Netunceliyan I
| Netunceliyan I | |||||
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| Pandyan Ruler | |||||
| Predecessor | Unknown | ||||
| Successor | Pudappandiyan | ||||
| Spouse | Kopperundevi | ||||
| Issue | Pudappandiyan | ||||
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| House | Pandyan | ||||
| Religion | [citation needed] Jainism | ||||
| Pandya dynasty |
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| Early Pandya polity |
| Early Medieval Pandyas |
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Netunceliyan I[a] (Tamil: நெடுஞ்செழியன், was an early Pandyan king. He was titled the Āriyappaṭai-kaṭanta Neṭuñceḻiyaṉ. The title signifies his defeat of the "northern Aryans".[1]
Archaeological evidence
[edit | edit source]According to Mahadevan, the Mangulam inscription possibly mentions the names of workers of Neṭuñceḻiyaṉ I, a Pandyan king of the Sangam era, who made stone beds for Jain monks.[2]
In popular culture
[edit | edit source]Literature
[edit | edit source]Neṭuñceḻiyaṉ is the Pandyan king appearing in Ilango Adigal's Tamil epic Cilappatikaram. In the story, he dies of a broken heart along with his queen-consort Kopperundevi after Kannagi confronts him for the unjust execution of her husband Kovalan.[3][4]
He is also featured in Tamil-language textbooks, such as those released by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).
Film
[edit | edit source]| Year | Title | Language | Actor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 | Kannagi | Tamil | Unidentified |
| 1964 | Poompuhar | Tamil | O. A. K. Thevar |
| 1968 | Kodungallooramma | Malayalam | Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair
(credited as Pandya Rajavu) |
| 2016 | Paththini | Sinhala | Ravindra Randeniya |
See also
[edit | edit source]Notes
[edit | edit source]References
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Further reading
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