Nanpalur Sirumedhaviyar

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.^[1]

Biography

Sirumedhaviyar hailed from the town of Nanpalur.^[2] Being highly intellectual at a young age resulted his being called Sirumedhaviyar, which literally means "little genius".^[1][2]

Contribution to the Sangam literature

Sirumedhaviyar has written 3 verses, including 2 in Agananuru (verses 94 and 394) and 1 in Tiruvalluva Maalai.^[2] 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.^[3]

See also

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• Sangam literature
• List of Sangam poets
• Tiruvalluva Maalai

Notes

1. Vedanayagam, Rama (2017). திருவள்ளுவ மாலை மூலமும் எளிய உரை விளக்கமும் [Tiruvalluva Maalai: Moolamum Eliya Urai Vilakkamum] (in Tamil) (1 ed.). Chennai: Manimekalai Prasuram. pp. 33–34.
2. Kowmareeshwari (Ed.), S. (August 2012). அகநானூறு, புறநானூறு [Agananuru, Purananuru]. Sanga Ilakkiyam (in Tamil). Vol. 3 (1 ed.). Chennai: Saradha Pathippagam. p. 242.
3. Jagannathan, Ki. Vaa. (1963). திருக்குறள், ஆராய்ச்சிப் பதிப்பு [Tirukkural, Aaraicchi Pathippu] (in Tamil) (3rd ed.). Coimbatore: Ramakrishna Mission Vidhyalayam. pp. 32–33.