முதற் பதிப்பு-1974, இரண்டாம் பதிப்பு - நவம்பர் 1978 அண்ணுமலைப் பல்கல்ைக் கழகவெளியீடு. Thiru V, KANAKASABAL PILLAi Ογη in his MANIMEKALAI “THE GREAT TWIN EPICS” The work is specially valuable as a record of the extent to which Buddhism had spread in Southern India, Ceylon and Sumatra in the early part of the Second century, and its value is enhanced by the fact that it is much older than the Chinese works of Fa-Hian and Hwen Thsang, and the Pali Chroniclers Dipawansa and Mahavanso of Ceylon. It is, I belive, the earliest record extent in any language, which the exception of Buddhist sacred texts, which furnishes information regarding the objects of worships, the peculiar beliefs and superstitions, and the abstruse philosophy of the followers of Buddha. We learn from the poem that Buddhist monks were numerous in Tamil land, and that some of them at least claimed wonderful powers such as the ability to know the past and foretell the future; and that they believed in charms and incantations, and in the existence of spirits which could communicate with human beings. (pp. 39 & 40) மெட்ரோ பிரிண்டர்ஸ் அண்டு பேக்கேஜிங் இன்டஸ்டிரி சென்னை-600 029,
