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(Sembukattiya); r)the Paaiyar were settled in rapiya
(V!rap4iyana)
The above account of the var#iTiyam is in
many respects untrustworthy. In the first place, it has fla rantly
incorporated traditions from the Trincomalee chronicles and
claims them as those of the uuvaram temple. The renovation
of the temple by K4ak the invitation of different castes
from South India, the assi nment of different duties to them
and their settlement in several villages surroundin the temple,
the invitation of Tai- A-ptT from Nadurai and his
appointment as their chieftain are elements from the Trincomalee
chronicles. Secondly, some other elements h ye been borrowed
from the Jaffna chronicles. For instance, the invitation of
the BrThmaa lakaa Sivcriyr, the BrThinaa la y Vislaki
Anun and other learned BrThmaas from the Ca country is
found in the Ypp -vaipava-mlai in connection with the story
of Vij ya The list of castes and the places from which they
came is very similar to that found in the aiy and the Vaiyp1
in connection with the Dravidian settlements in other arts of
the Vanni It appears that such pera nalities as Kuaka
and the Brhmaia a ivcriyr have be en associated
1. vara-mmiyam, pp. 8-li.
2. Yv., pp. k,6.
3. See upra, p. 31i.