By far the latest of the three Tamil epics,
written perhaps in the late sixth century.
The story describes the adventures
of Shivaga, a man who excels at every
possible manly art, who with each
new challenge wins a new wife for
his harem but in the end renounces
everything to become a Jain monk.
Although the story clearly has a Jain
bias, the Shivaga-Sindamani paints a
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Shivaga-Sindamani
useful picture of contemporary southern Indian life.