The Colas c34.9

c34.9

It seems probable that two other *mahākāvyas*, the *Vaḷaiyāpati* and the *Kuṇḍalakēśi*, known so far only by fragments cited in other works, were both composed more or less about the same time as the *Śindāmaṇi*. The *Kuṇḍalakēśi*, it may be noted, is one of the few known Buddhist Tamil works besides the *Maṇimēkalai*.