113992242-Dravidian-Settlements-in-Ceylon-and-the-Beginnings-of-the-Kingdom-of-Jaffna-By-Karthigesu-Indrapala-Complete-Phd-Thesis-University-of-London-1965

Jafana-en-putalain as a variant of Jafaua-pata5 Battala of Ibm
Batuta, like the putalam in the name given by de Queyroz, may
be related to alama. However, it is not impossible that Ibm
Batuta met the ruler of Jaffna at a place which was not the
capital. The Portuguese sources inform us that at the time of
the arrival of the Portuguese in the island, that i. in the
first decade of the sixteenth century, the seat of the rulers
of Jaffna was Na11ttr Thus, we have Ci %Jri-n.kir, npip4una or
!Ilppaa and Na11x' being mentioned in the literary works and
inscriptions as the capital of the Jaffna klngdom. Whether theme
three names refer to the same city or not is a matter of some
controversy. Since Sinhalese literature contemporaneous with
the 4ryacaavartins refers to their capital by the name of
Tpipauna, Paranavitana is- inclined to presume that 'the
name Ci?'ical- or C1#i{-naker was restricted in its use to court
circles and literary men, as GagIsiripura for Gaip4a, for
instance, and. that 'Yipipaçuna' was the popular name' Natesan
has suggested that it is possible that C1?ir,i-nakar was re-named
as NaUtr in later centuri.st Rasansyagam and Gnaiiapragaear hav
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£i• 1. Y.de Queyroz, . ' p. 47.
2. Ibid., p. 47.
3. S.Paranavitana, 'Tb. 4rya Kingdom in North Ceylon', p. 201.
4. U.C.E.C., I, pt. 2, p. 695.