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Idaikaadar
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Idaikaadar (Tamil: இடைக்காடர்) was a Tamil siddhar of the Sangam period. He authored verse 54 of the Tiruvalluva Maalai.[1]
Biography[edit]
Unlike Idaikaadanar of the Sangam period, who was a poet by profession, Idaikaadar was a siddhar.[2] Idaikaadar hailed from Idaikattur near Madurai.[1] He belongs to the Idaikkali country.[3] He is known for composing poems with excellent exemplifications. He has written in praise of the Chola King Kulamuttratthu Thunjiya Killi Valavan (Purananuru verse 42).[3] He has also authored the grammar text "Oosimuri".[3]
He is believed to have attained jeeva samadhi at Thiruvannamalai.[1] He hosted navagrahas during a famine. A small navagraha temple remains at the site today at Idaikattur.[citation needed]
Literary contributions[edit]
Verse 54 of the Tiruvalluva Maalai, an encomium written on Valluvar and the Kural literature, is attributed to Idaikaadar. The verse suggests, "Valluvar pierced a mustard and injected seven seas into it and compressed it into what we have today as Kural."[4] It can be noted that Avvaiyar I fortified the meaning of this verse by replacing the first word "mustard" with the word "atom."[5] He is one of the two contributors of the Tiruvalluva Maalai who have penned the verse in the Kural venba metre, the other one being Avvaiyar I.[1]
View on Valluvar and the Kural[edit]
Idaikkadar opines about Valluvar and the Kural text thus:[6]
The Cural contains much in a little compass. Such is the ingenuity of its author, that he has compressed within its narrow limits all the branches of knowledge, as if he had hollowed a mustard seed, and enclosed all the waters of the seven seas in it. [Emphasis in original]
See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Vedanayagam, Rama (2017). Tiruvalluva Maalai: Moolamum Eliya Urai Vilakkamum (in தமிழ்) (1st ed.). Chennai: Manimekalai Prasuram. pp. 72–73.
- ↑ Kowmareeshwari, S., ed. (August 2012). Agananuru, Purananuru. Sanga Ilakkiyam (in தமிழ்). Vol. 3 (1st ed.). Chennai: Saradha Pathippagam. p. 384.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Gopalan, P. V. (1957). புலவர் அகராதி [Dictionary of Poets] (in தமிழ்) (1 ed.). Chennai: M. Duraisami Mudaliyar and Company. p. 20.
- ↑ Thamilarasu, Ve (2014). Kuralamildham (in தமிழ்) (1st ed.). Chennai: Arutchudar Anbarkulu. pp. 42–43.
- ↑ Jagannadhan, Ki Va (1963). Tirukkural: Aaraaycchi Padhippu (in தமிழ்) (3rd ed.). Coimbatore: Ramakrishna Mission Vidhyalayam. p. 711.
- ↑ Robinson, 2001, p. 27.
References[edit]
- Edward Jewitt Robinson (2001). Tamil Wisdom: Traditions Concerning Hindu Sages and Selections from Their Writings. New Delhi: Asian Educational Services.