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Kopperundevi

Queen consort of the Pandya king Nedunjeliyan; the anklet mistaken for the queen's stolen anklet is the false evidence used to convict and execute Kovalan

Introduction

Queen consort of the Pandya king Nedunjeliyan; the anklet mistaken for the queen's stolen anklet is the false evidence used to convict and execute Kovalan

Family

Textual Notes

Note: The Silappatikaram records that Kopperundevi died alongside Nedunjeliyan from grief/shock after Kannagi proved Kovalan's innocence and the king realized his fatal misjudgment.

This article records a figure from Sangam-era and early medieval Tamil literature and dynastic tradition — the Chera, Chola, Pandya and Pallava royal lines, the legendary Kadai Ezhu Vallalgal patrons, and the Silappatikaram/Manimekalai epic cycle. Chronology and genealogy in this corpus are drawn from praise-poetry and literary narrative rather than administrative record, and are recorded here as attested textual tradition rather than settled history; the Pallava kings in particular postdate the classical Sangam corpus by several centuries, as noted in their individual entries.

Sources

  1. A History of South India: From Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar (scholarly)
  2. Maduraikkanci (primary text)

This entry is independently written for myVamsam using the sources listed above. Where traditions differ, this entry identifies the relevant tradition rather than presenting one account as universally established fact.