Articles discussing Kannaki
Kodungallur Bhagavati
V. G. Nair · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1986
“Kannaki, probably at the age of eighteen was married to Kovalan, the young son of Machottan Chetty, a rich merchant of Poompukar.”
Silappadikäram: An Ancient Tamil Jain Classie By Cera Prince IIangovadigal
A Chakravarti Nayanar · Jinamanjari, 2006
Kodungallur Bhagavati
V. G. Nair · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1986
“The Silappadikaram is not a fiction like a modern novel but a marvellous historical narrative, a biography entirely based on real events and episodes which had actually happened in the life of Jaina couple called Kannaki and Kovalan of Poompukar in the capital city of the early Cola kingdom of Tamilnad.”
Cranganore