Template:Infobox book Lilatilakam (IAST: Līlā-tilakam, "diadem of poetry") is a 14th-century Sanskrit-language treatise on the grammar and poetics of the Manipravalam language style, a blend of Sanskrit and early Malayalam used in the Kerala region of India.
Date and authorship
Lilatilakam is an anonymous work, generally dated to the late 14th century.Template:Sfn It is attested by two (possibly three) manuscripts and is not referenced by any other surviving pre-modern source.Template:Sfn In 1909, Appan Thampuran published a translation of the first part of Lilatilakam in the Malayalam magazine Mangalodhayam. Later, Attoor Krishna Pisharody (A. Kṛṣṇa Piṣāraṭi) translated and published the entire treatise:[1] in 1916, he edited the Sanskrit sutras with a Malayalam translation of the original Sanskrit commentary.[2]
Contents
Lilatilakam (literally "diadem of poetry"Template:Sfn) calls itself the only disciplinary treatise (shastra) on Manipravalam, which it describes as the "union" of Sanskrit and Kerala-bhasha (the regional language spoken in Kerala).Template:Sfn
The text is written in Sanskrit language, in form of a series of verses with commentary; it also features examples of Manipravalam-language verses.Template:Sfn The text is divided into eight parts called shilpam.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lilathilakavum Thadeshiyathayum, E.S., Vishnu. keralamuseum.org(March 2024). Retrieved 18 June 2024.
- ↑ Līlātilaka: A Sanskrit Tract on Malayalam Grammar and Poetics. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London({Template:Year).
Bibliography
- Manuscript, Print and Memory: Relics of the Cankam in Tamilnadu{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. De Gruyter(2014). ISBN 978-3-11-035276-4
- Literary Cultures in History: Reconstructions from South Asia{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. University of California Press(2003). ISBN 978-0-520-22821-4