Ilango Adigal
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Ilango Adigal(Tamil:இளங்கோ அடிகள்) was a Tamil poet and a Jain monk of the 2nd century AD/CE, who was instrumental in the creation of Silappathikaram, one of the five great epics of Tamil literature. His name is a pseudonym meaning 'Venerable Prince'. As per literary conventions at that time, he was not allowed to disclose his real name.[citation needed]
Prince Ilango was the brother of Chera king Cheran Chenguttuvan was born in the Chera dynasty, the west part of Tamilakam, (in modern day Kerala), in South India. According to a legend, an astrologer predicted that he would become the ruler of the land and to obviate such a happening, especially when his elder brother the rightful heir was alive, the prince became a Jain monk taking the name of Ilango Adigal, Adigal indicating that he had become a Jain monk.[1]
He is reputed to be the brother of Chera king Senguttuvan, although there is no evidence in the Sangam poetries that the famous king had a brother.[2] There are also claims that Ilango Adigal was a contemporary of Sattanar, the author of Manimekalai.[3] The prologues of each of these books tell us that each were read out to the author of the other [Silappatikaram, pathigam 90].
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