Mannanar dynasty
The Mannanars were a Thiyya landowning dynasty of Malabar, in the present day Kannur and Kasaragod districts of India, between the 6th and the 12th centuries CE.[1] The word Mannanar derives from mannan, meaning king and ar, which pluralises it.[2] Female members were called Ammachiyaars. They were believed to be Buddhists.[1][3]
References
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- ^ Champakalakshmi, R. (1990). "The Sovereignty of the Divine". In Murthy, H. V. Sreenivasa (ed.). Essays on Indian History and Culture: Felicitation Volume in Honour of Professor B. Sheik Ali. Mittal Publications. p. 61. ISBN 978-8-17099-211-0.
- ^ "Customs, law, family system in 19th Century Malaba" (PDF). Praveena Kodoth. CDS Publishers. 1997. Retrieved 2008-07-29.