Nanpalūr Sirumēthāviyār (Tamil: நன்பலூர் சிறு மேதாவியார்) was a poet of the Sangam period, to whom 3 verses of the Sangam literature have been attributed, including verse 20 of the Tiruvalluva Maalai.
Biography
Sirumedhaviyar hailed from the town of Nanpalur. Being highly intellectual at a young age resulted his being called Sirumedhaviyar, which literally means "little genius".
Contribution to the Sangam literature
Sirumedhaviyar has written 3 verses, including 2 in Agananuru (verses 94 and 394) and 1 in Tiruvalluva Maalai. He was the first to divide the Tirukkural into Iyals or subdivisions, which he suggested in his composition of verse 20 of the Tiruvalluva Maalai, which was later followed variously by the Medieval commentators of the Kural text.
See also
Notes
- ^ Vedanayagam, Rama (2017). திருவள்ளுவ மாலை மூலமும் எளிய உரை விளக்கமும் (in Tamil) (1 ed.). Chennai: Manimekalai Prasuram. pp. 33–34.
- ^ Kowmareeshwari (Ed.), S. (August 2012). அகநானூறு, புறநானூறு . Sanga Ilakkiyam (in Tamil). Vol. 3 (1 ed.). Chennai: Saradha Pathippagam. p. 242.
- Jagannathan, Ki. Vaa. (1963). திருக்குறள், ஆராய்ச்சிப் பதிப்பு (in Tamil) (3rd ed.). Coimbatore: Ramakrishna Mission Vidhyalayam. pp. 32–33.
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