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Viruttackiva, who were born as eagles, having obtained their 

 human forms by doing penance on its summit. The author 

 is said to have been a blind poet, named Kavi Vira Rdkava 

 Mutaliydr. 



27. Vedapuri Purdnam. 

 A poem treating of the shrines of Siva at Vedapuri, or 

 Tiruvedkalaru, near Chitambaram, supposed to have been 

 the joint production of the celebrated Chaiva devotees Appar 

 Chuntarar and Mdn ikkavdch akar. 



28. Kdncki Purdnam. 



A poem treating of the shrines of Siva and Parvati at 

 Kanchipuram : by the same author as that of No. 1. 



29. Palani Purdnam. 



A poem treating of the shrine of Skanda at Palani, in the 

 south of Coimbatore. 



30. Tiruppumna Purdnam. 

 A poem treating of the shrine of Siva at Tiruppuvanam, 

 near Chitambaram. 



81. Tiruppdchur Purdnam. 

 A poem treating of the shrine of Siva at Tiruppdchur, in 

 the Carnatic. 



32. Ckampukeswara Purdnam. 

 A poem treating of the shrine of Siva at Ckampukeswara, 

 or Tiruvdnaikkd, near Tricbinopoly. 



33. Tiruvaiyattu Purdnam. 

 A poem treating of the shrines of Siva at Tiruvaiydru, 

 near Tanjore. 



34. Kdlatti Purdnam. 

 A poem treating of the shrine of Siva at Kdlatti, or Kd- 

 Idstiri, a mountain and town in the Carnatic, where a black 

 elephant, as the name implies, is said to have worshipped 

 him. This work was undertaken by Karunaippirakdcha 



