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Ponmudiyar
Ponmudiyār (Tamil: பொன்முடியார்) was a poetess of the Sangam period, to whom 4 verses of the Sangam literature have been attributed, including verse 14 of the Tiruvalluva Maalai.[1]
Biography[edit]
Ponmudiyar lived during the time of the Chera king Thagadur Erindha Peruncheral Irumporai.[2] She was the well-wisher of the Athiyaman king Nedumananji, who is known for giving an eternal gooseberry fruit to Avvaiyar I, and has written in praise of him.[3]
Contribution to the Sangam literature[edit]
Ponmudiyar has written 4 Sangam verses, including 3 in Purananuru (verses 299, 310, and 312) and 1 in Tiruvalluva Maalai (verse 14).[2]
Views on Valluvar and the Kural[edit]
Ponmudiyar opines about Valluvar and the Kural text thus:[4]
It is said that the Cural (meaning Vishnu in his incarnation as a dwarf) produced by Casypa in times of yore measured the earth; but the Cural now produced by Valluvar has measured both the earth and the heaven. [Emphasis in original]
See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ↑ Vedanayagam, Rama (2017). திருவள்ளுவ மாலை மூலமும் எளிய உரை விளக்கமும் [Tiruvalluva Maalai: Moolamum Eliya Urai Vilakkamum] (in தமிழ்) (1 ed.). Chennai: Manimekalai Prasuram. pp. 26–27.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kowmareeshwari (Ed.), S. (August 2012). அகநானூறு, புறநானூறு [Agananuru, Purananuru]. Sanga Ilakkiyam (in தமிழ்). Vol. 3 (1 ed.). Chennai: Saradha Pathippagam. p. 413.
- ↑ Govindan, K. (1953). பெண்பாற் புலவர்கள் [Poetess]. Sangathamil Pulavar Series - 5 (in தமிழ்) (1 ed.). Chennai: The South India Saiva Siddhanta Works Publishing Society. pp. 76–81.
- ↑ Robinson, 2001, p. 25.
References[edit]
- Edward Jewitt Robinson (2001). Tamil Wisdom: Traditions Concerning Hindu Sages and Selections from Their Writings. New Delhi: Asian Educational Services.
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