Uraiyur Mudhukootthanar
Uraiyur Mudhukootthanar (Tamil: உறையூர் முதுகூத்தனார்), also known as Uraiyur Mudhukootranar, was a poet of the Sangam period, to whom 9 verses of the Sangam literature have been attributed, including verse 39 of the Tiruvalluva Maalai.[1]
Biography
[edit]Uraiyur Mudhukootthanar hailed from Uraiyur and was known for his patriotism.[2]
Contribution to the Sangam literature
[edit]Uraiyur Mudhukootthanar has penned 9 Sangam verses, including 2 in Kurunthogai, 3 in Agananuru, 1 in Purananuru, and 1 in Tiruvalluva Maalai.[2]
Views on Valluvar and the Kural
[edit]Uraiyur Mudhukootthanar opines about Valluvar and the Kural text thus:[3]
They who have not studied the Cural of the divine Valluvar are incapable of good actions: neither their tongues have expressed what is sweet in language, nor their minds understood what is sublime in sense. [Emphasis in original]
See also
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Notes
[edit]- ^ Vedanayagam, Rama (2017). Tiruvalluva Maalai: Moolamum Eliya Urai Vilakkamum (in Tamil) (1 ed.). Chennai: Manimekalai Prasuram. pp. 55–56.
- ^ a b Kowmareeshwari (Ed.), S. (August 2012). Kurunthogai, Paripaadal, Kalitthogai. Sanga Ilakkiyam (in Tamil). Vol. 2 (1 ed.). Chennai: Saradha Pathippagam. p. 423.
- ^ Robinson, 2001, p. 26.
References
[edit]- Edward Jewitt Robinson (2001). Tamil Wisdom: Traditions Concerning Hindu Sages and Selections from Their Writings. New Delhi: Asian Educational Services.