Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.1450.4

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1) Puṭṭūram Vīṭu. (Puṭṭūram House). Āromal Cekavar, Āṭṭummaṇamel Uṇṇiyārcca and Āromaluṇṇi were the star heroes of the house. Uṇṇiyārcca was the sister of Āromalcekavar and mother of Āromaluṇṇi whose father was Kaṇṇappan. It may be understood from the song ‘puṭṭiriyaṅkam’ that Āromalcekavar was born to Kaṇṇappan when he was fortytwo years old. One or two songs about Āromalcekavar are extant, one about his playing a game of dice and the other about his fighting the ‘puṭṭiriyaṅkam’. As for the game of dice, Āromalcekavar went to his uncle at Mikāvil Mikacceriviṭṭil—an expert in the game of dice—to study the art. There he spent a night with his uncle’s daughter Tumpolārcca, who became pregnant by him. Though people ridiculed her at this development Āromal cekavar took her as his wife when she had delivered his child. Āromal Cekavar had also another wife called Kuñcuṇṇi of Ālattūr house. With regard to the puṭṭiriyaṅkam, Āromar as the Cekavar (Sevakan, one who served) of Uṇṇikkoṇār, once went to fight with Ariññoṭar. Candu, his father’s nephew, accompanied him as his assistant. Candu hated Āromar from the day the latter stood in his way of marrying Uṇṇiyārcca. Ariññoṭar brought over to his side Candu, assistant of Āromar. Āromar killed Ariññoṭar in combat and on his way home he slept lying on the lap of Candu weary after the combat when the treacherous Candu thrust heated handle of the lamp into a wound in the stomach of Āromar, who managed to reach home only to die there.