Panicker
Panicker (sometimes Panikkar) is an Indian title or last name.
Etymology
The Dravidian Etymological Dictionary, entry number 3884, considers the word Panikkan as a word of Dravidian etymology, deriving from the Dravidian root word Pani, meaning service, work etc. Panikkan could mean a person who commands as well as one who serves. The DED traces cognates of the word Panikkan in twelve Dravidian languages, besides Malayalam.[citation needed]
The Portuguese traveller Duarte Barbosa said that "They are the skillful men who teach this art Kalarippayattu, and they are called the Panickers: these are the captains in war. Commander of one hundred (100) captains. Each captain commands one hundred (100) soldiers."[1]
Spelling
Following the current conventions for romanising Malayalam without diacritic marks, the name would be "Panikkar". However, Panikker, Panicker, Panickar, Paniker, Panikar, Panniker, and Pannikavannar, and other variants are found.[citation needed]
Notable people
- Achyuta Panikkar, astronomer of Kerala
- Ayyappa Panikkar, Malayalam poet, critic
- Kadammanitta Ramakrishnan, Indian writer
- Madhava Panikkar, one of the Niranam poets
- Sankara Panikkar, one of the Niranam poets
- Rama Panikkar, one of the Niranam poets
- Kavalam Madhava Panikkar, Indian diplomat and writer
- Kavalam Narayan Panikkar, dramatist and poet
- K. N. Panikkar, Indian historian
- Raimon Panikkar, a Catalan scholar
- Arattupuzha Velayudha Panicker, social reformer of Travancore
- N. Kesava Panikkar, zoologist
- Ayyappa Paniker, poet
- Putumanna Panikkar, warrior of Valluvanad
- Arattapuzha Velayudha Panicker, warrior of the 19th century
- Cheerappanchira Panicker, kalari martial arts family
- Kavalam Narayana Panicker, Indian dramatist, theater director, and poet
- K. M. Panikkar, diplomat
- Muloor S. Padmanabha Panicker, poet
- P. K. Narayana Panicker, former General Secretary and President of the Nair Service Society
- P. N. Panicker, father of the Library Movement
- Geevarghese Panicker, priest and educationalist of Syro-Malankara Catholic Church, Kerala
- Rahul Alex Panicker, entrepreneur, president and co-founder of Embrace Innovations
- Arattupuzha Velayudha Panicker, forerunner of Narayana Guru
- Ambanattu Panicker, chief commander of the Chempakassery kingdom[2]
- Akathayyadi panicker ,Chief commandor of ilayidath swaroopam(Kottarakkara kingdom) .
- Lokanatha Panicker , Chief commandor of kayamkulam kingdom .
- Patheenatha Panicker , Son of Lokanatha Panicker, Chief commander of kayamkulam kingdom who defeated king Marathanda varma of travancore 3 times.
- Renji Panicker, journalist, script writer, producer, actor, and director
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