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purpose of a text of general ethics to those more advanced in life.”
The other two minor epics are Nāgakumāra kävyam and Chūlāmani. We need only mention other Jain works. Eladi is a work on didactics composed by a Jain. It is a moral poem by Kanimēthāviyār. Each quatrain is supposed to combine, compare and illustrate five or six points of practical wisdom. Kalinguttupparani is the wellknown poem describing the battle in the Kalinga country between the forces of Kulottunga Chola and the Northern Kalinga Raja. Selected stanzas from Kalingattuparani are translated in the form of verseby the late Mr. Kanakasabhai Pillai in the pages of The Indian Antiquary. One peculiarity regarding Kalingattuparani 1 is that it is perhaps the only work written by the Jains on things pertaining to war. Besides these there are various stötras composed by the Jains such as Tirukkalambugam, Tirunārran: dādi which have recently been published. The Jains had a genius for lexicon work. Chūdāmani Nigandu is a work of this kind. It was composed by a Jain, Vīramandala Purushar, disciple of. Gunabhadta Acharyar of Tirunarunkunrai. He belongs to the period of Krishnadeva Rāya. In grammatical science the Jains
1 That the aůthor was a Jäin is clear from the following stanza attributed to him, composed in reply to a question by Apayan :செய்யும் வினையு மிருளுண்பதுவுந் தேனுந்நறவு மூனுங்களவும் பொய்யுங்கொலையு மறவுந்தவிரப் பொய்தீரற நூல் செய்தார் தமதூர் கையுமுகமு மிதழும்விழியுங் காலுநிறமும் போனுங்கமலம் கொய்யுமடவார் விழிவாயதரங் கோபங்கமழுந் தீபங்குடியே.
