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'''Mōsi Keeranār''' ([[Tamil language|Tamil]]: [[:ta:மோசிகீரனார்|மோசிகீரனார்]]) was a poet of the [[Sangam period]], to whom 10 verses of the [[Sangam literature]] have been attributed, including verse 27 of the [[Tiruvalluva Maalai]].<ref name="Vedanayagam_Urai">{{cite book<br />
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| title = திருவள்ளுவ மாலை மூலமும் எளிய உரை விளக்கமும் [Tiruvalluva Maalai: Moolamum Eliya Urai Vilakkamum]<br />
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==Biography==<br />
Mosikeeranar hailed from [[Mosur]] in [[Tondaimandalam|Thondainadu]]. Keeran is his familial name.<ref name="Vedanayagam_Urai"/> Mosikeeranar was said to be the contemporary of the [[Chera dynasty|Chera ruler]] [[Perum Cheral Irumporai|Thagadoor Erindha Peruncheral Irumporai]].<ref name="SangaIlakkiyam_2">{{cite book<br />
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| title = குறுந்தொகை, பரிபாடல், கலித்தொகை [Kurunthogai, Paripadal, Kalithogai]<br />
| publisher = Saradha Pathippagam<br />
| series = Sanga Ilakkiyam<br />
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| date = August 2012<br />
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| jfm = }}</ref> He was known as the poet who mistakenly slept on the murasukattil (giant drum cot) of the ruler.<ref name="SangaIlakkiyam_2"/><!--Dear Fellow Editors. There were two poets with the name "Mosikeeranar". One source has it that the statement about "Murasukattil" is not attributed to the author of verse 27 of the Tiruvalluva Maalai, but to another poet with the same name who lived earlier. If this was confirmed, the 9 Sangam verses would be attributed to the older Mosikeeranar, for whom a new article needs to be created. We still need to refer to more sources. Have retained this temporarily as other editors can check this, too. We can retain/remove this line once it is confirmed by more sources. Thanks. User:Rasnaboy--><br />
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==Contribution to the Sangam literature==<br />
Mosikeeranar has written 9 verses, including 1 in [[Agananuru]] (verse 392), 2 in [[Kurunthogai]] (verses 59 and 84), 1 in [[Natrinai]], and 5 in [[Purananuru]], besides the one in [[Tiruvalluva Maalai]].<ref name="SangaIlakkiyam_2"/><br />
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==See also==<br />
{{Portal|Tamils|India|Literature|Poetry}}<br />
{{wikisourcelang|ta|திருவள்ளுவமாலை|Tiruvalluva Maalai}}<br />
* [[Sangam literature]]<br />
* [[List of Sangam poets]]<br />
* [[Tiruvalluva Maalai]]<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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[[Category:Tamil philosophy]]<br />
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