Many of the thirty-two villages in which the Brahmins are said to have been settled by Mayur Varma are still the most important centres of Brahminism.
After this, there were no Brahmins in the land till Tulu Brahmins were brought from Ahi-Kshetra by Mayur Varma of the Kadamba dynasty.
Nothing is known from other sources of Lokaditya, Habashika, or Chandra Sayana, but inscriptions speak to Mayur Varma being the founder of the dynasty of the Kadambas of Banavasi in North Canara.
A third account makes Chandra Sayana, not a son of a Holeya king, but a descendant of Mayur Varmaand a conqueror of the Holeya king.
Another makes Mayur Varma himself the invader of the country, which till then had remained in the possession of the Holeyas (Pariahs) and fishermen who had turned out Parasu Rama's Brahmins.
The correctness of the traditions, which prevail in Malabar as well as in Canara, assigning the introduction of Brahmins to the West Coast to Mayur Varma who was in power about 750 A.
A higher title, Chempakaraman, corresponds to the knighthood of mediaeval times, and was first instituted by Maharaja Marthanda Varma in memory, it is said, of his great Prime Minister Rama Aiyyan Dalawa.
Maharaja Rama Varma received them kindly, and gave them the palace of the Tekkumkur Raja, who had been subjugated by Rama Iyen Dalawah.
Martanda Varma was once exclusively used only among the members of the Travancore Royal Family.
Udaya Varma and Martanda Varma are names found among the Rajas, but absent among the Koil Tampurans.
Raghava Varma is a name peculiar to the Pantalam Rajas.
The title Varma is uniformly added to their names.
Besides the ordinary names prevalent among Koiltampurans, names such as Martanda Varma, Aditya Varma, and Udaya Varma are also met with.
Another story says that the caste helped the Chola king Aditya Varma to conquer the Kongu country during the latter part of the ninth century.
Another makes Mayur Varma himself the invader of the country, which till then had remained in the possession of the Holeyas and fishermen who had turned out Parasu Rama's Brahmins.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "varma" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
