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2 Appendix A NonEnglish terms and their diacritical marks Anusasana Parvam Astika Parvam Akhyanas Caritas tihasas kshavaku ndra Jaya samhita Jana mejaya Kavyas Kauravas Lomaharsana Mahabharata Narasamsis Pandavas Paurani kas Pancalaksana Rama Ramay ana Ravana Raksasas Ramaharshapa Sauti Sambhava Parvam S~nrti S~nrtis Vamsa Varna Visvamitra Vamsanucarita Anuskana Parvam Astika Parvam Akhy anas Caritas tihasas kshav'lku ndra Jaya samhita Jana mejaya Kavyas Kauravas Lomaharsana Mahabharata ~irasadsis Pandavas Pauranikas Pancalaksana 3.. Rama Ramayana Ravana Riiksasas Ramaharshapa Sauti Samb hava Parvam Smrti Smrtis Vam'sa Varna ~ikimitra ~amsanucarita Vaisampayana vais'ampiyana Vyasa vy&a Ugrasravas Ugrasravas

3 Table 2.1 Corpus of Vedic literature RigVedic San~hita Mandalas 18 Rigvedic Sainhita Mandalas 910 Sama Veda >y[ Agency s u k t asocial s ' ~ i ' Eastern z b ~ r groups Gotras Gec~:~ T7""d" xirnate transmislocation period sion 3 malayas of Kuru 1 ( panchala ( B.C hood Vidhea a Uhagana Ukhyagana Mantras t#f Chhandas i Hymns Chharanas ## Chhandas ## A itreya Brahmana Sakhayand Kaushitah Brahmana Chhandogya Brahmana Paudha Brahmana Shadvinsa Samavidhi Brahmana Arsheya Brahmana Aitreya A ranyaka Kaushitah A ranyaka Chhandogya A ranyaka ++% Kaushitah Upanishad Mandukya Upanishad Chhandogya upanishad Kena upanishad Mandukya upanishad

4 Krsna slrkta Yalzrr Yajur \~ecla veda Kisnu Yarjuveda S ~kta Atharva ved Verses Verses Verses Priesthood Priesthood Priesthood Panchala Verses, prose Verses, prose Mantras verses Taittireya Brahniana Sa tapatha Brahnzana Gopatha Brahnzana Vansa upanishad Dc jatadjaja Upanishad Sanzhiitoj)anr shed Brihaharyaka vaja saneyi Upanishad Mandukya zrpanishad Prasna Upan ishad Mandaka Upanis had Kena Upanishad Mandukya Upanishad ndex ## Mantras Metrical verses Chhandas Songs Chharanas : ~x~aation for the practice of rituals kchas Suktas set to music Note: By the term coinciding BrahmanaslAran~~akas/Crpanishads meant coincidence of the BrahmanaslAtyanakaslUpanishads with the Tx'edic Sanlhitas at the thematic level and not at the chronological level. Sources : 1. Rama Chandra Gosh, The ndo Aryans Their History, Creed and Practice, Calcutta: Lechhami Dhar Kalla Shastri, The Home of the Aryans, Delhi: 1930.

5 Table 2.2 Literary forms incorporated in the mahabharatha No Name of Panlam Paulomam Ashthika Pawam Sambhava Parvanl Sabha Parvam Aaranya Parvam Virada Parvam Udyoga Parvarn Bhishrna Pmam A fi~:a11a1~1 JcJczngo,crk)jana~r~ Catifn~n An hopakl~ya17nn1 Sun fhanzr Ankara int7~oj~ak~a17crm rtlpaba carifhan~ Vashishln~rry Kaln~nshapadn Pakhyanan~ ccm'ihn117 Pacl1e17thro~)nW1~1ana1?1 Pancha17nif/7an1 Si~17do~)aslrndeuyakhj~ana~i carifhar~~ Mantha~~no;~akhyana~?l Devayani cavi than Nalpakhyavr an? Vij ay am Rajas anj ay a vijayam Digvij ayam Uh)~dfi! Katha Chya vnn n lppa lfi Aasrhikolppat~i Paluht Madanarn Nagngcvcit /a Atz~nolpptr//i Son ru aj i;an~solpputfti Veda~yasolpparti Lle~:o~)~pafti t2hnratl~~olpparfi 1 Dhlrcharashtto ulppath Vcdr.rto bpaf f i Panduputhiolppnlcli Saralholppnt ti Bhura~holpparri 0lllol)putti Jarasantha Vadharn Sisupala Vadham JGchaka Vadham

6 9 ' Drona 'iuvam Kana Pamrun Satya Pamam Saupthika Parvam Aish~ka Parvam Sthrj Parvam Sthn Parvam, 16. Anusasnlka SYJ~;O~L~~~J~~C 1 ayadrltha 1,'adham Drona Vadham Dusasar~a Vadharn Kama Vadham. Source: Atchutha Varier (trans) Sree Ma1.r~ Rhcu.ufhan7 (Mulu)icllu~~i), Kerulu Bhasha Gm7ar71, Trivandrum: 1956

7 Table 2.3 Divisions of Puranas MahaPuranas U papuranas 1. Brahma 2. Padma 3. Visnu 4. vayu 5. Bhagavata 6. Naradiya 7. Markendeya 8. Agni 9. Bhavisya 10. Brahmavaivarta 11. Varaha 12. Linga 13. Slcanda 14. Vamana 15. Kurma 16. Matsya 17. Garuda 18. Brahmanda 2. Narasimha 3. Nanda Sivadharma 4m Durvasa Naradiya Kapila Varnana Usanas Manava Varu na Kali Mahesavara Samba Saura Parasara Marica B hargava Source: A.D. Pusallter, Studies in the Epics and Puranas, Bombay: 1955

8 Table 3.1 Contributions of Missionaries to Malayalam Name of Missionary Rev. Joseph Peet Rev Joseph Peet JolinEarnest Hongsladen (Father Amos) Father Paulinos Dr John Baptist Rev. Tl~epos & Amadesimeon Rev. Stephen Jacob Hanseggar Herarnan Gundert Benjamin Baily Dr. Anjeto Francis Title of the Text A Grammar of the Malayalam Language Elements in Malayalan~ Grammar MalayalarnSanskrit Dictionary MalayalamPortuguese Dictionary MalayalamPortuguese Grammar Dictionarium Laterno Malabarico Sanskratanikkum Manuscripts on Tamil Grammar Dictionarium Malabarium PortugueseMalayalam Dictionary Dictionarium Malabarico Granthonik VocabularioDaLingua Malabar MalayalamSanskrit Dictinary MalayalamPortuguese Dictionary MalayalamPortuguese Grammar MalayalamEnglish Dictionary English Malayalam Dictionary MalayalamGrammar MalayalamLatin Dictionary

9 Map 3.1 Soulce: A. L Basham, A ('~tllr~rstl Hisfniy of l~din, New Delhi: 1975 (Reprint). xxvi ii

10 Map 3.2 Sor~rce: Vincent 4. Smith. The Oxford Hl.s/o~y oflnda, New Delhi: 1958 (Reprint),

11 Map 3.3.~rce: V. Kanakasab hai, The Tnn1il.s Eighteen Hlrndred Years Ago, Madras: XXX

12 Map 3.4 Soirrce: V. Kanakasabhai,?Re 7ir/r11l.s liigliteet~ H?/)~a'~~rd Yen~.s Ago, Madras: 1904

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