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other having a leonine face and a human trunk, invaded Ceylon
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from North India in the Saka year 717 (A.D. 795) and conquered
half of the island. In the eighth year of his rule in Ceylon,
a Ca princess named rutappirava11i, who had an equine face
and was suffering frém a strange disease, came to Ceylon on a
pi1griine. On the advice of a sage, she bathed in the springs
of !rimalai, in Jaffna. As a result, she was cured of her illness
and her equine face became human. She tarried there for some
time and effected repairs to the temple at that site. One
night, when she was asleep in her camp outside the temple,
she was abducted by tTkkirac1t k who was enchanted by her beauty.
Ukkiraci)rs married her and ruled from Ceñkataka-nakari
(Senk4agala, i.e. Kandy). In time )1rutappiraval1i bore twin
children, a som named Nara-c( 1cs-rca( Skt. Nara-ai4ha-rja),
who had the tail of a lion, and a daughter named Capakvati
(Skt. Campakavat!). Naraci1rca married his own sister and
reigned from Ceñ.kajaka-nRknri after his father's death. It was
during his reign that a blind lutist or ______
came from the Ca country to Ceñk4 alre l.akiri, sang the praises
of the king and obtained the peninsula of Jaffna as his prize.
Thus be became the founder of the kingdom of Jaffna. The story
of Ukkiracifi1ca end8 abruptly with this event.
The character Ukkiracizka, (Skt. Ugra Si$ha) of
this legend, who is described here as a descendant of Si4.habhu,