Malayalam and Tamil : Ko Tanu Iravi ), known as the Kulasekhara , was the Chera Perumal ruler of Kerala in southern India from 844/45 to 870/71 AD. He is the earliest Chera Perumal ruler known to scholars. The Chera Perumal relations with the Chola dynasty were inaugurated during
168-640: The Chera Perumal kingdom. Central Kerala was under some form of viceregal rule prior to this period. The direct authority of the Chera Perumal king was restricted to the country around capital Makotai (Mahodaya, present-day Kodungallur) in central Kerala. His kingship was only ritual and remained nominal compared with the power that local chieftains (the udaiyavar) exercised politically and militarily. Nambudiri - Brahmins also possessed huge authority in religious and social subjects (the so-called ritual sovereignty combined with Brahmin oligarchy). Sthanu Ravi
189-520: The charge of Narayana. There are references to an instrument called "Rashi Chakra" marked by a "Yanthra Valaya" in the Vyakha . This instrument might be the same as the Gola Yanthra/Chakra Yanthra mentioned by famous polymath Aryabhata . The Chakra Yanthra was developed further and called Phalaka Yanthra by Bhaskara I. Ayyan Adikal, the chieftain of Quilon ( Kollam ) under Sthanu Ravi, issued
210-466: The current date as Kali Era and as Saka Era. angartvambara nanda devamanubhir yate dinanam gane graste tigma mayukhamalinitamobhute parahne divi prsta praggrahanad dvitiyaghatika grasa pramanam raver bharta sri kulasekharena vilasad velavrtaya bhuva evam sakabdah punariha candra randhramuni sankhyaya asambhiravagatah It was on the basis of certain statements in Laghu Bhaskariya Vyakha ,
231-406: The famous Quilon Syrian Christian copper plates in c. 849 AD. The inscription records that Ayyan Adikal granted land and serfs to a Christian church at Quilon, built by Mar Sapir Iso, and entrusted its maintenance to trade guilds anjuvannam and manigramam . The grant was made in the presence of Chera Perumal prince Vijayaraga . Daughter of Kulasekhara, with the title Kizhan Adikal Ravi Neeli ,
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273-450: The patron of poet Vasubhatta (and thus placing Vasubhatta in 11th-12 centuries AD). This view is generally found unacceptable on several counts. The opening verse of Laghu Bhaskariya Vyakha, composed in the court of Ravi Kulasekhara, gives an indirect invocation to the lord called "Sthanu" (carefully composed to be applicable to god Siva and the ruling king). sa sthanurjayati trirupasahito lingepi lokarcitah The commentary also gives
294-515: The poem Yudhisthiravijaya argues that "Rama" was the personal name of the king with regnal title "Kulasekhara". Modern scholars generally consider this a result of confusion on the part of the commentators (between Sthanu Ravi Kulasekhara and Rama Rajasekhara) who were separated in time from the Perumals. Some scholars also identify king Rama Kulasekhara as the patron of poet Vasubhatta (and thus placing Vasubhatta in 11th-12 centuries AD). This view
315-548: The protagonist who was the disciple of philosopher-theologian Sankara flourished in time of king "Kulasekhara". Vasubhatta, a famous Yamaka poet of medieval Kerala, names his patron king as "Rama". A later commentary on a poem by Vasubhatta says that "Kulasekhara" was the regnal title of king Rama. Scholars generally consider this a result of confusion on the part of the commentators (between Sthanu Ravi Kulasekhara and Rama Rajasekhara ) who were separated in time from Vasubhatta. Some scholars also identify king Rama Kulasekhara as
336-485: The reign of Sthanu Ravi. The famous Quilon Syrian Christian copper plates are dated in the fifth regnal year of king Sthanu Ravi. Two more inscriptions dated in the regnal years of Sthanu Ravi can be found at Irinjalakuda Kudalmanikyam Temple , and at Thiruvatruvay, Thiruvalla . Koyil Adhikarikal (the Royal Prince) during the time of Sthanu Ravi was his son-in-law (husband of his daughter) Vijayaraga. Sthanu Ravi had
357-502: The same given name . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rajasekhara&oldid=887002901 " Category : Given names Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata All set index articles Rajasekhara (Chera king) Rama Rajasekhara ( fl. 870/71 – c. 883/84 AD )
378-556: The supplicants at his feet, who was considered as an incarnation of Rama himself in the sameness of his name, with the hero of the Ramayana and in (the identity of purpose) raksopayam (protection of his subjects: danger to Raksasas). In the reign of this king who was pleasing the eyes of his subjects... Another poem by Vasubhatta, the Yudhisthiravijaya, says that "Kulasekhara" was the regnal title of his patron king. A later commentary on
399-599: Was a Chera Perumal ruler of medieval Kerala , south India. Rajasekhara is usually identified by historians with Cheraman Perumal Nayanar , the venerated Shaiva ( Nayanar ) poet-musician of the Bhakti tradition. Rajasekhara presumably succeeded Sthanu Ravi Kulasekhara around 870 AD. "Tripuradahana" and "Saurikathodaya", Yamaka poems by Vasubhatta, were composed under the patronage of Rajasekhara. Two temple records, from Kurumattur, Areacode and Thiruvatruvay, Vazhappally , mention king Rajasekhara. The former contain
420-460: Was a partner in the Chola king Rajakesari Varma's campaign in Kongu country (central Tamil Nadu ). It is known that the two rulers jointly conferred military honours on a chief of Tanjore called Vikki Annan (who was the husband of Kadamba Mahadevi), probably a Ganga prince. Vikki Annan, son of Prithvipati, is mentioned in a Ganga inscription of the mid-9th century AD. The title " Kadamba " suggests
441-470: Was married to Vijayaraga (who was probably the son of the sister of Kulasekhara also). Hail Prosperity! The wife of Vikki Annan, who was honoured by the king Kandan Rajakesari Varma who was the possessor of several elephants ["tondai-nadu-pavina-cholan-pal-yanai-ko-kandan"] and by the Cheraman Ko Tanu Iravi, with [the privilege of using] the seat [of honour], the chauris, the palanquin, the drum,
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