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CONCLUSION
The study in the foregoing chapters bring out that the SSM of
anonymous authorship is a m膩h膩tmya glorifying the Sucindram temple
and many other important temples in its surrounds the work is composed
in the model of a dialogue between the S奴ta and the sages in the
Naimi艣a forest. The work consists of twenty four chapters which is written
in a metrical form and it is purported to be a part of Skandapur膩峁嘺. It
deals with many pur膩峁噄c legends beginning with the penance of Atri and
Anasuya, The SSM relates the story of Indra's purification to the
艢ucindram temple and relates many a pur膩峁噄c characters to the temple.
It is very difficult to fix the exact date of work composed on pur膩峁噄c
style. The present work, mentions the visit of 膧di艣ankarac膩rya to
艢ucindram. Hence it must have been written after 8th century A.D, the
date of 艢risankara. The oldest available manuscript of the work is dated
back to 1772 A.D. The colophon of the same mentions that it is a copy of
another manuscript. So the work is written at least a hundred years back
ie, the last quarter of 17th century A.D.
At present nothing is known about the authorship of this work. As
a rule, treatises written on the model of pur膩峁嘺s do not mention their
authorship. The work claims as authored by vedavy膩sa. The writer
prefers to remain anonymous and he believes that this will enhance the
authority of his work. As the work gives more importance to Saivisam
than Vai峁ａ箛avisam it could be surmised that the author was a saivite. The
author has quoted the vedic mantras and other mantras used by Br膩hmins
for their routine religious activities in Sucindram temple. Hence a
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