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Ponmudiyar
Poet of the Sangam period From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ponmudiyār (Tamil: பொன்முடியார்) was a poet of the Sangam period, to whom four verses of the Sangam literature have been attributed, including verse 14 of the Tiruvalluva Maalai.[1]
Biography
Ponmudiyar lived during the time of the Chera king Thagadur Erindha Peruncheral Irumporai.[2] She was the well-wisher of the Athiyaman king Nedumananji, who is known for giving an eternal gooseberry fruit to Avvaiyar, and has written in praise of him.[3]
Contribution to the Sangam literature
Ponmudiyar wrote four Sangam verses, including three in Purananuru (verses 299, 310, and 312) and one in Tiruvalluva Maalai (verse 14).[2]
Views on Valluvar and the Kural
Ponmudiyar opines about Valluvar and the Kural text thus:[4]
It is said that the Cural (meaning Vishnu in his incarnation as a dwarf) produced by Casypa in times of yore measured the earth; but the Cural now produced by Valluvar has measured both the earth and the heaven. [Emphasis in original]
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