senguttuvanとは 意味・読み方・使い方

King Senguttuvan was the most famous and powerful Chera king who ruled in Ancient south India during the early centuries of the Common Era. He is famous for the legends surrounding Kannagi, the heroine of the legendary Tamil epic Silapathikaram. According to legends, Ilango Adigal, a Jain monk and the author of Silapathikaram was king Senguttuvan's younger brother, but renounced the throne to become saint. Senguttuvan was a Hindu, and holds an important position in the expansion and consolidation of the ancient Chera kingdom. Senguttuvan moved his capital from present day Karur to Thiruvanchikkulam on the Malabar coast. Pliny, the Roman historian, writes that his seaport, Muziris (Cranganore), ‘abounds in ships’. Senguttuvan ruled for 55 years dated to c. 110-165 CE (according to the Pathirruppaththu ) or c. 241-296 CE.