Thenikkudi Keeranār (Tamil: தேனிக்குடிக் கீரனார்) was a poet of the Sangam period to whom verse 49 of the Tiruvalluva Maalai.
Biography
editThenikkudi Keeranar was a poet belonging to the late Sangam period that corresponds between 1st century BCE and 2nd century CE. He hailed from the town named Thenikkudi. He is also known for a verse on the bee in the Sangam literature.[1]
View on Valluvar and the Kural
editThenikkudi Keeranar has authored verse 49 of the Tiruvalluva Maalai.[1] He opines about Valluvar and the Kural text thus:[2]
By the Cural, the production of the divine Tiruvalluvar, the world has been enabled to distinguish truth from falsehood, which were hitherto confounded together. [Emphasis in original]
See also
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Citations
edit- ^ a b Vedanayagam, 2017, pp. 66–67.
- ^ 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.
- Vedanayagam, Rama (2017). திருவள்ளுவ மாலை மூலமும் எளிய உரை விளக்கமும் [Tiruvalluva Maalai: Moolamum Eliya Urai Vilakkamum] (in Tamil) (1 ed.). Chennai: Manimekalai Prasuram.
