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Uraiyur Mudhukootthanar

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Uraiyur Mudhukootthanar (Tamil: உறையூர் முதுகூத்தனார்), also known as Uraiyur Mudhukootranar, was a poet of the Sangam period, to whom 9 verses of the Sangam literature have been attributed, including verse 39 of the Tiruvalluva Maalai.[1]

Biography

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Uraiyur Mudhukootthanar hailed from Uraiyur and was known for his patriotism.[2]

Contribution to the Sangam literature

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Uraiyur Mudhukootthanar has penned 9 Sangam verses, including 2 in Kurunthogai, 3 in Agananuru, 1 in Purananuru, and 1 in Tiruvalluva Maalai.[2]

Views on Valluvar and the Kural

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Uraiyur Mudhukootthanar opines about Valluvar and the Kural text thus:[3]

They who have not studied the Cural of the divine Valluvar are incapable of good actions: neither their tongues have expressed what is sweet in language, nor their minds understood what is sublime in sense. [Emphasis in original]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Vedanayagam, Rama (2017). Tiruvalluva Maalai: Moolamum Eliya Urai Vilakkamum (in Tamil) (1 ed.). Chennai: Manimekalai Prasuram. pp. 55–56.
  2. ^ a b Kowmareeshwari (Ed.), S. (August 2012). Kurunthogai, Paripaadal, Kalitthogai. Sanga Ilakkiyam (in Tamil). Vol. 2 (1 ed.). Chennai: Saradha Pathippagam. p. 423.
  3. ^ Robinson, 2001, p. 26.

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