Of the approximately lakh (100,000) #inscriptions found in India, 85,000 are in tamiZ & kannaDa. Let that sink in

These were written in the respective #tamiz and #kannaDa scripts (as they were through the 2000 year history). Not in #Nagari variants.

1/6
Many Southeast Asian scripts are derived from #kadamba-pallava script, the early kannaDa-Telugu script. This South Indian script had international reach

Nagari/ other North Indian scripts clearly did not have the reach or prestige outside India as the kadamba-pallava script

2/6
#Nandinagari was used mainly in karNATaka for #samskRta inscriptions and writing, “in addition” to kannaDa script. Bulk of samskRta manuscripts are in kannaDa script. Same with samskRta inscriptions.

#tigaLAri script has also been used on some inscriptions and manuscripts

3/6
In TN, #grantha script has been used to write bulk of samskRta inscriptions & manuscripts

samskRta works were/ are routinely published in kannaDa, Telugu, tamiZ and Malayalam scripts in south India.

From all this, the argument for pushing #dEvanAgari doesn’t really hold up

4/6
From the perspective of sheer clout, reach & historic prestige, we should be using kannaDa script, the direct descendant of kadamba-pallava script for all Indian languages. kannaDa script can satisfactorily represent pretty much all sounds in Indic languages.

5/6
The short “e” ಎ & “o” ಒ are naturally present in #kannaDa script as also the trilled R ಱ & the three “lakAra”-ಲ, ಳ, ೞ

The writing is unambiguous

Telugu script is a variant of the kannaDa script developmentally and structurally & therefore Telugu people can easily read it.

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24 Sep
The definition of what is pure/SiShTa differed from language to language. It is fairly black and white for a language that is largely only literary. For a spoken language, it is lot more challenging to define or agree on this- also it changes with time dynamically

1/19
Tampering with grammatical structure is a no-no for any language- spoken or written. For instance, you cannot use another language’s vibhakti pratyaya wily-nily. Same with application of grammar rules from another language. That will be “impure” even if done just once.

2/19
One may create a “maNipravALa” or “bhANDIra” style specifically for writing & that may in time be accepted for that purpose, but this will not become accepted in common spoken language. In common speech, it will still be “impure”. Again, this will have its own specific rules
3/19
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22 Sep
कन्यां कनकसंपन्नां कनकाभरणैर्युताम् ।
दास्यामि विष्णवे तुभ्यं ब्रह्मलोकजिगीषया ॥

The attached pages are from “ವಿವಾಹ ಮಂತ್ರಸೂತ್ರಗಳು” vivāha mantrasūtragaḷu by SrI M Keshavaiah (my great-great-grandfather”

#kanyAdAna #kESavayya #vAyupurANa #Apastamba ImageImageImage
Here we see the kanyādāna mantra. The words dāsyāmi दास्यामि and pradāsyāmi प्रदास्यामि clearly show that the kanyā (daughter, bride) is given to the groom. Of course the groom “accepts” her, but for him to accept, she first had to be “given”.

#kanyAdAna #kESavayya #vAyupurANa
Lest we get carried away that the bride is “given away” for free use to the groom, there are conditions/ strings attached! Before taking he promises (thrice) to honour her and not transgress her in dharma, artha and kāma by uttering nāticarāmi

#kanyAdAna #kESavayya #vAyupurANa
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24 Aug
Indeed the #rAShTrakUTa king #dantidurga aka #dantivarman II, had #vairamegha or vajramegha as one of his titles.

wisdomlib.org/definition/vai…

Reference to him & this title occurs in the nAlAyira divyaprabandham! tirumangai AZwAr in his tiruvantAdi 2-8-10

See verse in next tweet
#tirumangai AZwAr

மன்னவன் தொண்டையர் கோன் வணங்கும் நீள் முடி மாலை வயிரமேகன்
தன் வலி தன் புகழ் சூழ்ந்த கச்சி அட்டபுயகரத்து ஆதி தன்னை
கன்னி நன் மா மதிள் மங்கை வேந்தன் காமரு சீர்க் கலிகன்றி குன்றா
இன்னிசையால் சொன்ன செஞ்சொல் மாலை ஏத்த வல்லார்க்கு இடம் வைகுந்தமே
2-8-10
#vairamEga
The above verse by #tirumangai AZwAr is on aShTabhujakara viShNu in #kAncipuram

The very 1st line mentions #vairamegha

மன்னவன் தொண்டையர் கோன் வணங்கும் நீள் முடி மாலை வயிரமேகன்

mannavan toṇḍaiyarkōn vaṇaṅgum nīḷmuḍi mālai vayiramēgan

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashtabuja…

#vajramEgha
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22 Aug
Whatever would we have done without the Mughals!

