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{{Sangam literature}}
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'''Nallanthuvanar''' ([[Tamil language|Tamil]]: நல்லந்துவனார்), also known in full as '''Madurai Aasiriyar Nallanthuvanar''' ([[Tamil language|Tamil]]: மதுரையாசிரியர் நல்லந்துவனார்), was a poet of the [[Sangam period]], to whom 39 verses of the [[Sangam literature]] has been attributed, in addition to verse 18 of the [[Tiruvalluva Maalai]].<ref name="Vedanayagam_Urai">{{cite book
| last = Vedanayagam
| first = Rama
| title = திருவள்ளுவ மாலை மூலமும் எளிய உரை விளக்கமும் [Tiruvalluva Maalai: Moolamum Eliya Urai Vilakkamum]
| publisher = Manimekalai Prasuram
| edition = 1
| date = 2017
| location = Chennai
| pages = 30–31
| language = ta
}}</ref>

==Biography==
Nallanthuvanar was born as "Anthuvan" and was known for his erudition in [[Tamil language]] and [[astronomy]]. He was praised by poet Madurai Marudhan Ilanaganar.<ref name="SangaIlakkiyam_2">{{cite book
| last = Kowmareeshwari (Ed.)
| first = S.
| title = குறுந்தொகை, பரிபாடல், கலித்தொகை [Kurunthogai, Paripadal, Kalitthogai]
| publisher = Saradha Pathippagam
| series = Sanga Ilakkiyam
| volume = 2
| edition = 1
| date = August 2012
| location = Chennai
| pages = 244–247 (Book II)
| language = ta
}}</ref>

==Contribution to the Sangam literature==
Nallanthuvanar has written 39 Sangam verse, including 4 in [[Paripaadal]] (verses 6, 8, 11, and 20), 1 in [[Agananuru]] (verse 43), 1 in [[Natrinai]] (verse 88), and 33 in [[Kalithogai]], besides verse 18 of the [[Tiruvalluva Maalai]].<ref name="SangaIlakkiyam_2"/> In addition to composing the Kalithogai verses, he also compiled the work of Kalithogai and wrote its invocation verse.<ref name="SangaIlakkiyam_3">{{cite book
| last = Kowmareeshwari (Ed.)
| first = S.
| title = அகநானூறு, புறநானூறு [Agananuru, Purananuru]
| publisher = Saradha Pathippagam
| series = Sanga Ilakkiyam
| volume = 3
| edition = 1
| date = August 2012
| location = Chennai
| pages = 249 (Book I)
| language = ta
}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Tamils|India|Literature|Poetry}}
{{wikisourcelang|ta|திருவள்ளுவமாலை|Tiruvalluva Maalai}}
* [[Sangam literature]]
* [[List of Sangam poets]]
* [[Tiruvalluva Maalai]]

==Notes==
{{reflist}}

{{Tamil language}}

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[[Category:Tamil philosophy]]
[[Category:Tamil poets]]
[[Category:Sangam poets]]
[[Category:Tiruvalluva Maalai contributors]]

Madurai Aasiriyar Nallanthuvanar - Revision history

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