Singai Pararasasegaram

Singai Pararasasegaram (Tamil: சிங்கைப் பரராசசேகரன்) (died 1519), apart from Cankili I (1519–1561), was one of the most well known kings of the later Aryacakravarti kings of the Jaffna kingdom. He was also Cankili's father.

Biography

Singai Pararajaseakaram was the first-born son of Kanakasooriya Singaiariyan who lost and then regained the Jaffna kingdom from the rival Kotte kingdom. Singai Pararajasekaram is also the first in line not to use the title Singaiariyan as part of the regnal name. After him all kings had the shorter version Singai as part of the regnal name. After regaining the kingdom, kings such as Singai Pararajasekaram concentrated in developing the core area of the kingdom rather than territorial expansion.

Singai Pararajasekarm had three wives. One Rasaletchumi Ammal, Valliammai and Mangathammal. He had eight children through these three wives.^[1]^[2]

Rule

He was known for directing his energies towards consolidating the Kingdom's eonomic potential by maximising revenue from pearls and elephant exports and land revenue. He is also recognized for his aggressive and violent nature. The kingdom became less feudal than most of other Sri Lanka kingdoms of the same period. Important local Tamil literature was produced and Hindu temples were built during this period including an academy for language advancement.^[1]^[2]

Notes

1 2 Kunarasa K, The Jaffna Dynasty p.73-77
1 2 Nadarajan V, History of Ceylon Tamils p.83-84

References

Nadarajan, Vasantha (1999). History of Ceylon Tamils. Toronto: Vasantham. p. 146.
Kunarasa, K (2003). The Jaffna Dynasty. Johor Bahru: Dynasty of Jaffna King’s Historical Society. p. 122. ISBN 955-8455-00-8.

Preceded by Kanakasooriya Singaiariyan	Jaffna Kingdom 1478 –1519	Succeeded by Cankili I

Monarchs of the Jaffna kingdom

Kalinga (1215–55)	Kalinga Magha

Tambralinga (1255–62)	Chandrabhanu

Aryacakravarti dynasty (1262–1450)	Kulasekara Cinkaiariyan (1262–84) Kulotunga Cinkaiariyan (1284–92) Vickrama Cinkaiariyan (1292–1302) Varodaya Cinkaiariyan (1302–25) Martanda Cinkaiariyan (1325–47) Gunabhooshana Cinkaiariyan (1347–?) Virodaya Cinkaiariyan (?–1380) Jeyaveera Cinkaiariyan (1380–1410) Gunaveera Cinkaiariyan (1410–40) Kanakasooriya Cinkaiariyan (1440–50)

House of Siri Sanga Bo (1450–67)	Bhuvanekabahu VI

Aryacakravarti dynasty (1467–1619)	Kanakasooriya Cinkaiariyan (1467–78) Singai Pararasasegaram (1478–1519) Cankili I (1519–61) Puviraja Pandaram (1561–1665) Periyapillai (1565–82) Puviraja Pandaram (1582–91) Ethirimana Cinkam (1591–1616) Cankili II (1617–19)

Portuguese puppet (1619–24)	Don Constantine (1619–24)

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