தொல்தமிழர் அறிவியல் –107 : 36. ஆளிநன்மான்
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Aali / Yali – a ferocious animal
This mythological animal
is normally pictured as to have been made up of lion and elephant. In most of the
South Indian temples, Yalis are seen in the form of beautiful statues and
scultures. They are sculpted in the pillars of stone in the temples at
Rameswaram and also in Agoreswara temple at Ikkeri Karnataka State. As a result, Yali is
generally spoken of as a motif in Indian art and used in South Indian
sculpture.
If that animal is mere apocryphal, how is
it that it is graphically described as a ferocious beast capable of attacking
elephants and even tigers. Poem Ahananuru (381) says that Yali used to jump up
above the forehead of an elephant and tore its head before snatching the trunk.
Similar description is found in Ahananuru (252) also. Natrinai poem 205
reiterates the same information. Ceevaka chinthamani (2554) refers to the habit
of Yalis eating the trunks of elephants.
Shall we say that Yalis were once living
in dense forests like dinosaurs and gradually became extinct? If so, what one
early – poet had said has been simply copied down by succeeding poets.”
–Editor. -----தொடரும்….
தமிழில் படிக்க முடியவில்லையே ஐயா. கடைசி அடிகளில் கூறியதைப்போல ஒரு கவிஞர் கூறியதையே அடுத்தடுத்து வந்தோர் கூறி யாழியைப் பற்றிப் பதிந்திருக்கலாம்.
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