Thoditthalai Viluthandinar (Tamil: தொடித்தலை விழுத்தண்டினார்) was a poet of the Sangam period, to whom a sole verse of the Sangam literature has been attributed, in addition to verse 22 of the Tiruvalluva Maalai.[1]
Biography edit
Thoditthalai Viluthandinar was came to be called so owing to the phrase "Thoditthalai Vilutthandu" used in the verse that he composed in Purananuru.[1] This was the only verse that describes the boisterous acts of young men.[2]
Contribution to the Sangam literature edit
Thoditthalai Viluthandinar has written a sole Sangam verse, namely, verse 243 of the Purananuru, apart from verse 22 of the Tiruvalluva Maalai.[1][2]
Views on Valluvar and the Kural edit
Thoditthalai Viluthandinar opines about Valluvar and the Kural text thus:[3]
The great poet's work comprises everything; or, if there be anything which it does not comprise, he alone knows it.
See also edit
Notes edit
- ^ a b c Vedanayagam, Rama (2017). திருவள்ளுவ மாலை மூலமும் எளிய உரை விளக்கமும் [Tiruvalluva Maalai: Moolamum Eliya Urai Vilakkamum] (in Tamil) (1 ed.). Chennai: Manimekalai Prasuram. pp. 35–36.
- ^ a b Kowmareeshwari (Ed.), S. (August 2012). அகநானூறு, புறநானூறு [Agananuru, Purananuru]. Sanga Ilakkiyam (in Tamil). Vol. 3 (1 ed.). Chennai: Saradha Pathippagam. pp. 410 (Book IV).
- ^ 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.