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Aasaan
Āśān is a Malayalam and Tamil language, Tamil surname and title that means ''teacher'' or ''guide''. Etymology Aasaan is a simplification of the Sanskrit term "Acharya" to denote "teacher/guru". Traditions They acted as the media for Sanskritisation and literacy to Non-Brahmins. Ezhuthuassan was another name in which they were known at certain regions of Kerala. Till the second half of twentieth century the Kalari, AsanKalari or Ezhuthu Kalari or Ezhuthu palli (village schools) were common in each village as it was conducted in many families of Ganaka in Travancore.Ranjit Kumar Bhattacharya, Nava Kishor Das. ''Anthropological Survey of India: Anthropology of Weaker Sections'', 1993, p. 590 The female members of Ganaka were generally addressed as Asatti or Asaatti, because they too had engaged in teaching 3Rs to pupil. For the last two centuries, it has not been uncommon to adopt this title by many learned people from other castes (Nair, Ezhava, Thiyya, Christians, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poothara
A kalari is a gymnasium or training space primarily associated with the martial art of Kalaripayattu. The word ''kalari'' comes from Malayalam. In the past, village schools in Kerala, typically run by the traditional astrologer families, were known by the name ''kalari'' or Ezhuthu Kalari. Kalari teachers The teacher of a kalari is called a Gurukkal or Asan. Teachers of Ezhuthu Kalari or Ezhuthu Palli were referred to as Asan or ''Ezhuthassan''. Construction of a kalari Traditionally, the kalari is constructed by digging a hollow in the ground, forming a sunken area four feet in depth, forty-two feet in length and twenty-one feet in breadth. This is usually called ''kuzhikalari''. Kuzhi means "portions formed by caving in the earth" in Malayalam. The entrance to the Kalari is in the east, to let in the morning sunlight, and leads into the 42-foot leg running east–west while the 21-foot leg runs north–south. Another consideration taken when constructing the kalari is that i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
