Dyon RN - as usual - has referred to HULTZ ( British Scholar who was instrumental in bringing out SII volumes (particularly more associated with Pallava - Thanjai inscriptions) and MICHAEL LOCKWOOD (refer dear our Kamalakkannan interviewing him in the USA and publishing the same in www.varalaaru.com - a few years back ) and other contemporary Scholars - and essentially brought out the PUNning - SLEDAI - in the verses of Mahendra I.
Also related to certain factual references whether Ganges was referred to or was it Malaimagal (Parvathi).
I am looking for material on the lower cave - variously attributed to pandya / narasimha pallava - its very imposing and defn later escavation. Any book references on it
Brahma Kshatriyas. Read somewheer that - Brahmins who go to Administrative work - Brahamadyars @ Brahmarayars - Our Anbil Anirudhar. Brahmins who take up Kshtriya work of warfare - Amadyars - Our Paranjothi.
I am not sure if Paranjothi was a brahmin...atleast not according to Kalkis SS
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If I can stop one heart from breaking,I shall not live in vain; If I can ease one life the aching,Or cool one pain, Or help one fainting robin, Into his nest again, I shall not live in vain. Emily Dickinson
I told that he is of amadyar clan. The amadyars are like brahmadityars. Brahmadityars are brahmins( once) took up Governemnet services and Amadyars are brahmins( once) who subsequentlytookup military.
Mahamatrar in Sanskrit became mamattirar in Tamil. There is a lot evidence to support that the title mahamatrar is used to refer to those who left the Vedic rituals and became doctors and warriors. For those who occupied high positions in the king's administration, and took distinct responsibilities, they were called 'mahamatrar' in the sloka that refers to this. Maha means big, matra means level— in what: Mantre, karmani, bhooshayam, vide, mane, pracchate| Matre cha mahati yesham mahamatrastu te smruta:||
Mantre in this context should be interpreted to mean, instead of "the mantra sastra", rather the "confidential advice to the king". Mahamatrar has a big part in giving advice to the king. Next karmani – he has a lot of responsibilities in the administration; bhushanam: his decorations and jewels will be similar to the royal ones; vitte – he is also endowed with wealth; mane – respect; next to the king, he is given societies' due respect; paricchate – servants – like the king he also has dedicated servants. Paricchate can also mean clothes, meaning that mahamatrar has some high quality of clothes.
In the Amara which is the foremost among the Sanskrit dictionaries, there is mention of mahamatrar. The kings are refered to by various names: chakravarti, sarvabowman, manda-leswaran, samrat, then, mahamtrar occurs when his servants are mentioned. Usually we use mantri pradani. Pradani is the administrative head who is next to the minister. Before referring to this administrator, mahamatrar is mentioned for the minister, and after that the Vedic teachers are also mentioned.
Though they had given up the highest duties of Brahmins, which is the Vedic rituals, they were called mahamatrar because they performed capably the medical or military tasks. Matra also refers to benchmark; we can say that they lived as a good benchmark to the society. Though they did not practice the Vedas, they had studied the books on sastras well. When sekkizhar talks about paranjyoti in the periyapuranam, he states that paranjyoti was well versed in Ayurveda and had studied several Sanskrit books. In addition to practicing the Ayurveda and dhanur Veda which are prescribed for mahamatrars, he also excelled in specialities such as gaja (elephant) and asva (horse) sastras, i.e. he was highly skilled in managing the troops of elephant and horses.