Madurai Aruvai Vanigan Ilavettanar

Poet of the Sangam period

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Madurai Aruvai Vanigan Ilavettanar (Tamil: மதுரை அறுவை வாணிகன் இளவேட்டனார்) was a poet of the Sangam period, to whom 13 verses of the Sangam literature have been attributed, including verse 35 of the Tiruvalluva Maalai.^[1] It is his verse in Tiruvalluva Maalai that bestowed the Kural with the name Vaayurai Vaalthu.^[1]

Biography

Madurai Aruvai Vanigan Ilavettanar was a textile merchant from the city of Madurai.^[2]

Contribution to the Sangam literature

Madurai Aruvai Vanigan Ilavettanar has written 13 verses, including 1 in Kurunthogai, 4 in Natrinai, 6 in Agananuru, 1 in Purananuru, and 1 in Tiruvalluva Maalai.^[2]

Notes

^ ^a ^b Vedanayagam, Rama (2017). Tiruvalluva Maalai: Moolamum Eliya Urai Vilakkamum (in Tamil) (1 ed.). Chennai: Manimekalai Prasuram. pp. 50–51.
^ ^a ^b Kowmareeshwari (Ed.), S. (August 2012). Agananuru, Purananuru. Sanga Ilakkiyam (in Tamil). Vol. 3 (1 ed.). Chennai: Saradha Pathippagam. p. 247.

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