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Study of Civakacintamani
Ratnāvati, the wife of Jivandhara (llakkaņai in the Co.) Thereupon, Jivandhara declared his identity and with the help of soldiers, high officials and other dependents of King Satyandhara attacked Kasthāngāraka and killed him. He thus recovered his father's kingdom. Variations found in the story of the Cc.
(i) According to the Up. Ratnāvati made a vow that she would only marry the one who could hit the rotating machine Candraka. But in the Cc. Ilakkanai did not make any vow like that which Ratnavati had made in the Up. In the Cc. the proclamation that Ilakkaņai would be given to the one who could hit the rotating machine which is in the shape of a pig was made by Kovintan, the father of Ilakkaņai.
(ii) According to the story in the Up., Gopendra, the father of Ratnāvati is not the uncle of Civakan. But in the Cc, the father of Ilakkaņai is the uncle of Civakan, Differences found between the stories of the Up. and the Cc.
(i) According to the Cc. before the competition in which Civakan won Ilakkaņai, Kațțiyankāran sent a message to Kõvintan in which he asked Köyintan to accept the kingdom of Caccantan, for Caccantap had been killed by the state elephant. In fact the competition which was arranged by Kõvintan for the hand of Ilakkaņai was a well organised situation where Civakan could meet Kattiyankāran. Kattiyankāran's message in the Cc. is not found in the Up.
(ii) According to the Cc. Kattiyankāran did not know that Civakan was alive until he saw him in the competition, where Civakan succeeded in hitting the machine in the shape of a pig. Tēvar does not reveal this fact till the moment arrives for Civakan to kill Kattiyarikāran. In the Up. Kāșthāngāraka recognised Jivandhara after the marriage of Guņamālā (Curamancari in the Cc.). Jivandhara, after his marriage with Guņamālā, stayed at the abode of Guņamālā for some time, and then with his relatives, surrounded by an army of the four arms ( elephants, chariots, cavalry and infantry), went to the house of his foster father Gandhotkața, riding on his elephant Vijayagiri. On seeing that, Kāșthāngāraka shouted that Jivandhara was mad and not at all scared of him, the king. Then his chief ministers pacified him, saying that Jivandhara had good fate, the help of Gandharvadattā, who was like the goddess of fortune, the company of his unfailing friend the yakşa, his unity with his friends and unshakable courage. They also advised him not to fight with a strong adversary. These sections are not found in the Cc.
(iii) According to the Cc, when Kõvintan related the identity of Civakan, that he was the son of the king Caccantan, a voice in the sky said that Civakan would kill Kattiyankāran. This incident is not found in the Up. 11. & 12. Pūmaka ilampakam and Ilakkaņaiyar ilampakam
In the Cc. the coronation of Civakan is mentioned in the Pūmakaļ ilampakam, and the marriage of Civakan with Ilakkaņai, his reunion with his wives, and his
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