Kashmir, Tamilnadu, Panini, Abhinavagupta, etc.

[DEVARAKONDA VENKATA NARAYANA SARMA]

PARVATA-4

There is evidence that in karanataka also "parvata" is
used for zrIparvata.

1. Kittel's Kannada-English Dictionary (Revised and Enlarged Edition),
University of Madras, vol III, 1970.

parvatamillikhArjuna = siva of srigiri

2. "...dEvarAyanavara makaLu parvatayanavaru... dEvarAyanavara makkaLu
                             ^^^^^^^^^
   parvatanavaru....."
   ^^^^^^^
        Epigraphia Carnatica, vol 3, p.98, Inscription 135, lines 5,40.

   Name of a person parvataya or parvata. 1492 A.D.
3. "....cikavIraNODeyara sisyaru parvathadEvaru...."
                                 ^^^^^^^^
   Epigraphia Carnatica, vol 3, p.300, Inscription 209, lines 5-10.

   Name of a person. 15th century.

4. "...parvata maThada vIrasaMgappa svAmigaLu...."
       ^^^^^^^
    Epigraphia Carnatica, vol 4, p.261, Inscription 397, lines 8-9.
        1671 A.D

    parvata maTha must be a maTha either at zrIzailam or its local branch.

5. "...paruvatamalla naMjana hOla ugrANa..."
       ^^^^^^^^
    Epigraphia Carnatica, vol 5, p.372, Inscription 16, line 553.
       1749 A.D.

    paruvatamalla is the name of a person.

6. There is 16th century vIrazaiva poet by name parvatadEva.

7. There is a 17th century vIrazaiva poet by name parvatazivayogi.

regards,
sarma.