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guess that the author might have belonged to Kuṭamālūr
or to its suburbs.
While the author leaves us entirely in the dark
as to his identity we are in a slightly better position in
the determination of the date of the poem. The author
while describing the Sucindra temple refers to the
Kaimukku ordeal that was prevalent there at that time".
नित्यं भूतप्रभृतिभिरमा पार्वतीप्राणनाथो
aímaṁà fafamângâ: q-aȧ श¤17: 1
तप्ते हे स्फुटमिव जनैर्लोचना गोचराणा-
मालोक्यन्ते प्रियसख फलान्यात्मकर्मोत्कराणाम् ॥
(Pūrva, 52)
The Kaimukku ordeal at Sucindra was stopped
in the year 1845 22. This indicates therefore that the
poem cannot be later than that.
3. Cakorasandesa - This is a comparatively
recent sandeśakāvya. It consists of 50 verses in the Pur-
vabhāga and 46 verses in the Uttarabhāga. This sande-
Sakāvya is unique in so far as here the hero is not separa-
ted from his sweetheart by any hard stroke of fate;
21. For details see Sucindram Temple by Dr. K. K. Pillai.
22. Dr. K. K. Pillai, op. cit. Ullur S. Parameswara Iyer says
that the poem must have been written after the ascension of
Svathi Tirunal Maharaja to the throne in 1829 A. D. But he
does not adduce any evidence in support of this. See KSC,
IV, p. 116.
guess that the author might have belonged to Kuṭamālūr
or to its suburbs.
While the author leaves us entirely in the dark
as to his identity we are in a slightly better position in
the determination of the date of the poem. The author
while describing the Sucindra temple refers to the
Kaimukku ordeal that was prevalent there at that time".
नित्यं भूतप्रभृतिभिरमा पार्वतीप्राणनाथो
aímaṁà fafamângâ: q-aȧ श¤17: 1
तप्ते हे स्फुटमिव जनैर्लोचना गोचराणा-
मालोक्यन्ते प्रियसख फलान्यात्मकर्मोत्कराणाम् ॥
(Pūrva, 52)
The Kaimukku ordeal at Sucindra was stopped
in the year 1845 22. This indicates therefore that the
poem cannot be later than that.
3. Cakorasandesa - This is a comparatively
recent sandeśakāvya. It consists of 50 verses in the Pur-
vabhāga and 46 verses in the Uttarabhāga. This sande-
Sakāvya is unique in so far as here the hero is not separa-
ted from his sweetheart by any hard stroke of fate;
21. For details see Sucindram Temple by Dr. K. K. Pillai.
22. Dr. K. K. Pillai, op. cit. Ullur S. Parameswara Iyer says
that the poem must have been written after the ascension of
Svathi Tirunal Maharaja to the throne in 1829 A. D. But he
does not adduce any evidence in support of this. See KSC,
IV, p. 116.