Nalgur Velviyar
Nalgūr Vēlviyār (Tamil: நல்கூர் வேள்வியார்) was a poet of the Sangam period to whom verse 21 of the Tiruvalluva Maalai.
Biography
[edit]Nalgur Velviyar 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 Nalgur.[1]
View on Valluvar and the Kural
[edit]Nalgur Velviyar has authored verse 21 of the Tiruvalluva Maalai.[1] He opines about Valluvar and the Kural text thus:[2]
They say that Siva is the patron of North Madura, but this poet who pours out instruction in honeyed words with a parental solicitude, is the patron of South Madura abounding with water.
See also
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Citations
[edit]- ^ a b Vedanayagam, 2017, pp. 34–35.
- ^ Robinson, 2001, p. 25.
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.
