Emergence of word the “Carnatic”

I’ve heard from many people that the word “Carnatic” is used because its from Karnataka. Firstly I wish to clear this.

” ‘Carnatic music’ did not come from the word Karnatak nor does it have any connection to the state of Karnataka. Although the western world up holds the Roman Empire as the crux of all ancient civilization, in reality, long before the advent of the Roman Empire, the glory of the Tamil arts and culture was at its peak during the Chera, Chola and Pandya dynasties. Cilappathiharam makes mention of Cavari Puhum Pattinam. During this period the performing arts were very popular and as a matter of routine, dramas and music expositions were held on every full moon night on the banks of the river Cavery, where it merges into the sea. The popularity of these dramas cum music prevailed in the township that was located on Cavery near the sea shore (Kadal Carai) which got its name as Cavery puhum Pattanam and the festivity on the sea shore became known as ‘Carai’ (Shore) ‘nadaham’ (Drama) and ‘issai’ (music), which turned out ‘carai nadaha issai’ to ‘carnadaha isssai’ and anglicized as ‘Carnatic music’.”

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Thanks,
Srika