Manimekalai or Maṇimekalai (Tamil: மணிமேகலை), written by the Tamil Buddhist poet Seethalai Saathanar is one of the five Great Epics according to later Tamil literary tradition, the others being Silappatikaram, Civaka Cintamani, Valayapathi and Kundalakesi. Manimekalai is a poem in 30 cantos. Its story is a sequel to Silapathikaram or Sīlappadhikāram and tells the story of the conversion to Buddhism of the daughter of Kovalan and Madhavi.
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