Jeyaveera Cinkaiariyan
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Jeyaveera Cinkaiariyan (Tamil: செயவீர சிங்கையாரியன்) (died 1410??) was the Aryacakravarti king of the Jaffna Kingdom in modern day northern Sri Lanka, who had a military confrontation with a southern chief known as Alagakkonara. According to traditional sources, Alagkkonara defeated Jeyaveera's naval and land forces and assumed royal power in the southern Gampola Kingdom. Until this defeat all southern kings were paying tribute to the Aryachakravartis. He or his successor is credited with having left behind an inscription in the South Indian Hindu temple Rameswaram about renovating its sanctum sanctorum. It indicated the stones for the renovations were shipped from the city of Trincomalee in present day eastern Sri Lanka. This inscription was destroyed in 1866.[1][2]
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- Kunarasa, K (2003). The Jaffna Dynasty. Johor Bahru: Dynasty of Jaffna King’s Historical Society, 122. ISBN 9-55-8455-00-8.
- Gnanaprakasar, Swamy (2003). A Critical History of Jaffna. New Delhi: Asian Educational Services, 122. ISBN 81-206-1686-3.
| Preceded by Virodaya Cinkaiariyan |
Jaffna Kingdom 1380 –1410 |
Succeeded by Gunaveera Cinkaiariyan |
