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battle of the time of Kulaflhara for, as we know from the
Cflava4sa , it was in the latter's reign that an Iryacakravartin
led some of the PIya campaigna The allusion in the Cekaricac!kara-nl!lai
seems to be a genuine tradition preserved in the
courts of the iryaca1cravartins of Jaffna. In the light of afl.
these considerations, the conclusion that the Iryacakravartins
of Jaffua were descended from those of Panmad becomes irresistible.
In his paper on the kingdom of northesin Ceylon,
Paranavitana has made some interesting comments on the origin
of the Iryacakravartins of Pinmad. Arguing on the basis that
the word 'Ariya (Irya) has a distinct connotation in T2nil
literature', namely that 'it denotes the language, literature
and people of North India, as distinct from those of the
Dravidian lands', he baa euggest.d a North Indian origin for
the Iryacakravartina Be argues his case as follows: -
Even if, as stated in the Cekarca-cTkara-nilai and
reported by de Queyroz, the rulers of Jafina were called
1riyaa due to descent from a Bralimin of .ni!varam, it
is not the fact of this ancestor being a Brahain, but
of his belonging to a particular class of Brnhmlnn,
namely Iriya Brahins, that would have conferred on
them the titi. of 4riya. For there are still at
1. Cv., 9O:k3-k7
2. S.Paranavitana, 'The 4rya Ifngdom in North Ceylon', p. 2O+.