'Siva and Avalokitezvara, pANinian tradition and dakSiNAmurti

[Sudalaimuthu Palaniappan]

In a message dated 12/24/98 10:43:37 AM Central Standard Time,
naga_ganesan at HOTMAIL.COM writes:

> Alternatively, Vajrapura, the DramiDapaTTaNam may refer to
>  KaveripaTTaNam at the mouth of Kaveri river. Buddhadatta
>  lived in KaveripaTTaNam wrote Pali texts, Vinayaviniccaya
>  and AbidammAvatAram.

This is probably the correct interpretation. In the Tamil tradition, paTTin2am
referred to a coastal town. Also, vajra has an association with indra.
KavirippUmpaTTin2am was said to have seven indra viharas as the following text
shows.

paNai aintu Ogkiya pAcilaip pOti
aNi tikaz nIzal aRavOn2 tirumozi
antara cArikaL aRaintan2ar cARRum
intira vikAram Ez uTan2 pOki               cil.10.11-14

Regards
S. Palaniappan