Lilatilakam


Lilatilakam is a 14th century Sanskrit-language treatise on the grammar and poetics of the Manipravalam language form, a precursor of the modern Malayalam language spoken in the Kerala state of India.

Date and authorship

Lilatilakam is an anonymous work, and is generally dated to the late 14th century. It is attested by two manuscripts, and is not referred to by any other surviving pre-modern source.

Contents

Lilatilakam calls itself the only disciplinary treatise on Manipravalam, which it describes as the "union" of Sanskrit and Kerala-bhasha.
The text is written in Sanskrit language, in form of a series of verses with commentary; it also features examples of Manipravalam-language verses.