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Study of Civakacintamani
! 3. The phrase used to describe Guņamālā in the portarit drawn by Jivandhara. Cc.
nekilntu cor pün tukill
(The slipped garment of Kuņamālai) Gc.
...agalitavasanām..
(The one with slipped garment.) 4. The phrase used to describe the swooned state of Vijaya on hearing from her son's friends the calamity which happened to her son. Cc.
iţika țaval ntitta pața nākam ena vilntāls
(She fell down like a snake attacked by a thunderbolt.) Ge.
irammadaviddhaśayor iva...4
((Her state which is like that of) a snake affected by a thunderbolt.)) 5. The phrase used by Padmamukha, the friend of Jivandhara, when he talks about Jivandhara to his mother Vijayā. Cc.
cinti ppavar avalam aru civakan en tölan (Civakay, who removes the troubles of the people who think about him, is my friend.) Gc.
...dinajiva jivātor jivakakumāras ya suhțdah kila6
([We are ) friends of Jivaka, who is the protector of the needy people.) 6. The phrase used to describe Jivandhara who went to the abode of Suramanjari in the disguise of an old man. Cc.
cāvar toţinē kațitu?
(He will die at once if you touch bim.) Gc.
sprsto'pyasmäbhir ayum nastasur bhavet e (He might die even if we touch him.)
From the similarities pointed out above, it is clear that between Tēvar and Vadibhasimha, one is considerably influenced by the other. Many authors have noted 1 Cc. V. 1004. .
5 Cc. V. 1797. 2 Gc. 4 : para 133, p. 206
6 Gc. 8 : para 206, p. 306. 3 Cc. V. 1798.
7 Cc. V, 2016. 4 Gc. 8: para 206, p. 306.
8 Gc. 9: para 218, p. 324. 9 i. T. S. Kuppuswami Sastri, The age of Tamil Jivaka cintamani, Indian Antiquary, October,
1907, Vol. XXXVI, p. 285 ff. ii. S. Vaiyapuri Pillai, Kaviyakālam, 2nd edition, Madras, March 1962, p. 175. iii. Auvai S. Turaicamippillai, Civakacintamani Arāycci, 2nd Edition, Madras, 1948, p. 12. iv. B. Balasubrahmaniyan, Introduction to Civakacintamani published by the Saiva Siddhanta
Waba Samājam, Madras, 1941, P, 18 ff.
March 1967 alias, 1918, D. Siddhānta
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