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'''Thoditthalai Viluthandinar''' ([[Tamil language|Tamil]]: தொடித்தலை விழுத்தண்டினார்) was a poet of the [[Sangam period]], to whom a sole verse of the [[Sangam literature]] has been attributed, in addition to verse 22 of the [[Tiruvalluva Maalai]].<ref name="Vedanayagam_Urai">{{cite book<br />
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| location = Chennai<br />
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==Biography==<br />
Thoditthalai Viluthandinar was came to be called so owing to the phrase "Thoditthalai Vilutthandu" used in the verse that he composed in [[Purananuru]].<ref name="Vedanayagam_Urai"/> This was the only verse that describes the boisterous acts of young men.<ref name="SangaIlakkiyam_3">{{cite book<br />
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| title = அகநானூறு, புறநானூறு [Agananuru, Purananuru]<br />
| publisher = Saradha Pathippagam<br />
| series = Sanga Ilakkiyam<br />
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| date = August 2012<br />
| location = Chennai<br />
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==Contribution to the Sangam literature==<br />
Thoditthalai Viluthandinar has written a sole Sangam verse, namely, verse 243 of the [[Purananuru]], apart from verse 22 of the [[Tiruvalluva Maalai]].<ref name="Vedanayagam_Urai"/><ref name="SangaIlakkiyam_3"/><br />
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===Views on Valluvar and the Kural===<br />
Thoditthalai Viluthandinar opines about [[Valluvar]] and the [[Kural text]] thus:{{sfn|Robinson, 2001|p=26}}<br />
{{cquote|The great poet's work comprises everything; or, if there be anything which it does not comprise, he alone knows it.}}<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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==References==<br />
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* {{cite book |author=Edward Jewitt Robinson |title=Tamil Wisdom: Traditions Concerning Hindu Sages and Selections from Their Writings |url=https://archive.org/details/tamilwisdomtradi0000robi|year=2001 |publisher=Asian Educational Services |location = New Delhi|edition = |isbn= |ref={{sfnRef|Robinson, 2001}}}}<br />
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