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