Kaveri Poompattanatthu Kaari Kannanar

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Kārikkannanār, known in full as Kāviripoompattinathu Kārikkannanār (Tamil: காவிரிப்பூம்பட்டினத்துக் காரிக்கண்ணனார்), was a poet of the Sangam period, to whom 10 verses of the Sangam literature have been attributed, including verse 28 of the Tiruvalluva Maalai.[1]

Biography

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Hailing from Kaveri Poompattinam (present-day Puhar), Kaari Kannanar was a trader by occupation and has sung in praise of kings Chola Kura Palli Thunjiya Perunthirumavalavan, Pandiyan Ilavanthigai Palli Thunjiya Nanmaran, Pandiyan Velliyambalatthu Thunjiya Peruvaludhi, Aai Aandiran, and Pittan Kottran.[2] He compared the Chola and Pandiya rulers with Lord Vishnu and Balarama.[2] His time was close to that of Uraiyur Marutthuvan Dhamodharanar, Kovoor Kilar, Maadalan Madurai Kumaranar, Aavoor Moolam Kilar, Nakkirar I, and Marudhanila Naganar.

Contribution to the Sangam literature

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Kaari Kannanar has written 10 Sangam verses, including 5 in Purananuru (verses 57, 58, 169, 171, and 353), 1 in Kurunthogai (verse 297), 3 in Agananuru (verses 107, 123, and 285), and 1 in Tiruvalluva Maalai (verse 28).[2]

Views on Valluvar and the Kural

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Kaari Kannanar opines about Valluvar and the Kural text thus:[3]

It is no other than Ayan (Brahma) himself, seated on the beautiful lotus-flower, who, assuming the form of Valluvar, has given to the world the truths of the Vēdas, that they may shine without being mixed up with falsehood.

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Vedanayagam, Rama (2017). திருவள்ளுவ மாலை மூலமும் எளிய உரை விளக்கமும் [Tiruvalluva Maalai: Moolamum Eliya Urai Vilakkamum] (in Tamil) (1 ed.). Chennai: Manimekalai Prasuram. pp. 42–43.
  2. ^ a b c Kowmareeshwari, S., ed. (August 2012). அகநானூறு, புறநானூறு [Agananuru, Purananuru]. Sanga Ilakkiyam (in Tamil). Vol. 3 (1 ed.). Chennai: Saradha Pathippagam. pp. 393, 405–406.
  3. ^ Robinson, 2001, p. 23.

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