What do the Brihadisvara inscriptions tell us?
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- čas přidán 24. 06. 2024
- The magnificent Brihadisvara temple in Thanjavur is filled with 1000 year old inscriptions on its walls. What do they tell us? Some of the verses read like a temple operating manual and list out all the temple’s assets. Others talk about the donations made by Chola women, who were known to be fiercely independent.
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This is not ordinary, please make a long video on the subject of Chola women and their contributions. Do we already have books written on this subject and the information received from the inscriptions?? Please tell 🙏🙏🚩 blessings from UP.
Temple Art under Chola Queens by Venkataraman. B is a good book. Has separate chapters for Sembiyan Mahadevi, Kundavai etc.
@@tharun541 oh, thank you so much, regards and blessings 🙏
Great Work team!!! As someone from Thanjavur this feels special!
In Medieval times, Temples were not only seen as places of worship, but also served as banks, entertainment place - music and dance, school, hospital. I'm not exaggerating - Mukoodal temple served as hospital once - inscriptions telling about the medicines to be given will make you wow. Please make a video on this - how temples were multi functional in those times
Sembiyan mahadevi , princess kundavai , vaanavan mahadevi omg these women's were the force behind the mighty cholas
Most interesting. Thank you 🙏
Amazing Information..... Thank your Team for putting in just uneed 2 minutes. , but now I would love to know an extensive video on this topic
Sembiyan Mahadevi and many Chola women are so underrated! She is the brainchild behind converting many brick temples into stone temples. Most of the brick to stone conversation took place during Chola times. Cholas didn't convert their brick/wood palaces into stone ones. But the temples were converted. Temples were seen much above palaces. That's the reason why we see Chola temples standing in glory while we only see remains of their palaces (that were razed down by subsequent dynasties)
Each temple n tamilnadu has a story. Beautiful temples built by able , just and mighty rulers. Every temple reflectec the economy of that village. People were god fearing, humble and very talented in arts, architecture and science. Our family hails from Tanjore and we still follow the discipline and inculcate good habits n the children of our family. Tanjore was a great place. I wish to go back to my roots.
Good work storytrails. Please mention as peruvudaiyar temple!
Totally captivating! Thankyou.
Beautiful nuggets of history ❤❤
Interesting, but too short. Pl do a full video
The Chola given name was Peruvudayaar Kovil ( Temple ) .... Brihadisvara is the name given the Marathas.
Please upload long format videos.
I wish every state this kind of videos. Indian history so much unknown to it's own country people. Which is sad.
Thank you very much for making this super informative video. Are there any book which describe these in detail.
*ப்ரிஹதேஷ்வர கோயில்* ❤
Well done❤❤❤
AD, Anno Domini
So 1000 years ago TN spirituality at courts had become quite ritualistic: did we progress much today?
Hi
Beautiful narrative.
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When the word Brihadisvara itself is not English, why not use Peruvudaiyar? After all, the temple is in Tamilnadu, built by a Tamil king. 🤷🏻♂️
What does English have to do with anything? Tamil Nadu's temples are not named because of English, they are named by their own kings. If the king himself chose a Sanskrit name for this temple, respect it.
Also; your own name is 'Sundar', change it to Azhaga first. Otherwise keep your unnecessary communal suggestions to yourself.
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You are wrong on so many levels, I don't know where even to start. Still, I will try my best even with the doubt that you are capable of giving it due attention.
1. The video is in English, so it's natural that things must be presented according to the understanding of an English speaking audience. Local names will therefore have to be anglicised as much as possible, despite the fact that we are gradually changing names to their regional origins, administratively speaking. Since he has used its regional name anyway, I questioned his choice to use the Sanskrit version instead of the Tamil version.
2. Rajaraja Chola, who commissioned the temple, called it Rājarājeśvaram, which is Sanskrit too. According to a temple inscription, the temple's deity is called Periya Udaiya Nayanar, which is probably the source of the name Peruvudaiyar Kovil. The name Brihadisvara was given by the Marathas in the 18th c., almost 8 centuries later than it was built. By your own logic, it should not be called Brihadisvara Temple but Rājarājeśvaram.
3. In the popular culture and imagination, the name has always been either Thanjai Periya Koil or Peruvudaiyar Koil, even after the Marathas sanskritised it. It would be laughable to imagine that an everyday Tamil person called it by the Sanskrit name later invented. Even fairly educated Tamils cannot pronounce it well, much less understand its meaning or deeply connect with it. This is a very important point while presenting historical facts.
3. My personal name is given by my parents. I didn't have a choice in this matter. They didn't ask me if I liked it or not. (It's a different story that I like the Sanskrit language much. I can read, write and speak in Hindi and read Sanskrit fairly well).
4. I don't get how you decided that my comment was communal and unnecessary. I didn't expect that an idiot, devoid of any common sense and insensitive to the nuances of cultural history, would take time to write nonsense under my comment. 🤷🏻♂️
@@Sundar... Brother these people will never like tamizh people, language and usage of proper tamizh words. Unfortunately, majority of tamizh people are slaves of sanskrit and vedic nonsense and we failed to revive our tamizh culture of respecting everyone. It's better to ignore these trolls and spread knowledge about our language and culture to others as much as possible.
@@Sundar...Finally someone says its RajaRajeshwaram instead of Brihadeeshwara.
@@Sundar... Disagree on a lot of points
1. Just because the language is English doesn't mean names have to be anglicized. Local names are always be preferred especially by English speakers of India and for good reason.
2. The name wasn't given by Marathas. It was found on an inscription already existing in the temple (after it was built of course) in the Brihannayaki shrine, hence the name Brihadeshwara (or Peruvudaiyar). This name hence, comes from within the temple itself.
You unnecessarily made your comment with an English-slavery and anti-Sanskrit mindset. A Tamil King of Tamil Nadu CAN give a beautiful Sanskrit name to a temple as well. Might be hard for you to digest but it is facts, thambi.
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