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Koodiyattam (Malayalam: കൂടിയാട്ടം; IAST: kūṭiyāṭṭaṁ; lit. ' combined act ') is a traditional performing art form in the state of Kerala, India. It is a combination of ancient Sanskrit theatre with elements of Koothu, an ancient performing art from the Sangam era.
The term Pindikuthi is a compound Malayalam word composed of pindi (പിണ്ടി) which means "trunk of the plantain tree" [4] and kuthi (കുത്തി) which is the past simple form of kuthal that means "to prick or pierce". [5] Therefore, Pindikuthi means "to prick or pierce the plantain trunk". Rakkuli literally means "bath in the ...
The first Malayalam translation of the Kural text, and the very first translation of the Kural text into any language, appeared in 1595. [2] Written by an unknown author, it was titled Tirukkural Bhasha and was a prose rendering of the entire Kural, written closely to the spoken Malayalam of that time. [3]
The first Malayalam book ever to be printed is Samkṣepavedārththham authored by Clemente Peani and printed in Rome in 1772. [4] Cherupaithangal is a collection of seven stories for children translated from English by the British missionary Benjamin Bailey and printed in C. M. S. Press, Kottayam in 1824.
Kolezhuthu (Malayalam: കോലെഴുത്ത്, romanized: Kōlezhuthu), was a syllabic alphabet once used in Kerala for writing the Malayalam language. [2]Kolezhuthu developed from the Vatteluttu script in the post-Chera Perumal period (c. 12th century onwards). [2]
While Malayalam script was extended and modified to write vernacular language Malayalam, the Tigalari was written for Sanskrit only. [13] [14] In Malabar, this writing system was termed Arya-eluttu (ആര്യ എഴുത്ത്, Ārya eḻuttŭ), [15] meaning "Arya writing" (Sanskrit is Indo-Aryan language while Malayalam is a Dravidian ...
Pottan theyyam enter into fire. Pottan Theyyam is a vivid, lively and colorful ritualistic dance which comes in the traditional art form of theyyam, and is an essential part of the cultural heritage of Kolathunadu, a territory comprising present day Kannur district and parts of Kozhikode and Kasaragod districts of northern Kerala, India.
Kottarathil Sankunni (23 March 1855 – 22 July 1937), a Sanskrit-Malayalam scholar who was born in Kottayam in present-day Kerala, started documenting these stories in 1909. They were published in the Malayalam literary magazine, the Bhashaposhini , and were collected in eight volumes and published in the early 20th century.