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Udayana Kumara Kaviyam is one of the five minor epic poems of Sangham literature.[1] Though the name of the author is unknown, it is considered to be the work of a Jaina nun named Kandiyar. It is a Jaina treatise in 6 cantos with 369 stanzas. According to T.P. Meenakshi Sundaram the work "reads like the composition of a high school boy".[2] The poem is about the story of Udayana in the Perunkadai and hence is an adaptation of Peru-n-katai with smaller changes.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Division, Publications. INDIA: SOCIETY RELIGION AND LITERATURE IN ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL PERIODS. Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting. ISBN 978-81-230-2191-1.
  2. ↑ Venkataramaiah, K. M. (1996). A Handbook of Tamil Nadu. International School of Dravidian Linguistics. p. 102. ISBN 978-81-85692-20-3.
  3. ↑ Datta, Amaresh (1988). Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Devraj to Jyoti. Sahitya Akademi. p. 1195. ISBN 978-81-260-1194-0.
  4. ↑ Venkataramaiah, K. M. (1996). A Handbook of Tamil Nadu. International School of Dravidian Linguistics. p. 400. ISBN 978-81-85692-20-3.