113992242-Dravidian-Settlements-in-Ceylon-and-the-Beginnings-of-the-Kingdom-of-Jaffna-By-Karthigesu-Indrapala-Complete-Phd-Thesis-University-of-London-1965

34J
Ukkiraciñka, , as it ap ears in the Tainil chronicles, is basically
a different version of the Vijaya le end Sinhalese traditions
as well as some South Indian legendary material have gone into
the creation of this story which forms the starting point of
the history of the Jaffna kingdom in the chronicles of Jaffna.
Traditions of the Rohaa kingdom, which once included parts of
the present rincoma1ee district, also appear to have helped
the growth of the story of Ck1&6TA!. This is seen in the
story of 1akacavuntari, the queen of Ki4aka in some of
these accounts. In this story, traditions similar to those about
Vihradev1, the mother of Di4hagmai, are to be found The
confusion of many of these traditions seems to have been the
result of a belated attempt on the part of the later Tamil
chroniclers to reconcile the different floating traditions in
the Tamil regions and to give these a historical sequence.
In the story of Ukkiraciñ.ka,, for instance, we see an atte pt
to reconcile the stories of Vijaya, K4akkta and possibly
a third personality associated with the kingdom of Jaffna
In this story, as we shall discuss later, we could see the
1. See infra,
2. See infra, .Ck.i'
___ ckvs
3. See infra, p.