https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Thirumeni_Rathna_Kavirayar 2026-11-07T18:39:13Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.43.6 https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thirumeni_Rathna_Kavirayar&diff=160958&oldid=prev 2021-05-11T00:20:16Z

<p>Moving <a href="/wiki/Category:Hindu_scholars" title="Category:Hindu scholars">Category:Hindu scholars</a> to <a href="/wiki/Category:Scholars_of_Hinduism" title="Category:Scholars of Hinduism">Category:Scholars of Hinduism</a> per <a href="https://en.bharatpedia.org/wiki/Bharatpedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2021_April_30#Category:Hindu_scholars" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2021 April 30">Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2021 April 30#Category:Hindu scholars</a></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>&#039;&#039;&#039;Tirumeni Rathna Kavirayar&#039;&#039;&#039;, known in full as &#039;&#039;&#039;Tirumeni Kaari Rathna Kavirayar&#039;&#039;&#039;, was a 16th-century [[Tamil language|Tamil]] scholar. He is known for his work &#039;&#039;Nunporul Maalai&#039;&#039;, a commentary on [[Parimelalhagar]]&#039;s commentary to the [[Tirukkural|Kural text]].{{sfn|Chellammal, 2015|p=123}} His work is also the first in the series of commentaries appearing on Parimelalhagar&#039;s Kural commentary, known in the scholarly circle as &#039;&#039;uraikku urai&#039;&#039; (commentaries to the Commentary).{{sfn|Mohan and Sokkalingam, 2011|p=15}}<br /> <br /> ==Works==<br /> Kavirayar&#039;s work on the Parimelalhagar commentary to the Kural text is considered one of the finest works on the subject. According to [[M. Shanmugam Pillai]], Kavirayar titled his work &#039;&#039;Nunporul Maalai&#039;&#039;, which literally means “garland to the work of subtle meanings&quot;, because it elaborates on the finest interpretations found in Parimelalhagar&#039;s commentary on the Kural literature.{{sfn|Mohan and Sokkalingam, 2011|p=15}}<br /> <br /> Kavirayar has also authored similar work on the &#039;&#039;[[Tolkappiyam]]&#039;&#039;, which is titled &#039;&#039;Tolkappiya Nunporul Maalai&#039;&#039;. However, this work is completely lost now.{{sfn|Mohan and Sokkalingam, 2011|p=15}}<br /> <br /> ==Legacy==<br /> Kavirayar&#039;s work has inspired several scholars after him, each of whom wrote highly praised commentaries on Parimelalhagar&#039;s work worthy of critical analysis. These scholars include [[Tirutthanigai Saravanaperumal Aiyar|Saravanaperumal Iyer]], [[Murugesa Mudaliyar]], [[Ramanujachariyar]], [[K. Vadivelu Chettiar]], [[Arasan Shanmuganar]], [[Kuppuswamy Mudaliyar]], and [[V. M. Gopalakrishnamachariyar]].{{sfn|Mohan and Sokkalingam, 2011|p=15}}<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> * [[Commentaries in Tamil literary tradition]]<br /> <br /> ==Citations==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{ref begin}}<br /> * {{cite book |author=R. Mohan and Nellai N. Sokkalingam |title= உரை மரபுகள் [Conventions of Commentaries] |year= 2011 |publisher= Meiyappan Padhippagam |location= Chidambaram|ref={{sfnRef|Mohan and Sokkalingam, 2011}} }}<br /> * {{cite book |author= G. P. Chellammal |title= திருக்குறள் ஆய்வுக் கோவை [Tirukkural Research Compendium] |year= 2015 |edition= 1|publisher=Manivasagar Padhippagam | location= Chennai |language=ta |ref={{sfnRef|Chellammal, 2015}} }}<br /> {{ref end}}<br /> <br /> {{Tirukkural}}<br /> {{Tamil language}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Tirukkural]]<br /> [[Category:Tamil poets]]<br /> [[Category:Tirukkural commentators]]<br /> [[Category:Medieval Tamil poets]]<br /> [[Category:Tamil-language writers]]<br /> [[Category:Tamil scholars]]<br /> [[Category:Scholars of Hinduism]]<br /> [[Category:Scholars from Tamil Nadu]]<br /> [[Category:16th-century Indian scholars]]</div>

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