MALAYALAM DRAMA SCRIPT PDF MANUAL

It says that in pattu, Dramida Sanghatakashara Nibaddham (only Dravidian letters are to be used), as distinct from Manipravalam, about which it says, Bhasha Samskrita Yogo Manipravalam (Manipravalam is the combination of bhasha i.e., Malayalam and Sanskrit). Lilatilakam, itself an important work in Manipravalam, a 14th century treatise of uncertain authorship that discussed the finer points of grammar and poetics, attempted to clearly separate the two traditions. While the pattu style was fashioned by the Tamil poetic tradition, Manipravalam was marked by a distinct Sanskritic influence. This claim has, however, been questioned in recent times. Also, there was the Namboodiri practice of only the eldest male member marrying within the caste while the younger male members went in for loose liaisons with women of lower matrilineal castes-this supposedly made their morals less rigid. This was said to be accompanied by more than their fair share of decadent habits and interests. By the time the language was fashioned, the extensive landholdings of the Namboodiris allowed them considerable leisure. In addition, some scholars have associated the creation of Manipravalam with the system of Namboodiri landlordism and the social structure that it spawned. Manipravalam clearly partook of that tradition. But scholars donвЂ™t see this as unusual.Д®roticism in Sanskrit literature, as embodied in the Kama Sutra most of all, was not unusual to begin with. It might strike one as a tad odd that the first work in a language created to embody вЂњhigh' culture addressed such matters.

In this work, a mother instructs the daughter in the finer details of the courtesan (Devadasi) tradition.

MALAYALAM DRAMA SCRIPT PDF MANUAL

A manual composed in the didactic mode on the art and tradition of the courtesan, this work discusses the profession of vaiЕ›ikavritti (the courtesanвЂ™s work). The the 12th or 13th century VaiЕ›ikatantram was probably the first work in Manipravalam. Drawing from the Yuddha Kandam of the Ramayan, Ramacharitham is probably the best-known pattu and was ostensibly written to instill courage in the minds of soldiers preparing for combat.

Ramacharitham was a work in the pattu (songs) tradition, an earthy oral style that produced a wide variety of songs: about the exploits of warriors, in praise of goddesses, sung during agricultural activities, and so on. Parameswara Iyer, was Sree Veerarama Varman, the king of Travancore from 1195-1208 AD. Be that as it may, by the 12th century, Malayalam was a distinct tongue and had also produced a literary work, Ramacharitham, written by a poet with the pen name Cheeramakavi, who, according to the modern-day Malayalam poet Ulloor S. David Shulman dates Malayalam to around 500 AD.

One school of thought holds that Malayalam and modern Tamil both evolved out of Middle Tamil after the eighth century, whereas another school opines that Malayalam and Tamil evolved out of Proto-Tamil (Proto-Dravidian in some texts) in the prehistoric era. When Malayalam actually evolved out of Tamil is a matter of opinion. To delve into Manipravalam is to delve into the origins of Malayalam itself. Effectively, the word could be said to mean a necklace of gems and coral and is perhaps a way of pointing to the beauty of this wonderful new literary tongue. The word mani meant вЂњruby' in Malayalam pravalam meant вЂњcoral' in Sanskrit. The possible reason as to why such a tongue was fashioned probably has something to do with Namboodiri ascendancy in Kerala and their view of Sanskrit as вЂњhigh' culture, as opposed to the vernacular that was used by the ordinary folk. In medieval Kerala, around the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries, the elite, especially the Namboodiri Brahmins, crafted a language that blended early Malayalam with Sanskrit to fashion a distinct literary tongue referred to as Manipravalam.

Malayalam Drama Script Pdf