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		"I am a servitor of Maani, the wearer
		Of streaked bangles."
		
						- The Tiru-th-Tonda-th-Tokai.

1. 	She is the peerless queen of women, our deity, 
	The divine shoot of the Chola dynasty, Maani of Kanni Naadu,
	Who wears bangles, the goddess throned on the red Lotus,
	The divine woman who did away with the blame
	Of the Paandya race: by the grace of our lord--
	The Prince of Sanbai--, she abolished the evil
	That beset Tamil naadu and propagated
	They way of the Holy Ash of soaring effulgence;
	We hail the feet of those that hail her feet.			(4189)

2. 	How can we even articulate the glory of her who was
	Endowed with the tapas to get hailed in a glowing
	Hymn by the Prince of Pukali--the crest-jewel
	Of the earthly celestials--, who having quaffed
	Nectarean gnosis, poured forth holy words from his lips?
	She flourished for many years as the consort of Netumaaran
	Of flawless renown-- the monarch of the Paandya realm--,
	And his guide of Saivism,
	And with him reached through the path of Saivism
	The umbrage cast by the Lord’s feet; she is
	Blessed to abide aeviternally there.				(4190)



3. 	The unfailing divine Ponni fosters foison
	And thereby, the Chola dynasty; even like her 
	Beauteous Chola country, she--a glorious lamp--,
	Caused the southern realm of the Paandya to shine
	In splendour; hailing her pretty and roseate feet
	We proceed to narrate the glory of Nesar, the great one
	Of the renowned weavers’ clan, who poised
	Unswervingly in his righteous way, gave away
	To servitors clothing, keel and kovanam woven by him.		(4191)

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NOTES

Verse No.

	This woman-saint is the Saviour of Saivism.  Her greatness is ineffable.  Like a 
	magnet she drew to her presence the first of the Aachaaryas, namely St.  Sambandhar. 
	She is indeed an amsa of the Magna Mater.


			Here ends the Puranam of Mangkayarkkarasiyaar

Sincere thanks to Sri. T N Ramachandran of thanjavur, for permitting his English rendering of the holy text periyapurANam be published here.