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aii2rir.ii pairuvarai varavalaittu) and r.queated theni to perform
service at the temple (ptcaai cey ini, nr ea karuai purint*)
It is not stated from where the Brli m.4as were invited. In any
case, on. cannot attach much importance to this legend. lourthly,
he takes a stray Terse in the Tamil-nvalar-caritai, makes his
own emendatiozi to a phrase in it and uses it in support of hi.
argument. Th. following ar. the first two lines of the verse
in which the verse, given by hi m as vaailriyar kThn and
emended as avriyar occurs:-
A I vitiy ,al Ariyar k3n
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E valar;l iranta
(1hZ Is this fate I (Cure.) th. day the valiant king
of the Iriyar died at the hands of the messengers
(of Death) ).
The phrase in question is actually al Iri yar k5n and not
a). iriar In the above verse, the word aa]. is preceded
by vitiy. When the initial vowel a ( ' 9') of aa1 combines with
the final vowel! () of yitiy, th. consonant v (ii) is
introduced for euphonic reasons, in accordance with Tamil
gr.mm*tical rules. The whole line would then read as
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1. 2 . TV. 1-4.
2. Tn " i2-nIvalar-caritai, ed. T.XannRuntarampillai, Mad. 1921, p. 52.