Preface

மணிமேகலை முகப்பு Manimekalai Home

This translation of Manimekalai Canto 30 was done for my own understanding. However I hope that the line by line translation will help readers appreciate Aravana Adigals exposition of the Dhamma to Manimekalai. Aravana Adigal gives a summary of the Dhamma, follows up with details and finally finishes with advice on how to overcome the three defilements of mind - greed, hatred and delusion. Overcoming these leads one to freedom.

Many thanks to my father Thiru P. K. Ilango for the proof reading.

P. I. Arasu பா. இ. அரசு

Toronto டொரண்டோ

Sept. 2015 செப்டம்பர் 2015

arasutor@hotmail.com

சான்றுகள்/References:

Project Madurai (Source)

Tamil Virtual Academy (Commentary Source) The commentary for the last four chapters including chapter 30 was written by Vidwan Avvai Duraisamy Pillai 1902-1981 (The first 26 chapters were written by Navalar Pandithar N. M. Vengatasamy Nattar 1884-1944).

Alternate Commentary from this source

Manimekhalai in its historical setting Rao Bahadur S Krishnaswami Aiyangar

Manimekalai - Dancer with the Magic bowl - Alain Danielou & T.V. Gopala Iyer (Book available at the Toronto Public Libraries)

Imagining a Place for Buddhism: Literary Culture and Religious Community in Tamil-Speaking South India

By Anne E. Monius (Specially Notes to page 23 - #85)

Visuddhimagga — The Path of Purification Note: Large PDF file: The Classic Manual of Buddhist Doctrine and Meditation (Third revised online edition),

translated from the Pali by Bhikkhu Ñāṇamoli (2011; 853pp./2.7MB)

Ven Payutto - Dependent Origination: the Buddhist Law of Conditionality

Dictionaries:

Madras University - Tamil Lexicon

J. P. Fabricius's Tamil and English dictionary. 4th ed