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character Siha and SihabThu of the Vijaya legend in the
personalities named Ukkiraci-ka, and VararacacitLka r s ectively.
Vararcaciñka combines the characters of SiiabAhu and Vijaya.
The matrimonial mission sent by him to the P4ya court and the
arrival of the Pi4ya princess with a large retinue, as
mentioned in the Vaiypal, are both based on the Vijaya
legend. The coming of the Vaiyars and the invitation of the
different castes from places like rui.kr in South India,
their settlement in parts of the Trincoinalee 4istrict and the
arrival of the chief called Ppla Vaimai are clearly based
on the story of Ki4akka,. The rest is an elaboration of
these main aspects possibly baeed,(other traditions and on
the conditions that obtained in the time of the writing of the
chronicle, that is, from the knowledge of the different castes
that were found in the Vanni districts. The later chronicle
a-vaipava-mlai attempts to reconcile the discre ancies
seen in the traditions of the Jaffna and Trincornalee chronicles.
The invitation of the Vaiyars is, therefore, attributed to
Kuak]a, and. the invitation of Tauiil settlers by the
blind minstrel Y]pi is included in the Ukkiracifikag story.
Thus it has only helped to confuse the traditions further.
Thirdly, we fin that some of the traditions in
the above accounts of the settlement in the Vanzii districts
are drawn from popular etymology o place names. Such names