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The Kural of Tiruvalluvar. |
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| Tiruvalluvar—Visit to the court of Ugrap-peru-yaluti—Conclave of poets and authors—Kural or Muppal, a moral code in poetical aphorisms—Opinion of the court poets | 138 |
The Story of Chillap-athikaram. |
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| The marriage of Kovilan and Kannaki—Kovilan falls in love with the beautiful actress Mathavi—Wastes all his wealth—Leaves her in a fit of jealousy—Travels to Madura with his wife Kannaki—Goes to the market to sell one of his wife’s anklets—Is accused of having stolen it from the palace and is beheaded—Kannaki appears before the Pandya and proves her husbaud’s innocence—Wanders into the Chera country and dies brokenbearted | 141 |
The Story of Mani-mekalai. |
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| Mathavi, the beautiful actress, becomes a Buddhist nun on hearing of the tragic death of her lover Kovilan—Her daughter Mani-mekalai is courted by Udayakumara, the Chola king’s son—She escapes to the island Manippallavam—Returns to Kavirip-paddinam—Assumes the disguise of a Buddhist mendicant—Prince Udayakumara seeks her at night and is killed in the Buddhist monastery—Mani-mekalai is6 thrown into prison by the Chola king—She is released—Visits Nagapuram in Chavakam and Vanchi the Chera capital—Learns the six systems of Hindu philosophy—Goes to Kanchi, feeds the poor, and becomes a Buddhist nun | 162 |
Tamil Poems and Poets. |
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| The Kalith-thokai, a love poem—Kalath-thalai—Uriththiran-kannanar—Mudath-thamak-kanniyar—Kapilar—Nakkirar—Mamulanar—Kalladanar—Mankudi-maruthanar—Tiruvalluvar-Kovur-kilar—Iraiyanar—Paranar—Perun-kausikanar—Auvvaiyar— Ilanko-adikal—Arisil-kilar—Ponmudiyar—Perunkunrurkilar—Total extent of Tamil literature 1800 years old—Aillusions to Aryan literature | 190 |
