Manimekalai, Maṇimēkalai: 2 definitions

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Source: academic.ru: South Asian Arts

Maṇimēkalai (the heroine's name, “Girdle of Gems”), the second, “twin,” epic (the last part of which is missing), by Cātaṉār, continues the story of the Cilappatikāram; the heroine is Mātavi's daughter, MaîimKkalai, a dancer and courtesan like her mother. Maṇimēkalai is torn between her passion for a princely lover and her spiritual yearnings, the first encouraged by her grandmother, the second by her mother. She flees the attentions of the prince, and, while he pursues her, she attains magical powers: she changes forms; survives prison, lecherous villains, and other dangers; converts the Queen; and finally goes to Pukār, which is being destroyed by oceanic erosion, worships Kaṇṇaki, and arrives in Vañcī to work in famine relief and to perform “penance.” Unlike the Cilappatikāram, the Maṇimēkalai is partisan to Buddhism. It is known for its poetry and its lively discussions of religion and philosophy.

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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Maṇimēkalai (மணிமேகலை) [maṇi-mēkalai] noun < Maṇimekhalā.

1. Tutelary goddess guarding certain islands by Indra's command; இந்திரனேவலால் தீவங்கள் சிலவற்றைக் காவல் புரிந்துவந்த தேவதை. [inthiranevalal thivangal silavarraig kaval purinthuvantha thevathai.] (சிலப்பதிகாரம் அரும்பதவுரை [silappathigaram arumbathavurai] 15, 33.)

2. The daughter of Kōvalaṉ, the hero of the Cilappatikāram, by Mātavi; கோவலனுக்கு மாதவியிடம் பிறந்த மகள். [kovalanukku mathaviyidam pirantha magal.]

3. A Buddhistic epic poem on the renunciation of Maṇimēkalai, by Kūla-vāṇikaṉ Cāttaṉār, one of pañca-kāviyam, q.v.; கூலவாணிகன் சாத்தனார் இயற்றியதும் பஞ்சகாவியத்து ளொன்றாகியதும் மணிமேகலை மேகலையின் துறவைக் கூறுவதுமான பௌத்த நூல். [kulavanigan sathanar iyarriyathum panchagaviyathu lonragiyathum manimegalai megalaiyin thuravaig kuruvathumana pautha nul.]

4. Woman's jewelled girdle; இடையில் அணியும் ஆபரணவகை. வாரார வீக்கி மணிமேகலை திருத்தி [idaiyil aniyum aparanavagai. varara vikki manimegalai thiruthi] (நாலாயிர திவ்யப்பிரபந்தம் இயற். சிறிய திருமடல் [nalayira thivyappirapandam iyar. siriya thirumadal] 10).

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