Bhandarkar, "Varhada" or "Varhata" people later became Marathi people. The 13th century Mahanubhava book has "Maharashtra" word. Per Saroji Babar, the 6th century Pali literary work "Mahavamshi" (most likely this link from Sri Lanka) refers to Maharashtra as "Maha ratta". Some say the same became "Marahatta" and later "Marahti". Per scholars, "Shesham Maharashreevat" and "Maharashtree" were found in some ancient kavyas (prose), denoting the current location of Maharashtra. Even though the rashtra or nation/state that we know today didn't exist then, it is said that the term was with respect. In Vararuchi's (most likely Katyayana from 3rd century BC) vyakarana (grammar) texts, the word "Maharashtra" is found. In the Tamil epic Silappatikaram, which is believed to be from 600 CE, "Karunaadar" is used to refer to the people of Karnataka. In the Sanskrit mega drama Mriccha katika of Shudraka from around 400 CE, there is a sentence "Karnataka kalaha prayogam karomi". Among Hindu Puranas from 1000s of years ago, Skanda Purana, Vishnu Purana and Padma Purana have the mentions of "Karnataka". Ketkar shows that in Mahabharata, in the Sabha Parva and Bhishma Parva, the word Karnataka is found. In 850 CE, Kaviraja Marga literary work had this in Halegannda (old Kannada):īasically the Rashtrakuta Emperor Nripatunga Amoghavarsha is telling here that "Kannada Nadu" extended from Kaveri till Godavari in the 9th century CE.ĭr. The word Kannada was also used as "Desha suchaka" or geographical historically, in addition to a linguistic denotation.
The main purpose is to inform the people of today's Karnataka and Maharashtra, how overlapping their history has been over the past 1500+ years! This is possibly one of the closest sister language cultural evolution in India.
Then decided, I must blog the highlights from Dr. But it was so interesting, that I ended up reading fully. Started reading, though I was in a hurry as I had only 5 minutes. The title read: "The literary Ganga, that came crossing the border". In the November 1st Rajyotsava special massive issue of Kannada Prabha (over 150 pages!), I spotted a fabulous essay by Dr.
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