Study of Civakacintamani

SR No.: 001579
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Vijaylaxmi
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad
Publication Year: 1981
Total Pages: 248
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Philosophy, & Epistemology
File Size: 15 MB

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Study of the Civakacintamani
Civakan in controlling the intoxicated elephant, Vaļaiyacuntaram. This event is not narrated in the Up.
(iv) According to the Cc., Kantaruvatattai sent a letter through Civakap's friends who went to see him. In that letter Käotaruvatattai mentioned about the love-lorn condition of Kuņamālai.1
(v) According to the Up. after the story of Hemabhā, the story of the previous births of Nandadhya and his wife, Śricandra, is narrated. These stories are narrated in the Up. in great detail. None of these stories are found in the Cs. Following these stories, the story of the previous births of Jivandhara is also related in the Up. But this story is not narrated in this context in the Cc. It is told in the Myntiyilampakam by the Carapan Manivannan to Civakan.3 There are many differences in the story of Civakan's previous birth narrated in the Up. and the Cc., and these will be dealt with while dealing with the story related in the Muttiyilampakam.
(vi) According to the Up. the yaksa came to visit Jivandhara when he was with his mother and showed respect to them both. This incident is not narrated in the Cc. 8. Vimalaiyār ilampakam
In the Vimalaiyār ilampakam the meeting of Civakan and his mother is narrated. After the narration of this incident, the story of Vimalai is told Similar sections found in the Up. and the Cc.
As Jivandhara entered the town Rājapuram, many kinds of jewels and other articles which were lying unsold were sold away in the shop of the merchant Sagacadatta. As predicted by the astrologers earlier, Sāgaradatta gave his daughter Vimalā in marriage to Jivandhara.
The story of Vimalā in the Up. is comparatively very short; it is narrated in four verses. Variations found in the Story of the Cc.
(i) According to the Up., Jivandbara left his mother after meeting ber in the Daņdaka forest and told her to stay there till he sent an army under the leadership of Nandādhya to fetch her. But in the Cc. Civakan sent his mother to the palace of his uncle, Kõvintan, till the time when he would go there to get ready for the fight with his enemy Kațţiyankāra.
(ii) In the Up., Jivandhara entered Rājamāpuram disguised as a merchant. In the Cc. he did not go in disguise. According to the Cc., Civakan met Vimalai before entering the shop of Cakaratattan. She met him when she was playing, and there she fell in love with him.
9. Curamancariyār ilampakam
Note: The story of Curamancari in the Ccy is narrated as the story of Gunamāla in the Up. 1 Cc. vv. 1767-1768. 2 Up. vv. 438-520. 3 Cc. vy 2856-2890. 4 Ud. vv. 573, 576