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Maṇimēkalai (Tamil: மணிமேகலை, lit. ' jewelled belt, girdle of gems '), also spelled Manimekhalai or Manimekalai, is a Tamil Buddhist [1] epic composed by Kulavāṇikaṉ Seethalai Sataṉar probably somewhere between the 2nd century to the 6th century. [2]
Manimekalai, also spelled Manimekhalai or Manimegalai, Manimekalai, is a Tamil epic composed by Kulavāṇikaṉ Cittalaic Cātaṉār probably around the 6th century. It is a Buddhist "anti-love" sequel to the Cilappatikaram , with some characters from it and their next generation. [ 16 ]
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 ...
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.
The Cilappatikaram epic credited to Ilango Adigal inspired another Chera-Tamil poetic epic called Manimekalai. This poetic epic acts as a sequel to the aforementioned work. It revolves around the daughter of Kovalan (the protagonist of Cilappatikaram) and Madhavi (who had an affair with Kovalan in Cilappatikaram), named Manimekalai
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 .
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In the Tamil epic Manimekalai, the heroine is miraculously transported to a small island called Manipallavam where there was a seat or foot stool associated to the Buddha. The seat in Manipallavam is said to have been used by the Buddha when he preached and reconciled the two kings of Naga land, and that it was placed in Manipallavam by the ...