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Madurai Aruvai Vanigan Ilavettanar
Madurai Aruvai Vanigan Ilavettanar (Tamil: மதுரை அறுவை வாணிகன் இளவேட்டனார்) was a poet of the Sangam period, to whom 13 verses of the Sangam literature have been attributed, including verse 35 of the Tiruvalluva Maalai.[1] It is his verse in Tiruvalluva Maalai that bestowed the Kural with the name Vaayurai Vaalthu.[1]
Biography[edit | edit source]
Madurai Aruvai Vanigan Ilavettanar was a textile merchant from the city of Madurai.[2]
Contribution to the Sangam literature[edit | edit source]
Madurai Aruvai Vanigan Ilavettanar has written 13 verses, including 1 in Kurunthogai, 4 in Natrinai, 6 in Agananuru, 1 in Purananuru, and 1 in Tiruvalluva Maalai.[2]
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Notes[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Vedanayagam, Rama (2017). Tiruvalluva Maalai: Moolamum Eliya Urai Vilakkamum (in Tamil) (1 ed.). Chennai: Manimekalai Prasuram. pp. 50–51.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kowmareeshwari (Ed.), S. (August 2012). Agananuru, Purananuru. Sanga Ilakkiyam (in Tamil). Vol. 3 (1 ed.). Chennai: Saradha Pathippagam. p. 247.
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