Kannagi (English spelling) Kaṇṇaki
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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 |
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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】
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