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[[File:MadrasMail.jpg|thumb|right|''News Clip Souvenir on Vaidyaratna T P Moossad'']]
'''Vaidyaratnam Triprangode Parameswaran Moossad''' (1847–1919) was an [[Ayurveda]] practitioner from [[Kerala]], [[India]]. He is well-regarded as the First Ayurvedic practitioner in Kerala to be awarded with the title of "Vaidyaratna", given to the native medical practitioners in India, by the erstwhile [[British Raj]] in India. [[Vaidya]], in Indian language means a medical practitioner, and ratna means [[Gemstone|jewel]]. Only three such awards were ever given by the [[British Raj]] in the state of [[Kerala]], which was part of [[Madras Presidency]] then.<ref name="thehindu">{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/mag/2005/05/29/stories/2005052900230400.htm|work=[[The Hindu]]|title=Renowned healer|date=2005-05-29|accessdate=2017-11-25}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> The second award was given to E.T.Narayanan Mooss of Thaikkattussery,<ref name="samajam">{{cite web|url=http://www.samajam.org/vaidyaratnam.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727234258/http://www.samajam.org/vaidyaratnam.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2011-07-27|title=Keraleeya Ayurveda Samajam|author=www.samajam.org|publisher=www.samajam.com|accessdate=2011-07-27}}</ref> in the year of 1923 and third was given to [[Vaidyaratnam P. S. Warrier]] of [[Kottakkal]] in the year 1934. The second and third Vaidyaratna awardees had business acumen as well and they had established their [[Ayurvedic]] hospitals which are being run by their successors even today. In contrast, the first awardee, Triprangode Parameswaran Moossad had not established any commercial institutions. He had taken a lead role in establishing the Keraleeya Ayurveda Samajam,<ref name="toimalayalammedia">{{cite web|url=http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com//Article.aspx?eid=31811&articlexml=CASTE-AWAY-23092017002023|title=Caste Away| publisher=www.thetimesofindia.com|accessdate=2017-11-25}}</ref> an organization founded by several scholars of those times, with the objective of making the benefits of [[Ayurveda]] system of treatment available to all the sections of the society, irrespective of the caste, creed and religion. It is notable that T.P. Moossad had lived during troubled times, wherein [[India]] was still under colonial rule of the [[British Raj]], and the
country was highly caste-driven,orthodox and very poor. Moossad, along with his several associates had established the Samajam, breaking
several social barriers in their efforts to give relief to many from various diseases.<ref name="thehindu"/>

==Life and career==
[[File:Withdisciples.jpg|thumb|right|''Vaidyaratnam T P Moossad with disciples and family members - photo dated 1914'']]
'''Triprangode Kizhakkempullath Parameswaran Moossad''' was born in 1847 in [[Triprangode]] in [[Malappuram]] district in [[Kerala]], [[India]], in a family of [[Sanskrit]] and [[Ayurveda]] scholars belonging to the Moossad community.<ref name="toimalayalammedia"/>

He learned his lessons in [[Sanskrit]] and [[Ayurveda]] system of medicine under his own paternal uncle, ''Kizhakkempullath Sankaran Moossad (alias Kunjunni Moossad)'' who was a renowned scholar of his times.

Information on his life and career can be traced only through documents written in [[Malayalam]]. An old [[Malayalam]] book, published in the year 1920, and reproduced in a recent [[Malayalam]] book <ref name="Moothath">{{cite book|title=Moothathu-sthanavum samudayavum|author=Narayanan, P.|date=2017|publisher=Vallothol Vidya Peetham, Sukapuram, Kerala|isbn=978-93-83570-60-7|url=http://www.vallatholtrust.org/books_sale.php?book=201|accessdate=2017-11-29}}</ref> gives a very brief account of his life and career. According to this, he was a scholarly practitioner of [[Ayurveda]] and also a social reformer, highly acclaimed for his pro-people attitudes. He was part of the administration as Taluk Board Member and District Board Member for several years. He had been a medical adviser at several palaces - Kollenkode Palace, Kadathanadu Palace, Chirakkal Palace, Mankada Palace etc.

He died in 1919 at the age of 72. He was succeeded by his son Kizhakkempullath Narayanan Moossad, who was also a practitioner of [[Ayurveda]], but could not reach the professional excellence as achieved by his father.

==Major awards and Recognitions==
[[File:Vaidyaratnam T P Moossad.jpg|thumb|right|''Citation of the Vaidyaratna title'']]
In 1914, in recognition of his services to humanity, Triprangode Parameswaran Moossad was conferred the title of 'Vaidyaratna' by His Excellency the Viceroy and Governor General of India.<ref name="samajam"/> Prior to this he was given various awards by the kings of [[Kingdom of Kochi]] and [[Travancore]] including jewel-studded gold bracelets known as 'Veerashringala'. Sometime around 1910, he was invited by the then Judge of [[Bombay High Court]], Sir [[Narayan Chandavarkar]], for treating a chronic disease in his family. Moossad could completely cure the ailing patient which was a great surprise for Sir Chandavarkar and more so for the Chief Justice of [[Bombay High Court]],Sir Basil Scott. This incident paved the way for recommending Moossad's name for the award of the title of Vaidyaratna by the Viceroy of [[British Raj]] in India, which was eventually awarded to him on 1 January 1914. According to a Newsclip Souvenir available with the descendants of Moossad, he was the third awardee of Vaidyaratna in the [[Madras Presidency]].

==External links==
*"Renowned healer", article in the Indian news paper "The Hindu", dated 29 May 2005, available at http://www.thehindu.com/mag/2005/05/29/stories/2005052900230400.htm
*"Caste Away" article in the Indian newspaper, "The Times of India", dated 23 Sep 2017, available at http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com//Article.aspx?eid=31811&articlexml=CASTE-AWAY-23092017002023
*An old book in Malayalam language, " Sree Vaidyaratnam", authored by Vidwan Mananthala Neelakantan Moossad, Tellicherry, Kerala, India, released on 06.03.1920, reproduced in a recent book in Malayalam - "Moothathu-sthanavum samudayavum", authored by P. Narayanan, published by Vallothol Vidya Peetham, Sukapuram, Kerala, India.http://www.vallatholtrust.org/books_sale.php?book=201
*"Vaidyaratnam", http://www.samajam.org/vaidyaratnam.html accessed on 27 Jul 2011(Available at https://web.archive.org/web/20110727234258/http://www.samajam.org/vaidyaratnam.html)
*"A forgotten legend", article on Vaidyaratnam T P Moossad, in "Sanghamam magazine on Ayurveda", Vol 2, Issue 2, July-Sept 2005, pp. 20–22, Published from Kochi, Kerala, India.
*"Vaidyaratnam Triprangode Parameswaran Moossad", news item appeared in "Madras Mail", Pluck Office, Karachi, 17 March 1914 (Image shown above)

== References ==
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