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{{Infobox person
| name = Tirutthanigai Saravanaperumal Aiyar
| birth_name = Saravanaperumal
| birth_date = 1799
| birth_place =
| death_date =
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| nationality = Indian
| known_for = Commentary on the [[Tirukkural]] and [[Tiruvalluva Maalai]]
| occupation = Tamil scholar
| father = Thanigai Kanthappaiyar
| mother =
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| children =
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'''Tirutthanigai Saravanaperumal Aiyar''' (1799–19th century CE) was a [[Tamils|Tamil]] scholar, best known for his commentary on the [[Tirukkural]] and other Tamil classics.

==Biography==
Saravanaperumal Aiyar was the son of great Tamil scholar named Thanigai Kanthappaiyar. The family hailed from [[Thiruthani]] and hence the name "Thanigai" became part of the family's names. Kanthappaiyar moved to [[Purasawalkam]] in [[Chennai]]. It is said that Scholar Kachiyappa Sivachariyar wrote ''Vinayakapuranam'' in the Purasawalkam house of Kanthappaiyar. Unlike the title "Aiyar" in their names suggest, the Kanthappaiyar family were not [[Brahmins]] but [[Veerashaiva|Veera Saivites]]. Saravanaperumal was the contemporary of [[Ramalinga Swamigal|Ramalinga Vallalar]].<ref name="TH_1830Commentary">{{cite news
| last = Kolappan
| first = B.
| title = 1830 Tirukkural commentary to be relaunched
| newspaper = The Hindu
| location = Chennai
| pages = 4
| publisher = Kasturi & Sons
| date = 3 October 2019
| url = https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/1830-tirukkural-commentary-to-be-relaunched/article29578271.ece
| access-date = 13 October 2019}}</ref>

Saravanaperumal's elder twin brother Vishakaperumal Aiyar too was a renowned Tamil scholar who worked in the Tamil department of the [[Presidency College, Chennai|Presidency College]] in Chennai. His contributions include a poem written as an introduction to his brother's work. He had a collection of many rare books which were later used by [[U. V. Swaminatha Iyer]].<ref name="TH_1830Commentary"/>

==Works==
Saravanaperumal's greatest work was his detailed commentary on the Tirukkural. This was the first modern commentary to appear in print.{{sfn|Kovaimani and Nagarajan, 2013|pp=116–117}} He published the commentary in 1830 as an adaptation of [[Parimelalhagar]]’s commentary, with word-to-word meaning, brief explanation, and special explanatory text.{{sfn|Kovaimani and Nagarajan, 2013|p=117}} However, the 1830 edition is lost and the oldest available edition was a copy published in 1847. The work came out in several editions (at least eight) until 1928 and became one of the most accepted commentary among academic scholars.{{sfn|Kovaimani and Nagarajan, 2013|p=117}} Many modern commentaries are based on the work of Saravanaperumal Aiyar.<ref name="TH_1830Commentary"/>

Saravanaperumal also wrote the first commentary to the [[Tiruvalluva Maalai]].{{sfn|Desikar, 1969|p=118}}

==See also==
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* [[Commentaries in Tamil literary tradition]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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* {{cite book | last = Desikar | first = S. Dhandapani | title = திருக்குறள் அழகும் அமைப்பும் [Tirukkural: Beauty and Structure] | publisher = Tamil Valarcchi Iyakkam | date = 1969 | location = Chennai | language = ta | ref={{sfnRef|Desikar, 1969}}}}
* {{cite book |author= M. G. Kovaimani and P. V. Nagarajan |title= திருக்குறள் ஆய்வுமாலை [Tirukkural Research Papers] |year= 2013 |edition= 1|publisher=Tamil University | location= Tanjavur |language=ta|isbn = 978-81-7090-435-9 |ref={{sfnRef|Kovaimani and Nagarajan, 2013}}}}
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