Yalpana Vaipava Malai (Wikipedia summary with source references)

Originally Mayil Vaakanaar (1736); English trans. C. Brito · Various; Wikipedia entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yalpana_Vaipava_Malai

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The *Yalpana Vaipava Malai* ("The History of the Kingdom of Jaffna"), composed in Tamil by court poet Mayil Vaakanaar in 1736 under Dutch Governor Jan Maccara, was held at the Jaffna Public Library as the only extant palm-leaf original. Its destruction represents the loss of a unique primary source on early-medieval Tamil kingship in northern Sri Lanka. The Wikipedia entry, drawing on Brito's 1879 English translation and scholarly apparatus, is the most accessible stable reference for this specific item.

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