Kukkuta Sastra with further reference to the calendar , the cock within an astrological and religious schema and that divine association as with Lord Murugan and the rooster , his flag , " refers to the sun " and also associated with Ahmuvan , an Indus Valley Deity A further understanding of the need of the '' kukkuta '' being within a religious and astrological context may be taken from the Akkadian , Shidallu or the Sumerian , SIPA.ZI.AN.NA ( the True Shepherd of Anu or Heavenly Shepherd ) and his accompanying cock representing the herald of the gods with the divinely ordained role " to communicate the messages of the gods " . and being from the religions of the pre-Vedic Aryans and the Indus Valley and similar to the ancient religions of the Mediterraneans as determined from " findings of excavations of Mohonjodaro and Harrappa " . Further understanding of the possible significance of kukkuta sastra and the kukkuta association with Mohenjo-daro may be gained from the original Dravidian name of Mohenjo-daro which seems to have been recorded in the ancient Indus script . With the understanding that '' kukkuta '' means rooster or cock , Dr. Iravatham Mahadevan , in a paper presented at the World Classical Tamil Conference 2010 , brought forth the literal meaning of '' Kukkutarma '' , as " the ruined city of the cock " . Mahadevan also drew attention to an Indus seal from Mohenjo-daro , which has an inscription featuring the Indus ideogram for " city " and a pair of cocks , inferring that " the Indus seal has recorded in the Indus script the original Dravidian name of the city , IA '' kukkuta-arma '' , with the ideographic suffix CITY added to it "
World Classical Tamil Conference 2010
World Classical Tamil Conference 2010
Kukkuta Sastra