Yalpana Vaipava Malai

Yalpana Vaipava Malai  or  YVM  (Tamil:  யாழ்ப்பாண வைபவமாலை; Sinhala: යාල්පාන වෛපව මාලේයි)  is a Tamil literary work written by, as stated in the book preface, a person named Mayilvakanan at the request of Dutch governor Maccara (Brito, 1879). It is considered the main source [the only work professing to be a chronicle (Paranavitana, 1961)] of information available for the history of the Arya kings in Jaffna. The name Maccara which is mentioned in the book preface is Jan Maccara, the governor of the Dutch possessions of Ceylon in 1736 (Brito, 1879). It is believed that the author of this book lived about that time. However, the bold language used in describing the Dutch policy as well as the prophecies in YVM show some relations to the English and therefore, it has been shaped/interpolated in the 19th century (Brito, 1879, Paranavitana, 1961).  Content According to the author's preface, some early works have been used in the book compilation. It begins with an account of Rakshasas follo…