Madurai Aruvai Vanigan Ilavettanar

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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

Madurai Aruvai Vanigan Ilavettanar was a textile merchant from the city of Madurai.[2]

Contribution to the Sangam literature

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

  1. ^ a b Vedanayagam, Rama (2017). Tiruvalluva Maalai: Moolamum Eliya Urai Vilakkamum (in Tamil) (1 ed.). Chennai: Manimekalai Prasuram. pp. 50–51.
  2. ^ a b Kowmareeshwari (Ed.), S. (August 2012). Agananuru, Purananuru. Sanga Ilakkiyam (in Tamil). Vol. 3 (1 ed.). Chennai: Saradha Pathippagam. p. 247.