him who was on “Arimaan eenhthiya amalhi’”. So according to the author, KaNNaki met the king in the earlier part of the night, and it was not the audience hall where the king would sit on the throne. But as I have shown already the commentators are of the opinion that the king was on his throne on the basis of their interpretation of the term, “Arimaan eenhthiya amalhi”. -
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The term amalhi in Cilappathikaaram occurs in ten times and wherever it is used, it denotes bed only (14-126, 1–64, 6- 170, 8–1 l 7, 22- 139 etc.) + Ilhangoo atikalh describes amalhi as the place where the Chera queen slept. There he says that there is a cot (Kartil) and on the middle portion of the cot there is amalhi and on that the queen is sleeping. From this, it is to be known that if one will fall, he will fall on the cot. This kind of amalhi was used by the Paan Tiya king fell from amalhi, he sell on the cot (Kat Til). The author further adds that his ministers and others assembled in a particular place in the next morning and waited for the King’s arrival. The place they assembled was the audience hall where he would sit on the throne. The place he died was his house and he was on his bed, where KaNNaki met him. To denote the throne Ilhangoo atikalh used the term “mutai mutai karril” (27:134) and not arimaan eenhthiya amalhi. So it is well established that KaNNaki met the PaaNtriya king during night and at that time his wife, the queen alone was by his side. Even in night when Paan’Tiyaa king was not expected to meet people, he met KaNNaki. He heard her grievances and he sacrificed his life to establish Justice. Some may try to 424
