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the element ei*ha (lion) is preserved. Like S1ihabThn, this
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prince married his own sister and attained kingship. Although
this prince is the counterpart of S4habhu in our legend,
certain elements of the story associated with Vijaya have also
been included in the story of this prince in the Vaiypal
and the Tirik cala-pur4am. The Vaiypal states that this
prince, Naracifikarca, sent emissaries to Nadurai and sought
the hand of the Pya princess. The princess arrived in Ceylon
with a large retinue of people belonging to the various castes
as well as sixty maidens This reminds us of the wooing of the
Pya princess of Madhur by Vijaya and the arrival of
'craftsmen and a thousand families of the eighteen guilds'
as well as seven hundred maidens The Tiri-cala-puram,
though not containing all these details, states that the son
of Ukkiracii'iktuj married a Pa princess This element in the
story further strengthens our contention that the legend of
tIkkiraci1ra is clearly based on that of Vijaya.
It is interesting to note the position occupied
by this legend in the traditional history of the Tamils of
Ceylon as it is recorded in the Vaiypal, Xai1yalai,
1. !E. TV. 21-22.
2. Mv., 7:55-57.
3. 2• Tanipainakar-paa1am , v • 33.