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these traditions are due to a confusion between Mahsena and
K4akk ta in the eyes of later chroniclers and story-tellers.
There has also been a confusion between K4akkta and
Ukkiracinkaa (Ugra Sifxha), a legendary king mentioned in the
chronicles of Jaffna Traditions relating to Ku.akktta, and.
those about ?gha also appear to have been confused in the
Tamil works As a result of these confusions the personality of
K4akka is shrouded in mystery and his identification &eis
rendered difficult. Divested of all these legends that
have surrounded his persoxality, K4akkta appears as a
powerful chieftain of the Trincomalee principality in the
thrteenth century, probably in the reign of ?igha. He was
probably an associate o Igha. Ganapragasar has attempted
to identify him with Jayablhu, who, according to the Clavasa,
was a powerful associate of Ngha It is difficult to say
whether K4akktta was known to the Linhalese chroniclers as
Jayabhu. There is, however, no person by the name of JayabThu
in the Tamil works. All that we can say is that Kujakka
was probably a owerful chieftain of the Trincomalee principality
under gha and earned his fame by renovating the KTvarani
temple and repairing some of the tnk in his chieftaincy.
1. See infra,
2. See infra, p9.3714.
3. S.Gnanapragasar, -vaipava-vimarca, p. 6k.