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Study of Civakacintamani
Examples of similes involving allasions to Sanskrit mythology, epics, and other works in Sanskrit can be seen in the following cases.
(i) ... ilankal aliyinān kalict ittam pôl
Kalonku ten tirai mayntu. I (Like the herd of elephants of the king (Bharateśvara) who had a shiping orb, they (clouds) drank water from the sea ...)
Here the elephants of Bharateśvara kiog, 8 a Jaina mythological figure, is compared to the clouds.
(ii) ...arumaņi marakatatt ankanāriya
eri nirap ponn ital éntu tāmarait
tirumakaļ ival erat ,..... 3 (She jooked as if she was the Lakşmi who was born in the golden lotus which had golden petals, which was born in (a pond in) the mountain made of emerald.
(iii) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
për amarul anru perun tätaiy oțum pêrop
por amaru ninray isaiyönit polivurran.* (He shone like Abhimanyu who fought without turning his back in the battlefield against his uncle Karņa in the great war (The Bhārata war).)
Here the king Caccanatn is compared with Abhimanyu who was opposing Karņa in the Bhārata war.
(iv) toţ ani makaļir pönra tunar malark kom par kompi
ățavar põla ranțum ațaintanav aļi yirkk olki utiya makaļir pilav ocintanav üța zikkum
cetarit cenru pulli cirupuran talliya tumpi. (The bees, like lovers, went to the branches full of clusters of flowers, which were like ladies adorned with flowers. The branches hent down (with the weight of the bees) like ladies who are sulky towards their lovers. The dragon-flies which were like the Cetas went and sat on the higher parts of the branches as if they were helping to appease the ladies by embracing them on the back.)
Here the branches with clusters of flowers are compared to the sulky ladies and the bees to thier lovers. The branches are bending and the dragon-flies are sitting on theni like Cētas who help the lovers to remove their ladies' anger.
The character Cēta occurs in Sankrit dramas. He serves as intermediary between lovers and their angry sweethearts. In these examples one cannot understand the simile unless one is familiar with the relevant ideas in Sanskrit literature. 1 Ibid, v. 32. 2 Refer, notes given by U. V. Saminatha Iyer to the Cc. v. 32 in his edition for details of this story. 3 Cc. v. 183. Refer, notes by U. V. Saminatha Iyer to the Cc. v. 183 in his edition for details. 4 Cc. v. 288. 5 Ibid, v 852
6 Vidvānätha, Prataparudriya, 39.
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