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have the monopoly in the field. Sanskrit education also become more
pronounced during this period.
The actual history of the introduction of Sanskrit, the language of
膧ryans, to Kerala is not known, Naturally it corresponds to the arrival of
膧ryans from the North. Perhaps, even before their arrival in Kerala, then
literature might have been propagated by travelers, story tellers and
religious men. Jainism, and Buddhism, had reached here long before the
commencement of the Christian Era.
familiarity with them.
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The old Tamil poetry shows much
The mendicants of Jainism and Buddhism, built a number of
Vih膩ras called Pallis and propagated education through the schools
73 attached to them. It is probable that some among those ancient
preachers were scholars in Sanskrit, the language of orthodox philosophy,
and taught it also along wih P膩li and Sauraseni, their religious languages.
The Buddhist influence in the more or less clusters society of those ages
probably occurred the percolation of the various sciences and also of
74 Sanskrit to the different strater of the society." The Buddhistic works in
medicine and lexicon have been very popular in Kerala. Thus the
A峁ａ弓膩峁噂h峁沝aya of V膩gbhata and the Dictionary of Amarasimha are still
current among Kearalites. The Buddhistic influence is also evident in the
architecture of Kerala temples and the various festivals connected with