AKAM 070

Tiṇai:

neytal

Author:

maturaittamiḻkkūttaṉār kaṭuvaṉ maḷḷaṉār

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V. M. Subramanya Ayyar (1975) [IFP, unpublished]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

jlc

Date of last revision:

2002/10/15

Table of contents (by lines):

(1-4) The description of the ghat belonging to the talaivaṉ (5-6)

The lovers' secret love has spread far and wide due to the scandal of women (7-13)

the fertility of the place by name Kōti belonging to Pāṇṭiyar (14-17)

The scandal has abated like the banyan tree under which Ramaṉ held a confidential conference.

Colophon(s):

The companion informed talaimakaḷ when the proposals of marriage by talaimakaṉ fructified.

Syntactical link:

see below

Difficult words:

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Variant readings:

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Notes:

see below

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• The friendship made with us by the chief of the maritime tract (4-5)
• where, as the fishermen of bending boats had an abundant catch of fish (1)
• and praised the catch of the nets which had small meshes (3)
• in the village situated in the foreshore having low inhabitants and issuing foul smell of fish (2),
• divide the loach (அயிலை) of fat eyes (4),
• has been known already to many there by the spreading of scandal in a small circle by women who undulge in public scandal (5-7).
• It has stopped (7).
• Now, after the proposals of marriage have been announced (7-8),
• this village of great uproar is silent (17)
• like the banyan tree of many aerial roots, which (16)
• was made silent by rāmaṉ of victorious battles and under which he held a confidential meeting (15)
• at the foreshore at the ancient Kōṭi (கோடி-திருவணைக்கரை) which belongs to Kavuriyar (கவுரியர்-பாண்டியர்) of victorious vēl (13)
• where the big roaring sea produced a thunderous noise, (14)
• where the girls who wish to adorn themselves during festivals combine with the garment of leaves to add its beauty (12)
• blue nelumbo (நெய்தல்) flowers of fertile and thick stem and green leaves (11)
• growing in the blackwater of fields in the big ghat (துறை) which are situated in the beautiful foreshore groves (10),
• where the flowers of mast-wood tree (புன்னைமரம்) drop with the fresh and gold-coloured flowers of fetid cassia (ஞாழல்-புலிநகக்கொன்றை). make that place look beautiful like a painting (8-9).

துறைவன்(4) கேண்மை(5) பெண்டிர் அம்பல் தூற்ற(6) (முன்பு) பலரும் அறித்தனர்(7); இனியே(7) வதுவை கூடிய, பின்றை(8) இராமன் அருமறைக்கு அவித்த(15) ஆலம் போல(16) இவ்வழுங்கல் ஊர் ஒலி அவிந்தன்று(17)

• .13. கவிரியர்

When Ramaṉ went to battle with Rāvaṇaṉ, he held a confidential meeting with his army under a banyan tree at Kōtī which is now known as tiruvaṇaikkarai (திருவணைக்கரை), situated in Pāṇṭiyaṉ's country. The birds living in that banyan tree made such a loud noise that one could not hear what the other said. Rāmaṉ commanded them to be silent. The noise stopped completely. That banyan tree is compared to the erstwhile noisy village. This is what is found in the old gloss.