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'''Velliveethiyār''' ([[Tamil language|Tamil]]: வெள்ளிவீதியார்) was a poetess of the late [[Sangam period]], to whom 14 verses of the [[Sangam literature]] have been attributed, including verse 23 of the [[Tiruvalluva Maalai]].<ref name="Vedanayagam_Urai">{{cite book<br />
| last = Vedanayagam<br />
| first = Rama<br />
| title = திருவள்ளுவ மாலை மூலமும் எளிய உரை விளக்கமும் [Tiruvalluva Maalai: Moolamum Eliya Urai Vilakkamum]<br />
| publisher = Manimekalai Prasuram<br />
| edition = 1<br />
| date = 2017<br />
| location = Chennai<br />
| pages = 36–37<br />
| language = ta<br />
}}</ref><br />
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==Biography==<br />
Velliveedhiyar hailed from the [[Pandya Kingdom]].<ref name="PoetDict">{{cite book<br />
| last = Gopalan <br />
| first = P. V. <br />
| title = புலவர் அகராதி [Dictionary of Poets]<br />
| publisher = M. Duraisami Mudaliyar and Company<br />
| edition = 1<br />
| date = 1957<br />
| location = Chennai<br />
| pages = 162<br />
| language = ta<br />
}}</ref> She lived in the Velliambala Veedhi area of [[Madurai]] and came to be known thus.<ref name="SangaIlakkiyam_3">{{cite book<br />
| last = Kowmareeshwari (Ed.)<br />
| first = S. <br />
| 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 = 251<br />
| language = ta<br />
}}</ref> She remained separated from her husband, who left her and spent her remaining life in search of him. Many of her verses reflected her poignant lived experience.<ref name="SangaIlakkiyam_2">{{cite book<br />
| last = Kowmareeshwari (Ed.)<br />
| first = S. <br />
| title = குறுந்தொகை, பரிபாடல், கலித்தொகை [Kurunthogai, Paripadal, Kalitthogai]<br />
| publisher = Saradha Pathippagam<br />
| series = Sanga Ilakkiyam<br />
| volume = 2<br />
| edition = 1<br />
| date = August 2012<br />
| location = Chennai<br />
| pages = 453<br />
| language = ta<br />
}}</ref> The verses are rife with feministic psychological thoughts.<ref name="Vedanayagam_Urai"/> She has been cited by [[Avvaiyar I]].<ref name="SangaIlakkiyam_3"/><br />
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==Contribution to the Sangam literature==<br />
Velliveedhiyar has written 14 Sangam verses, including 8 in [[Kurunthogai]] (verses 27, 44, 58, 130, 146, 149, 169, and 386), 3 in [[Natrinai]] (verses 70, 335, and 348), 2 in [[Agananuru]] (verses 45 and 362), and 1 in [[Tiruvalluva Maalai]] (verse 23).<ref name="SangaIlakkiyam_2"/><br />
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==See also==<br />
{{Portal|Tamils|India|Literature|Poetry}}<br />
{{wikisourcelang|ta|திருவள்ளுவமாலை|Tiruvalluva Maalai}}<br />
* [[List of Sangam poets]]<br />
* [[Sangam literature]]<br />
* [[Tiruvalluva Maalai]]<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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[[Category:Tiruvalluva Maalai contributors]]<br />
[[Category:Hindu poets]]<br />
[[Category:Ancient Indian poets]]<br />
[[Category:Ancient Asian women writers]]<br />
[[Category:Indian women poets]]<br />
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