Kalingattuparani

Kalingattuparani
AuthorJayamkondar
LanguageTamil
GenreEpic poetry
Publishedafter 1110 CE
Publication placeIndia

Kalingattuparani (Tamil: கலிங்கத்துப்பரணி) is a 12th-century Tamil poem and a war song by Jayamkondar, celebrating the victory of Kulottunga Chola I over the Kalinga king, Anantavarman Chodaganga in the Chola-Kalinga war.[1][2] Parani is a type of literature that is written on a king (or a general) who kills a thousand elephants in a war. It is customary to name the poem on the one who was defeated.

  1. ^ Sri Varadarajaswami Temple, Kanchi: A Study of Its History, Art and Architecture, page 13
  2. ^ Tamil studies, Volume 1, page 65