Mangudi Marudhanar
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Sangam literature | ||
Agattiyam | Tolkāppiyam | |
Eighteen Greater Texts | ||
Eight Anthologies | ||
Aiṅkurunūṟu | Akanāṉūṟu | |
Puṟanāṉūṟu | Kalittokai | |
Kuṟuntokai | Natṟiṇai | |
Paripāṭal | Patiṟṟuppattu | |
Ten Idylls | ||
Tirumurukāṟṟuppaṭai | Kuṟiñcippāṭṭu | |
Malaipaṭukaṭām | Maturaikkāñci | |
Mullaippāṭṭu | Neṭunalvāṭai | |
Paṭṭiṉappālai | Perumpāṇāṟṟuppaṭai | |
Poruṇarāṟṟuppaṭai | Ciṟupāṇāṟṟuppaṭai | |
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Sangam | Sangam landscape | |
Tamil history from Sangam literature | Ancient Tamil music | |
Eighteen Lesser Texts | ||
Nālaṭiyār | Nāṉmaṇikkaṭikai | |
Iṉṉā Nāṟpatu | Iṉiyavai Nāṟpatu | |
Kār Nāṟpatu | Kaḷavaḻi Nāṟpatu | |
Aintiṇai Aimpatu | Tiṉaimoḻi Aimpatu | |
Aintinai Eḻupatu | Tiṇaimālai Nūṟṟaimpatu | |
Tirukkuṟaḷ | Tirikaṭukam | |
Ācārakkōvai | Paḻamoḻi Nāṉūṟu | |
Ciṟupañcamūlam | Mutumoḻikkānci | |
Elāti | Kainnilai | |
Bhakti Literature | ||
Naalayira Divya Prabandham | Ramavataram | |
Tevaram | Tirumuṟai | |
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Māngudi Maruthanār, also known as Mānkudi Kilār, Madhurai Kānchi Pulavar, and Kānchi Pulavanār, was a poet of the Sangam period, to whom 13 verses of the Sangam literature have been attributed, including verse 24 of the Tiruvalluva Maalai. He was the author of Madurai Kaanchi of the Pathupattu (the Ten Idylls).[1]
Biography
Mangudi Marudhanar hailed from the town of Mangudi and belonged to the Vellan caste.[2]
Contribution to the Sangam literature
Mangudi Marudhanar wrote the Madurai Kaanchi literature of the Pathupattu (the Ten Idylls). Besides he has written 13 Sangam verses, including 3 in Kurunthogai, 2 in Natrinai, 6 in Purananuru, 1 in Agananuru, and 1 in Tiruvalluva Maalai.[2]
Views on Valluvar and the Kural
Mangudi Marudhanar opines about Valluvar and the Kural text thus:[3]
The beauty of Valluvar’s Cural is, that it not only illustrates the abstruse doctrines of the Vēdas, but is itself a Vēda, easy to be studied, and having the effect of melting the hearts of the righteous who study it. [Emphasis in original]
See also
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Notes
- ^ Vedanayagam, Rama (2017). திருவள்ளுவ மாலை மூலமும் எளிய உரை விளக்கமும் [Tiruvalluva Maalai: Moolamum Eliya Urai Vilakkamum] (in Tamil) (1 ed.). Chennai: Manimekalai Prasuram. pp. 38–39.
- ^ a b Kowmareeshwari, S., ed. (August 2012). [Kurunthogai, Paripaadal, Kalithogai]. Sanga Ilakkiyam (in Tamil). Vol. 2 (1 ed.). Chennai: Saradha Pathippagam. p. 447.
- ^ Robinson, 2001, p. 24.
References
- Edward Jewitt Robinson (2001). Tamil Wisdom: Traditions Concerning Hindu Sages and Selections from Their Writings. New Delhi: Asian Educational Services.
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