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'''Perunchithiranār''' ([[Tamil language|Tamil]]: பெருஞ்சித்திரனார்) was a poet of the [[Sangam period]], to whom 11 verses of the [[Sangam literature]] have been attributed, including verse 32 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 />
| publisher = Manimekalai Prasuram<br />
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| date = 2017<br />
| location = Chennai<br />
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==Biography==<br />
Perunchithiranar brought to light the charity and generous heart of ruler Kumanan. He is known for his courage in the face of his abject poverty. In fact, he exquisitely expressed in poetry the sufferings of his own mother, wife and children because of destitution. Despite his penurious state, he refused the munificence bestowed on him by king Ilaveliman. Perunchithiranar is also praised for his feminist notions, who treated his wife with equity.<ref name="SangaIlakkiyam_3">{{cite book<br />
| last = Kowmareeshwari (Ed.)<br />
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| title = அகநானூறு, புறநானூறு [Agananuru, Purananuru]<br />
| publisher = Saradha Pathippagam<br />
| series = Sanga Ilakkiyam<br />
| volume = 3<br />
| edition = 1<br />
| date = August 2012<br />
| location = Chennai<br />
| pages = 412<br />
| language = Tamil<br />
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==Contribution to the Sangam literature==<br />
Perunchithiranar has written 11 Sangam verses, including 10 in [[Purananuru]] (verses 158–163, 207, 208, 237, 238) and 1 in [[Tiruvalluva Maalai]] (verse 32).<ref name="SangaIlakkiyam_3"/><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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