Ahem! These early references to asafoetida/ ಇಂಗು/ಹಿಂಗು iṅgu/ hiṅgu in kannaDa literature surely don’t matter. They must all be post-Mughal interpolations! But humour me anyway please

#asafoetida #ingu #hingu #kannaDa #pre_16thC Image
Working back (ignore kanakadāsa ಮೋಹನತರಂಗಿಣಿ mōhanataraṅgiṇi- mid-16th C

ಸಂಡಗೆಯಿಂಗು ಕಡಲೆವಿಟ್ಟಿರಿಸಿದ
saṇḍageyiṅgu kaḍaleviṭṭirisida

or sūpaśāstra from very early 16th C

ಬಡಿಸಲೊಗ್ಗರಣೆಯಿಂಗಿನ ಕಂಪು
baḍisaloggaraṇeyiṅgina kampu

#asafoetida #ingu #hingu #kannaDa #pre_16thC
And for some comic relief from the permanent jester that is #GoogleTranslate🤪🤭

They are ever so clever- getting straight to the point eg! They sure know what Sringara rasa and ಮೋಹನತರಂಗಿಣಿ mōhanataraṅgiṇi are all about at the end of the day 😂

@Google @GoogleIndia @GoogleAI Image
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21 Aug
ಒಪ್ಪೆಂ ನಮ್ಮೊಳ್ ಭೇದಮ-
ನಿಪ್ಪೆಂ ನಾಮೊರ್ವರಾಗಿಯಿನ್ನೊರ್ವರೆನಲ್
ಕಪ್ಪುಂ ಬೆಳ್ಪುಂ ಕ್ರಮದಿನೆ
ಅಪ್ಪನ್ ಸಿತನಂಬೆ ಕಾಳಿಯಪ್ಪರೆರಡಲರ್

oppeṁ nammoḷ bhēdama-
nippeṁ nāmorvarāgiyinnorvarenal
kappuṁ beḷpuṁ kramadine
appan sitanambe kāḷiyappareraḍalar



#kanda #Siva #kALi
The fair-complexioned #Siva and the dark #kALi have taken black and white complexion respectively from each other, saying they will not accept any distinction between themselves, but will become one the other; the mother & father that are never two!

#kanda #kannaDa Image
ಒಪ್ಪೆಂ-ಒಪ್ಪೆವು
ನಮ್ಮೊಳ್- ನಮ್ಮಲಿ
ಭೇದಮನ್-ಭೇದವನು
ಇಪ್ಪೆಂ-ಇರುವೆವು
ನಾಮ್-ನಾವು
ಒರ್ವರ್ ಆಗಿ ಇನ್ನೊರ್ವರ್ ಎನಲ್- ಒಬ್ಬರಾಗಿ ಇನ್ನೊಬ್ಬರು ಎನಲು
ಕಪ್ಪುಂ ಬೆಳ್ಪುಂ-ಕಪ್ಪೂ ಬಿಳುಪೂ
ಕ್ರಮದಿನೆ-ಕ್ರಮವಾಗಿ
ಅಪ್ಪನ್-ಅಪ್ಪ
ಸಿತನ್-ಬಿಳಿಯನು
ಅಂಬೆ
ಕಾಳಿ
ಅಪ್ಪರ್-ಆಗುವರು
ಎರಡು ಅಲರ್-ಎರಡಲ್ಲದವರು

#kanda #kannaDa #Siva #kALi
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20 Nov 20
Name #Dravidian for lang family was coined by Robert Caldwell who discussed this at length in “A Comparative Grammar of the Dravidian or South-Indian Family of Languages”1856

He gives his rationale-justification, also cleverly sowing seeds for today’s “Dravidian movement”

1/15
He sort of acknowledges Francis Whyte Ellis & Stevenson for recognising that today’s “#Dravidian” languages had much common between them, distinct from samskRta.
Ellis noted this in his intro to Alexander D Campbell’ book, “Grammar of the Teloogoo Language” (1816)

2/15
But the idea of putting tamiZ at the centre of this language, giving it a disproportionately large importance wasn’t just Caldwell’s. He mentions the use of “tamulic” and “tamulian” for this family by European writers prior to him.

#Dravidian

3/15
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