Madurai Tamil Naganar

Madurai Tamil Nāganār (Tamil: மதுரைத் தமிழ்நாகனார்) was a poet of the Sangam period to whom verse 29 of the Tiruvalluva Maalai.

Biography

Madurai Tamil Nāganār was a poet belonging to the late Sangam period that corresponds between 1st century BCE and 2nd century CE. He hailed from Madurai.

View on Valluvar and the Kural

Madurai Tamil Nāganār has authored verse 29 of the Tiruvalluva Maalai. He opines about Valluvar and the Kural text thus:

What is the use of works of great length, when the short work of Valluvar alone is enough to edify the world? It contains all things, and there is nothing which it does not contain.

See also

• Sangam literature
• List of Sangam poets
• Tiruvalluva Maalai

References

• 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.