The King sits on the “cimmaacanam” when he attend his duties and at that time his queen is present besides the ministers. According to Prof. Nättär and Dr. U. V. S. Aiyer he sits on the on the “Cimmaacanam” in the auditorium during the day time. To find the idea of Ilhangoo atikash, we have to analyse the term “Arimaan eenhthiya amalhi’’ and find out the time when KaNNaki met the king as narrated by the author. At the end of “Aaycciyar kuravai’’ Maathari left KaNNaki and went to the river Vaikai to take bath as usual. A lady, returned from the city, informed sad news that Koovalan was murdered by the King's men. They killed him because, he was considered as theif who stole the queen's anklet. When KaNNaki heard this she wept and cried out that her husband saw not at all a thief and that he went to the city for selling her own anklet. When the sad news reached KaNNaki, it was mid-day (18:16–17). She, being a lady and a stranger to the city without proper guidance, found her husband's dead body at Sunset. In this context Illiangoo arikalh says that the lady who saw her beautiful husband in the morning, saw his dead body in the cvening (19:35-38). = When she embraced her husband's dead body falling or the ground, the author says that she got the direction from her husband that she should remain. Immediately, the author says that she recollected her past dreams and decided to meet the King to find out the reason for Koovalan's murder. She stood up and went to the King's palace (19:72-75). From this it is clear that KaNNaki immediately went to the palace after sunset and that she met the King immediately since the king permitted her to meet him. She stood before 423
