Copper Plate Inscriptions Belonging to the Sri Sankaracharya of the Kamakoti Pitha. The Title ‘Copper-Plate Inscriptions Belonging to the Sri Sankaracharya of the Kamakoti-Pitha written/authored/edited by T.A. Gopnatha Rao’, published in the year 1986. The ISBN 9788121200653 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 136 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is History / Archaeology. Vol:- .
An authetic work that contains the epigraphical records, preserved in the Kamakotipeetha, which provides authoritative information about the origin and development of the Monastery as well as the Religious inclinations of the kings of Tanjore and Vijayanagar. Sankaracharya, the chief exponent of Advaita philosophy, developed the unique monastic orders of the Dasanamis, ten Classes of the Vedantic sannyasins. For the purpose of Management and organization, he established, as is known from the traditional lores, four Mathas, i.e. monasteries: Sarada Math at Dwarka, Sringeri Math at Karnataka, Govardhana Math at Puri and Joshi Math at Badrinath. Having Sringeri at the lead, they played the key role in Hindu monastricism and religious orders.
Apart from these four, some other monasteries also came into existence; Kamakoti Peeth at Kumbakonam is the foremost among them. This Math also has made great contribution in the furtherance of the Advaita Philosophy and claims an equal status with the Sringeri Math. The present work contains the epigraphical records, preserved in the Kamakoti Peeth, which provide authoritative informations about the origin and development of the Math as well as the religious inclinations of the then kings of Tanjore and Vijayanagara. It comprises the edited texts, with English, translation, of the 15th-17th centuries copper-plate inscriptions belonging to the reigns of Vijaya gopaladeva, Vira Narasimhadeva, Krishnadevaraya, etc. and of the Karnata Dynasty of Vijavanagara, Vijaya Raghunatha Tondainar of Pudukkottai, Vijayanagar Chokkanatha Nayanayyavaru, etc. the work also contains a firman of one of the late Mughal Emperors of Delhi and records from the contemporary Portuguese accounts, both of which are of great historical importance.
AUTHOR – T.A. Gopnatha Rao Contents:- Introduction An Inscription of the reign of Vijaya-Ganda gopaladeva An Inscription of the reign of Vira Narasimhadeva, Saka Samvat 1429 Another Inscription of the same king and of the same year An Inscription of the reign of Krishnadevaraya, Saka Samvat 1444 Another Inscription of the same king, Saka Samvat 1450 A Fragmentary Inscription of the Vijayanagara kings of the Karnataka or the last dynasty An Inscription of the time of Vijaya Raghunatha Tondaiman of Pudukkottai Saka, Samvat 1613 An Inscription of the reign of Vijayaranga Chokkanatha Nayanayyavaru, Saka Samvat 1630 A Firman of the Emperor of Delhi (?) Hijira 1088 An Inscription of Saka Samvat 1608 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Krishnadevarya and his Queens Chinnadeviya-mmanavaru and Tirumaladeviya mmanavaru Abul Hassan Kutb shah and Akkanna Madanna and the table of Akkanna and Madana. ISBN – 9788121200653 YEAR – 1986 PAGES – 136 VOL.S – – SIZE:F2 EDITION/ REPRINT – –
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