[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c8.1450.6 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.1450.6 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.1450.6 - **Language:** English ### [c8.1450.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1450.6) 4) Taccoli Otenan. Otenan was a powerful Nāyar (Kuruppu) born in Taccoli māṇikkattu house. His father was a nāyar chief well-known both as Puṭupañattuvāzunnor and Cinamvīṭṭil Taññal. His mother was Uppāṭṭi, daughter of a woman called Teyi. He had an elder brother called Komappan and a younger sister called Uṇṇiciruta (Uṇṇicira). Otenan’s father begot a son (Kaṇṭacceri Cāppan) of Mākkam, the maid-servant of Uppāṭṭi. Cāppan grew up to be a constant companion of Otenan. Komappan (Komakkuruppu) brother of Otenan was a peace-loving, sedate person. Otenan mastered all the tricks of Kalarippayattu at the gymnasium of Matilūr Gurukkal. Otenan had also mastered the use of the Urumi (a thin sword). He was such a master in the use of the Urumi that he could, by one sweep of it, graze the throat of a man without cutting and shedding a drop of blood. He was an expert in necromancy also. What could not be managed by the physical strength of Otenan, Cāppan used to manage with his intellectual powers. - [Previous: c8.1450.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1450.5) - [Next: c8.1451](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1451) - [Up: c8.1450](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1450) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1450.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1450.6) · Pramāṇa