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Ilango Adigal

Tamil Jain monk and author of Cilappatikaram
Person Human Q3032538

Facts

10 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[8]
Date of birth
200
Occupation
writer, poet
Field of work
epic poem[5]
Religion or worldview
Hinduism[7]
Notable work
Silappatikaram[6]
Father
Nedum Cheralathan[4]
Languages spoken, written or signed
Tamil[9]
Copyright status as a creator
copyrights on works have expired[10]
🏷️ Also known as
en Ilango Adigal en Iḷaṅkõ Aṭikaḷ en Ivangovadigal hi आदिगल hi इलंगो hi इलांगो अडिगल ko 일랑고 아디갈 pl Ilangowadigal uk Іланго Абігал
🔖 Identifiers · 29
ISNI
0000000116414863
VIAF cluster ID
51729611
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n79079453
GND ID
120584417
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
MarinaBeach IlangoAdigal statue 2Feb2013.jpg ↗
BAnQ authority ID
0000059892
BIBSYS ID
90693638
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12164906c
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp01328272
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf12076437
CiNii Research ID
1980867909746803091
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
120584417
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Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Ilanko-Atikal, biography/Prince-Ilanko-Adikal
Europeana entity
agent/base/75135
FAST ID
39377
Freebase ID
/m/0719s_
IdRef ID
030180031
J9U entity ID
987007594612605171
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
120584417
LibriVox author ID
8437
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA0463344X
NUKAT ID
n2014148695
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9813707688405606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX4439211
National Virtual Library of India ID
612829
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
084287527
RERO ID (legacy)
A000092792
RILM ID
2746
SHARE Catalogue author ID
647165

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Occupation 2
writer, poet
Father 1
Nedum Cheralathan
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
Tamil
Notable work 1
Silappatikaram
Parent of 1
Nedum Cheralathan
Religion or worldview 1
Hinduism
Sex or gender 1
male
Works by author 1
Silappatikaram
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Summary

Ilango Adigal was born in 200[1]. He has worked as a writer[2] and poet[3].

Why It Matters

Works attributed to Ilango Adigal include Silappatikaram[11], a literary work[12].

FAQs

Who were Ilango Adigal's parents?

Ilango Adigal's father was Nedum Cheralathan[4].

What did Ilango Adigal do for work?

Ilango Adigal worked as a writer[2] and poet[3].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [8] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [12] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. 23w ago · Clintacc · 2026-06-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → Tamil Jain monk and author of Cilappatikaram
    Field of work → epic poem
    "Created claim: Field of work: epic poem"
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