Removing The Sheen From Buddhism

[Husky]

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Can see history rewriting go on before your eyes. You can even see Hindu characters being rewritten first as Buddhist then Jain (or vice-versa) and back to Jain/Buddhist. And this is intended to become received wisdom (the 'History Archive' of the future, as Wackypedia is intended to be).





"Senguttuvan" page of Wacky. (Ilango Adigal - who authored Cilappadikaaram - is Cenguttuvan's brother).





1. Wacky history Diff between 23 Nov 2010 and 17 Feb 2011:

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?titl...=398443092

'''King Senguttuvan''' was a [[Chera dynasty|Chera]] king who ruled in Ancient India during the early centuries of the Common Era. He is famous for the legends surrounding [[Kannagi]], the heroine of the [[Tamil language|Tamil]] epic ''[[Silapathikaram]]''. According to legends, [[Ilango Adigal]], a Hindu, pontiff and the author of ''Silapathikaram'' was king Senguttuvan's younger brother, but renounced the throne to become saint.

He [color="#800080"](reference is back to Cenguttuvan)[/color] ruled for 55 years dated to c. 110 - 165 CE (according to the ''Pathirruppaththu'' ). He [color="#800080"](Cenguttuvan)[/color] was believed to be a Hindu.

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'''King Senguttuvan''' was a [[Chera dynasty|Chera]] king who ruled in Ancient India during the early centuries of the Common Era. He is famous for the legends surrounding [[Kannagi]], the heroine of the [[Tamil language|Tamil]] epic ''[[Silapathikaram]]''. According to legends, [[Ilango Adigal]], a [[Jain]] monk and the author of ''Silapathikaram'' was king Senguttuvan's younger brother, but renounced the throne to become saint.

From the same wacky history Diff as above (btw 23 Nov 2010 and 17 Feb 2011):

Senguttuvan's interest must have been in promoting trade with China. The Chera kingdom was already having trade with Syria, Egypt, Greece and Rome. Senguttuvan was a devout Shaiva (his brother, the author of the classic, was also a Hindu). Ayyavole inscriptions bear this out, as does the famous Polonnaruva inscription of Sri Lanka in the time of Vijayabahu (ca.1120) in which the Tamil idangai velaikkarar are referred to in association with the trade organization of the valanjiyar.

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Senguttuvan's interest must have been in promoting trade with China. The Chera kingdom was already having trade with Syria, Egypt, Greece and Rome. Senguttuvan was a devout Shaiva . Ayyavole inscriptions bear this out, as does the famous Polonnaruva inscription of Sri Lanka in the time of Vijayabahu (ca. 1120) in which the Tamil idangai velaikkarar are referred to in association with the trade organization of the valanjiyar.

In particular, it is a more recent Diff - one between 24 January 2011 and 17 February 2011 - that turns the ref to Ilango from Hindu to Jain - courtesy one "Nijgoykar":



http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?titl...=409737218

[[Ilango Adigal]], a Hindu, pontiff and the author of ''Silapathikaram'' was king Senguttuvan's younger brother, but renounced the throne to become saint.

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[[Ilango Adigal]], a [[Jain]] monk and the author of ''Silapathikaram'' was king Senguttuvan's younger brother, but renounced the throne to become saint.

But the above may just be a transfer from the Ilango Adigal wacky page, so one need not observe that "Nijgoykar" who made the change doesn't even have a Tamizh name (<- may therefore not know Cilappadikaaram - relevant in the context of the significant change made).





2. [color="#0000FF"]Far more exciting however[/color], is a change to the same wacky page that took place between 17 Feb 2011 and 7 March 2011. This is the *good* bit <img src='http://www.india-forum.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />



Ilango - who was changed to a Jain monk by Nijgoykar above - was turned into just "a monk", presumably so that his brother (the Hindu Raja Cenguttuvan) could now be introduced as a Buddhist:

'''King Senguttuvan''' was a [[Chera dynasty|Chera]] king who ruled in Ancient India during the early centuries of the Common Era. He is famous for the legends surrounding [[Kannagi]], the heroine of the [[Tamil language|Tamil]] epic ''[[Silapathikaram]]''. According to legends, [[Ilango Adigal]], a [[Jain]] monk and the author of ''Silapathikaram'' was king Senguttuvan's younger brother, but renounced the throne to become saint.

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'''King Senguttuvan''' was a [[Chera dynasty|Chera]] king who ruled in Ancient south India during the early centuries of the Common Era. He is famous for the legends surrounding [[Kannagi]], the heroine of the legendary [[Tamil language|Tamil]] epic ''[[Silapathikaram]]''. According to legends, [[Ilango Adigal]], a monk and the author of ''Silapathikaram'' was king Senguttuvan's younger brother, but renounced the throne to become saint. [color="#0000FF"]Senguttuvan was a Buddhist[/color], and holds an important position in the expansion and consolidation of the ancient Chera kingdom. Senguttuvan moved his capital from present day Karur to Thiruvanchikkulam on the Malabar coast. Pliny, the Roman historian, writes that his seaport, [color="#0000FF"]Muziris (Cranganore),[/color] ‘abounds in ships’. The name of the place [[Kuttanad]] (''the land of Kuttuvan'') derives from King Senguttuvan. Senguttuvan ruled for 55 years dated to c. 110-165 CE (according to the ''Pathirruppaththu'' ) or c. 241-296 CE.

(In the next post, I'll try get back to the "Muziris (Cranganore)" bit that's highlighted in blue above.)





3. Of course, Ilango Adigal was himself also donated to Buddhism at one point. This could be seen in the Cilappadikaaram wacky page, it was something that was still in effect sometime in 2008. (When exactly it got changed to "Jain" in place of "Buddhist" I don't know.) -



http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?titl...=220099643

(It's not a change made in the diff, but is part of the main text of this period. So can find the following text in the main body of the link)

Silappatikaram (Tamil: சிலப்பதிகாரம் ; Template:IPA2),[1] is one of the five great epics of ancient Tamil Literature. The poet prince Ilango Adigal, a Buddhist monk, is credited with this work

Curious, the dilly-dallying between Buddhism and Jainism, with no one ever being sure which of the two religions these historical personages actually are supposed to be. Those stating it as par for the course clearly don't possess any evidence themselves that allows them to distinguish between the two - seeing as how people would have you believe these historical personages are to be claimed for both religions.

And it's also noticeable that the one religion that is absolutely NOT allowed to claim Adigal and Cenguttuvan is Hindu religion (despite both attending a yagnya as per Cilappadikaaram itself - see an earlier post): for reasons related to what IF member Pandyan briefly alluded to in his statement x-posted in post 137 above.