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It describes the story of Manimekalai, the beautiful daughter of Kovalan and Madhavi, in 30 cantos. [23] [6] The Manimekalai is the anti-thesis of the Silappadikaram in focus, style and the propaganda in the two epics. [24] The Silappadikaram is a tragic love story that ultimately becomes supernatural.
Manimekalai is an epic in ahaval metre and is noted for its simple and elegant description of natural scenery. [31] Cīvaka Cintāmaṇi is one of the earliest works of Tamil literature in long verses called virutha pa. [5]
In the Tamil epic poem, the Manimekalai, she puts the eponymous heroine to sleep and takes her to the island Maṇipallavam (Nainatheevu). In the mythic cycle of the god Devol, when the latter approaches Sri Lanka and his ship founders, it is Manimekhalai, on the instructions of the god Śakra , who conjures up a stone boat to save him.
Pronounced Sa-tha-naar, the name is derived from (Tamil: சாத்து, sāttu) meaning Buddhist monk. [2] Applying this principle to the name Maturai Kulavāṇikan Cāttan, the author of Manimekalai, we see that the two appellations Maturai and Kulavanikan were prefixed to his name in order to distinguish him from another poet of Maturai with the same name and from a third who lived ...
The Cilappatikaram epic — credited to Ilango Adigal — inspired another Tamil poetic epic called Manimekalai (which acts as a sequel to the first work). It revolves around the daughter of Kovalan, the protagonist of Cilappatikaram, and Madhavi (the dancing girl who had an affair with Kovalan in Cilappatikaram), named "Manimekalai.
Ancient Tamil epic Manimekalai and the Sri Lankan history book Mahavamsa both mention a dispute between two Naga kings in northern Sri Lanka. [21] Some scholars derives the origin of the Pallava dynasty of Tamilakam from an marriage alliance of the Cholas and the Naga from Jaffna Peninsula. [22] This incident is mentioned in the Tamil epic ...
Manimekalai embellishes the story of the mortal battle Nedunkilli fought with Nalankilli at Kariyaru. According to Manimekalai, the battle was fought by a junior Chola prince in the reign of Mavankilli, also called Nudumudikilli and Killivalavan. We can infer for this that Nalankilli was the junior prince and was the younger brother of ...
Manimekalai is a 1959 Indian Tamil-language epic film directed by V. S. Raghavan and written by Elangovan, starring T. R. Mahalingam and P. Bhanumathi. It is based on the epic of the same name by Chithalai Chathanar .