Kannagi (English spelling) Kaṇṇaki

Japanese: カンナギ(英語表記)Kaṇṇaki
Kannagi (English spelling) Kaṇṇaki
She is the protagonist of the representative Tamil (South Indian) epic poem Silapadiharam (by Ilangor Adihar, mid-5th century?), and the wife of the merchant Kovalan, whose fate is marked by a strange one. In ancient Tamil, she has been considered the epitome of a chaste and passionate woman, and is identified with the goddess Pattini. [Tokunaga Muneo]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
タミル(南インド)の代表的叙事詩《シラパディハーラム》(イランゴー・アディハル作,5世紀中葉?)の主人公で,数奇な運命をたどる商人コーバランの妻。古来タミルで,貞節で情熱的な女性の典型とされ,女神パッティニーと同一視されている。【徳永 宗雄】

出典 株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について 情報

<<:  Hallasan Mountain

>>:  Kanna River

Recommend

Tamura

Noh piece. Second piece. Five-school current piec...

shepherd

…English villain. He gained notoriety as a burgla...

Smoking gun - Insulation

… [China] In the common Chinese language (Mandari...

Junzo Ohashi

⇒ Ohashi Totsuan Source: Kodansha Digital Japanese...

Fake wound - Gishō

An animal pretends to be injured to deceive its p...

Wernicke-Mann position - Wernicke-Mann position

…The antagonistic muscle groups, the flexor muscl...

Zentner

… Although it was made in a completely different ...

Yamaguni no Soma

Located in the upper reaches of the Ooi River in K...

MKSA system of units - MKSA system of units

A system of units with the meter (m) for length, t...

Joan Naito

Year of death: 1626 Year of birth: Unknown. A Chri...

Medical Order - Ishitsuryo

To be precise, it is read as "Ishichiryo.&quo...

Zemes Mātė (English spelling) ZemesMate

… In addition to the gods of the heavens, there a...

Kashikido - Kyobokudo

…His first pen name was Kakei. His other pen name...

Inoue Kakugoro

Politician and businessman. Born in Fukuyama City...

The Chronicles of Lord Kanemi

This is the diary of Yoshida Kanemi (originally na...