LWJ’s sword Bichen ‘is likely an abbreviation for the term 躲避红尘 (duǒ bì hóng chén), which can be translated as such: 躲避: shunning or hiding away from 红尘 (worldly affairs which is a buddhist teaching.) ( ) (abbrev. Here's some research (?? for CN insight + citations)ġ. As a South Asian person, and history buff, it is so interesting to see how Buddhism, which originated from India, migrated, flourished & changed in the context of China. The other sons of Raja used this opportunity to loot the riches from treasury,took away precious jewels,crowns & many other treasures.Ministers unaware of this decided to sworn in young prince as the Raja.They were shocked when the treasury was opened.The crown was not there.Įnough Gems were not there to make a new crown.With great worry, ministers along with prince SelvaPandyan decided to go to Alayam of Bhagwan Shiva & Meenakshi devi to guide them on next they nearing Alayam,a charming jewel trader walked towards them. The sudden demise of Raja brought sorrow to family& people. Veerapandian was happily ruling the Pandya kingdom.Apart from the queen,he had many wives.Though he had children born to him from his other wives,but the queen was not blessed with a child.Queen was sad due to this & urged Veera pandian to do Shiva puja & Vrathams along with her.Īfter following several rituals& Vrathams they were blessed with a son.He named him as SelvaPandyan & taught him vedas & sastras.Once when veerapandian went to forest for hunting,he was attacked by a tiger & was killed. Once a poet from Chola kingdom visited the court of Rajasekara Pandyan.After paying tributes,the poet said that his Raja was master of 64 arts,but pandyan knew only 63.Pandyan felt insulted,but realised that it might be God's will to make him learn Natyam. During that time,Chola kingdom was ruled by Karikala Cholan.He was a great king&he patronized all art forms.He has learnt all 64 art forms. He considered it will be a disrespect to practice due to his bhakti towards Nataraja/Bhagwan shiva. He was very devoted towards Chokkanathar & Velliyambalam Nataraja who is Supreme master of Dance/Bharatam Earlier,Bhagwan Shiva performed Sadhya thadavam as per requests of Pathajali & Vyaghrapada Rishis after Wedding as the convyed to Sundareswarar that they usually have food only after seeing the dance of Thillai see this story ?Īfter Vikrama Pandyan, his son Rajasekara Pandyan ruled Madurai Kingdom.Rajsekaran mastered various art forms.Out of 64 art form,except for Natyam- he mastered 63 art forms.