Umapathi Shivachariyar

Umapathi Shivachariyar (13th century–14th century CE) was a Tamil poet and scholar. It is from his writings that details about earlier poets, chiefly Parimelalhagar, have become known.

Umapathi Shivachariyar
Born	13th century CE Tamil Nadu, India
Died	14th century CE
Occupation	Poet
Language	Tamil
Nationality	Indian
Period	13th century CE
Notable works	Sekkizhar Nayanar Puranam, Sankarpa Nirakaranam, Valluvar Seer

Works

Umapati Sivacharya celebrated the life of the Saivite saint Sekkizhar in his 1313 CE work called Sekkizhar Nayanar Puranam. In 1323 CE, he authored the work Sankarpa Nirakaranam. This is known by his indication of the year as Sagam 1235 within the work of Sankarpa Nirakaranam. This translates to 1323 CE in the modern Gregorian calendar. In one of his venpa poetries named "Valluvar Seer", he mentions about Parimelalhagar indicating his commentary of the Tirukkural. This indicates that Parimelalhagar lived before Shivachariyar.

See also

• Ten Medieval Commentators

References

• Mohan Lal (1992). Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Sasay to Zorgot. Sahitya Akademi - Indic literature - 818 pages. p. 3904.
• M. G. Kovaimani and P. V. Nagarajan (2013). திருக்குறள் ஆய்வுமாலை [Tirukkural Research Papers] (in Tamil) (1 ed.). Tanjavur: Tamil University. ISBN 978-81-7090-435-9.
• Chellammal, G. P. (2015). திருக்குறள் ஆய்வுக் கோவை [Tirukkural Research Compendium] (in Tamil). Vol. 1 (First ed.). Chennai: Manivasagar Noolagam.

Further reading

• M. Arunachalam (2005). Tamil Ilakkiya Varalaru, Padhinaindhaam Nootraandu [History of Tamil Literature, 15th century].