Ravivarman Kulaśekhara the Yādava and Sagara the Son of Yādav?: Real and Ideal Kings in Matrilineal Kerala

This paper deals with the historical figure of Ravivarman Kulaśekhara (c. 1266–1317 ce), a king of southern Kerala and for a while emperor of South India, who claims in his inscriptions to be a yadupati like his father, and at the same time appears to be genetically a Yādava by his mother, according...

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Main Author: Vielle, Christophe (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Equinox 2011
In: Religions of South Asia
Year: 2011, Volume: 5, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 365-387
Further subjects:B pre-modern Kerala
B Purāṇa
B Yādava
B marumakkattāyaṃ
B Jaiminīyasaṃhitā
B Cera
B Nairs
B Kingship
B Ravivarman Kulaśekhara
B Epigraphy
B matriliny
B medieval South India
B Travancore
B Kollam
B svarūpam
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