Elelasingan (Tamil: ஏலேலசிங்கன்) (c. 2nd or 1st century BCE), also known as Elelasingan Chettiyar, Elela and Alara, was a Tamil merchant who lived in Mylapore, by the shores of the Pallava Kingdom, trading between India and Ceylon. He is best known as the contemporary, friend, and disciple of the celebrated Tamil poet and philosopher Valluvar.[1]
Elelasingan (Tamil: ஏலேலசிங்கன்) (c. 2nd or 1st century BCE), also known as Elelasingan Chettiyar, Elela and Alara, was a Tamil merchant who lived in...
and in memory of his presence in Vyasarpadi. Vysarpadi was named so by Elelasingan, a friend and disciple of Valluvar, around the 1st century BCE. He named...
Notable work Kural Spouse Vasuki School Indian philosophy Notable students Elelasingan Language Old Tamil Main interests Ethics ahimsa justice virtue politics...
believed to have married to Vasuki and had a friend and a disciple named Elelasingan. In a manner similar to speculations of the author's biography, there...
v t e Tirukkural History Valluvar (author) Elelasingan (disciple) Vasuki (wife) Dating the work Other names Parts Book of Aram Book of Porul Book of Inbam...
v t e Tirukkural History Valluvar (author) Elelasingan (disciple) Vasuki (wife) Dating the work Other names Parts Book of Aram Book of Porul Book of Inbam...
v t e Tirukkural History Valluvar (author) Elelasingan (disciple) Vasuki (wife) Dating the work Other names Parts Book of Aram Book of Porul Book of Inbam...
v t e Tirukkural History Valluvar (author) Elelasingan (disciple) Vasuki (wife) Dating the work Other names Parts Book of Aram Book of Porul Book of Inbam...
v t e Tirukkural History Valluvar (author) Elelasingan (disciple) Vasuki (wife) Dating the work Other names Parts Book of Aram Book of Porul Book of Inbam...
v t e Tirukkural History Valluvar (author) Elelasingan (disciple) Vasuki (wife) Dating the work Other names Parts Book of Aram Book of Porul Book of Inbam...
v t e Tirukkural History Valluvar (author) Elelasingan (disciple) Vasuki (wife) Dating the work Other names Parts Book of Aram Book of Porul Book of Inbam...
v t e Tirukkural History Valluvar (author) Elelasingan (disciple) Vasuki (wife) Dating the work Other names Parts Book of Aram Book of Porul Book of Inbam...
v t e Tirukkural History Valluvar (author) Elelasingan (disciple) Vasuki (wife) Dating the work Other names Parts Book of Aram Book of Porul Book of Inbam...
v t e Tirukkural History Valluvar (author) Elelasingan (disciple) Vasuki (wife) Dating the work Other names Parts Book of Aram Book of Porul Book of Inbam...
v t e Tirukkural History Valluvar (author) Elelasingan (disciple) Vasuki (wife) Dating the work Other names Parts Book of Aram Book of Porul Book of Inbam...
v t e Tirukkural History Valluvar (author) Elelasingan (disciple) Vasuki (wife) Dating the work Other names Parts Book of Aram Book of Porul Book of Inbam...
v t e Tirukkural History Valluvar (author) Elelasingan (disciple) Vasuki (wife) Dating the work Other names Parts Book of Aram Book of Porul Book of Inbam...
v t e Tirukkural History Valluvar (author) Elelasingan (disciple) Vasuki (wife) Dating the work Other names Parts Book of Aram Book of Porul Book of Inbam...
v t e Tirukkural History Valluvar (author) Elelasingan (disciple) Vasuki (wife) Dating the work Other names Parts Book of Aram Book of Porul Book of Inbam...
v t e Tirukkural History Valluvar (author) Elelasingan (disciple) Vasuki (wife) Dating the work Other names Parts Book of Aram Book of Porul Book of Inbam...
v t e Tirukkural History Valluvar (author) Elelasingan (disciple) Vasuki (wife) Dating the work Other names Parts Book of Aram Book of Porul Book of Inbam...
v t e Tirukkural History Valluvar (author) Elelasingan (disciple) Vasuki (wife) Dating the work Other names Parts Book of Aram Book of Porul Book of Inbam...
v t e Tirukkural History Valluvar (author) Elelasingan (disciple) Vasuki (wife) Dating the work Other names Parts Book of Aram Book of Porul Book of Inbam...
v t e Tirukkural History Valluvar (author) Elelasingan (disciple) Vasuki (wife) Dating the work Other names Parts Book of Aram Book of Porul Book of Inbam...
v t e Tirukkural History Valluvar (author) Elelasingan (disciple) Vasuki (wife) Dating the work Other names Parts Book of Aram Book of Porul Book of Inbam...
v t e Tirukkural History Valluvar (author) Elelasingan (disciple) Vasuki (wife) Dating the work Other names Parts Book of Aram Book of Porul Book of Inbam...
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