AKAM 052

Tiṇai:

Kuṟiñci

Author:

Nocci niyamaṅkiḻār (variant reading : maṟṟūr Kiḻār makaṉār-koṟṟaṉār.)

Translation:

V. M. Subramanya Ayyar (1975) [IFP, unpublished]

Original MS location:

IFP Library [TA LIT-CL 180 (1)(2)(3)]

Original data entry (VYAPTI format):

Ramya (1999-2000, IFP)

HTML conversion, text revising & editing:

Date of last revision:

2004/04/02

Table of contents (by lines):

(1-8) Girls of the hilly tract uttering the word `puli' to pluck flowers of east indian kino tree

(9-12) Deciding to inform mother about the cause of the talaivi's disease.

(13-5) talaivi requesting companion not to reveal the truth even if it may cost her life.

Colophon(s):

The talaimakal spoke to the companion when she said "Let us reveal the truth' to the foster-mother who knew the change in talaimakaḷ

Syntactical link:

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Difficult words:

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Variant readings:

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Notes:

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• Companion! May you live long (11)
• The girls of Kuṟavar (குறவர்) community who wished to pluck the new golden flowers in the very high branches of the emerging east indian kino-tree which grow to a great height in the adjoining hills where trees grow tall, and which have creepers encircling them, uttered frequently in an uproarious manner the word `puli, puli', which was a misfortunate sound.
• (1-4) On hearing that sound the forest dwellers mistook that as indicating the call for help to save them from a strong tiger which used to carry away cows in the adjoining hill which has a dark cave and rows of high rocks, and came out with bows in their left hands, the little village which is adjacent to their mountain to become solitary, and went out with great noise. Our talaivaṟ is chief of that country (5-8).
• We were in a dilemna in our mind whether to inform the mother that the cause of the disease was the broad chest of our talaivaṉ which has appropriated to itself our heart, as it abode, or not (9-12)
• We have come to a decision. Even if life departs from the body do not tell mother, explicitly, "The sallowness that has spread in the eyes of your daughter which are coated with collyrium and resemble beautiful flowers, is due to the distress of longing (காமம்)

சாரல்(1) குறுமகள்(3) பயிற்றலின்(4) புலிஆடும் எனப்(6) புலம்ப(7) போதரும் நாடன்(8) வயின்மார்பு உடைத்தென(9) பாற்பட்டசூழ்ச்சி(11) சேர்ந்தன்று தோழி(12) உயிர் கழிவதாயினும்(13) செப்பாதீம்(15)

• $$ட.10.அறிவுயேங்சொல்

Kuṟavar girls crying "puli, puli', is also mentioned explicitly in stanza; (48: 6-7.