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'''Uraiyur Mudhukootthanar''' ([[Tamil language|Tamil]]: உறையூர் முதுகூத்தனார்), also known as '''Uraiyur Mudhukootranar''', was a poet of the [[Sangam period]], to whom 9 verses of the [[Sangam literature]] have been attributed, including verse 39 of the [[Tiruvalluva Maalai]].<ref>{{cite book<br />
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==Biography==<br />
Uraiyur Mudhukootthanar hailed from [[Uraiyur]] and was known for his patriotism.<ref name="SangaIlakkiyam_2"/><br />
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==Contribution to the Sangam literature==<br />
Uraiyur Mudhukootthanar has penned 9 Sangam verses, including 2 in [[Kurunthogai]], 3 in [[Agananuru]], 1 in [[Purananuru]], and 1 in [[Tiruvalluva Maalai]].<ref name="SangaIlakkiyam_2">{{cite book<br />
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| series = Sanga Ilakkiyam<br />
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| date = August 2012<br />
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===Views on Valluvar and the Kural===<br />
Uraiyur Mudhukootthanar opines about [[Valluvar]] and the [[Kural text]] thus:{{sfn|Robinson, 2001|p=26}}<br />
{{cquote|They who have not studied the ''Cural'' of the divine Valluvar are incapable of good actions: neither their tongues have expressed what is sweet in language, nor their minds understood what is sublime in sense. <small>[Emphasis in original]</small>}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
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* [[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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