Edakkad

==History==

==History==

'''Edakkad''' grama panchayat of Kannur in ancient times was referred to as '''Madhya-adavi''' (in [[Sanskrit]]'' Madhya'' means middle and ''Adavi'' means forest). Similarly ''Eda'' means middle and ''kadu'' means forest. Thus the Malayalam derivative "Edakkad" is an adaptation of its original Sanskrit name. Edakkad also was historically referred to as '''Prashnamargapuram''' (town of ''Prashnamargam'' treatise in horary astrology) . This honorary name evolved due to the seminal horary astrological treatise called ''Prashna Margam'' being written by Panakkattu Namboodiri (1624-1694 A.D.) around 1649 A.D. at the Lord ''Narasimha'' temple (''Edakkadappan'' temple) in this panchayat. The author's first disciple, according to tradition, was a poet known as ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=SKLmXFJ0nU8C&dq=sankarAN+KANIYAR&pg=PA177 Kukaniyal]'', his real name was Sankaran kaniyar who belonged to the ''Kaniyar'' community who lived in his family house (''Kaniyan Kandiyil'') also situated in Edakkad. ''Kukaniyal'' of Edakkad is accredited to have later written another astrological treatise ''Prashna-Ritti''.

Currently there are little sources about ancient history of the city. It is said that '''Edakkad''' grama panchayat of Kannur in ancient times was referred to as '''Madhya-adavi''' (in [[Sanskrit]]'' Madhya'' means middle and ''Adavi'' means forest). Similarly ''Eda'' means middle and ''kadu'' means forest. Thus the Malayalam derivative "Edakkad" is an adaptation of its original Sanskrit name. Edakkad also was historically referred to as '''Prashnamargapuram''' (town of ''Prashnamargam'' treatise in horary astrology){{cite web}}. This honorary name evolved due to the seminal horary astrological treatise

called ''Prashna Margam'' being written by Panakkattu Namboodiri (1624-1694 A.D.) around 1649 A.D. at the Lord ''Narasimha'' temple (''Edakkadappan'' temple) in this panchayat. The author's first disciple, according to tradition, was a poet known as ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=SKLmXFJ0nU8C&dq=sankarAN+KANIYAR&pg=PA177 Kukaniyal]'', his real name was Sankaran kaniyar who belonged to the ''Kaniyar'' community who lived in his family house (''Kaniyan Kandiyil'') also situated in Edakkad. ''Kukaniyal'' of Edakkad is accredited to have later written another astrological treatise ''Prashna-Ritti''. According to William Logan, along with Chembilod, [[Iriveri|Iruveri]], Makreri, [[Anjarakkandy|Anjarakandi]], [[Mavilayi]], and [[Muzhappilangad]], Edakkad was part of Randatara/Randattara{{cite book |last1=Logan |first1=William |title=Malabar Manual |publisher=Asian Educational Service |location=Delhi |page=634 |edition=5th |url=https://archive.org/details/malabarmanual0000loga/page/n5/mode/2up}}. According to him, this place was ruled by Randattara Achanmars. Interestingly another name of the Randattara was Poyanad. Logans also adds "To this day, Randattara is commonly called Poyanad (i.e,the country when Perumal "went" or "set out" on his journey to [[Arabian Peninsula|Arabia]].{{cite book |last1=Logan |first1=William |title=Malabar Manual |publisher=Asian Educational Service |location=Delhi |page=192 |edition=5th |url=https://archive.org/details/malabarmanual0000loga/page/n5/mode/2up}}.

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