Kapadapuram

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Kapadapuram is a legendary ancient city in Tamil tradition, traditionally regarded as the seat of the Second Sangam, an early Tamil literary academy.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Kapadapuram canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (28)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legendary city ⓘ
location in Tamil tradition ⓘ
mythical place ⓘ
associatedWith Sangam literature origin myths ⓘ
Second Sangam ⓘ
linked to: Tamil Sangams

Tamil Sangam legends ⓘ
linked to: Tamil Sangams
certaintyOfLocation uncertain ⓘ
connectedToEvent Second Sangam assembly ⓘ
linked to: Tamil Sangams
culture Tamil ⓘ
describedIn Tamil literary tradition ⓘ
hasRole capital of the Second Sangam in tradition ⓘ
center of early Tamil literary activity ⓘ
hasStatusInTradition scholarly and literary center ⓘ
historicity legendary ⓘ
not archaeologically verified ⓘ
knownFrom traditional Tamil historiography ⓘ
languageOfTradition Tamil ⓘ
locatedIn Tamilakam ⓘ
ancient Tamil country ⓘ
mentionedIn later Tamil commentarial literature ⓘ
mythologicalFunction explains origin and antiquity of Tamil literature ⓘ
partOf Tamil cultural sphere ⓘ
linked to: Tamil culture
predecessorOf Madurai (as later Sangam seat, in tradition) ⓘ
linked to: Madurai
regardedAs seat of the Second Sangam ⓘ
religiousCulturalContext South Indian Dravidian tradition ⓘ
significance symbol of early organized Tamil literary academies ⓘ
temporalContext ancient period ⓘ
typeOfLegend literary-historical legend ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Second Sangam → traditionalLocation → Kapadapuram ⓘ
subject linked to: Tamil Sangams