Please read my article Tamil King who ruled Vietnam Tamil King Sri Mara ( Tiru Mara in Tamil, a Pandya king) ruled Vietnam in the second century CE. Since South East Asian countries had Hindu kings from first century CE, it was not a suprisse. The first King was Jayawardhana and his wives names were Tribhuvaneswari, Prajnaparamita, Naredraduhita and Gayathri Raja Patni. Majapahits of Indonesia used Saka era like Indian kings. They gave flower names to different stages in war. Tamils went one step ahead and wore flowers even when they went to war. Jambu, Kusa, Shalmali and Ska are plants.Tamils followed it and named their land divisions after local plants such as Kurinji, Neithal, Marutham,Mullai and Palai. They named India that is Bharat as Jambudweepa and other continents as Kusa dweepa, Shalmali dweepa, Plaksha dweepa, Sakah dweepa. Hindus are so obsessed with plants, they named the continents of the earth after plants. Naming a dynasty after a plant is typical Hindu custom. Sunga dynasty is also said to have plant’s name Please read my research paper links are given above.įollowing the Ikshwakus, Pallavas named their kingdom after a creeper or twigs (pallavas), Kadamba dynasty after Kadamba trees. Sugar is discovered in Indus valley Civilization and Ikshwaku must have ruled India before the Indus Valley civilization. he was the one who taught sugarcane cultivation. The first dynasty of India was Ikshwaku dynasty. It is common to name kingdoms after plants in India. That which we refer to as Shiva is multi-dimensional. Here is a list of 108 names of Shiva and Sadhguru’s explanation about why Shiva seems to have so many names Sadhguru says, In the yogic tradition, Shiva is worshipped as a guru, not as a god. German orientalist Berthold Laufer found out why the empire that ruled Jawa for 200 years from 1293 was called Majapahit. Shiva’s names represent different dimensions of who he is. In Nepal girls are ritually married to the Bilva fruits. The leaves are offered to Lord Shiva and the fruits are used as medicine. I shall post a link to his complete translation of Shiva Sahasranama as below. I have immense respect on a devotee Mr.Ramachander who does seva by translating various Hindu Mantra and Sloka.
The Sugarcane Mystery: Indus Valley and Ikshwaku Dynastyīilva ( in Tamil Vilvam Holy Bael in English) tree belongs to Rutaceae family and the botanical name of the tree is Aegle marmalos. Shiva Sahasranamam is the sacred thousands names of Lord Shiva. They had a kingdom named after Shiva’s favourite tree Vilva/Bilva.
Now I have come across another surprise in Indonesia, the largest Muslim country in the world. Hindu wonders in a Muslim Country, Flowers in Tamil culture and Sanskrit Inscriptions in Strange places have listed lot of wonders in Indonesia and India’s obsession with flowers. Research paper written by london swaminathan