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Mamulanar (Tamil: மாமூலனார்) was a poet of the Sangam period, to whom 31 verses of the Sangam literature have been attributed, including verse 8 of the Tiruvalluva Maalai.

Biography

Manulanar belonged to the Brahmin caste. Mamulanar has described about the destruction of Pataliputra by River Ganges. However, there was no mention about the event of Patalipura fire of the 1st century CE. These suggest that Mamulanar lived no later than the 1st century BCE. Also, his writing about the Mauryas and Nandas indicated that he must have lived before 320 BCE. All his writings are known to contain historical information.

Contribution to the Sangam literature

Mamulanar has written 31 verses, including 1 in Kurunthogai (verse 11), 2 in Natrinai, 27 in Agananuru, and 1 in Tiruvalluva Maalai.

Views on Valluvar and the Kural

Mamulanar opines about Valluvar and the Kural text thus:

Valluvar is in reality a god; and if any shall say that he is a mere mortal, not only will the learned reject his saying, but take him for an ignorant man.

See also

• Sangam literature
• List of Sangam poets
• Tiruvalluva Maalai

Notes

1. ^ Vedanayagam 2017, pp. 19–20.
2. ^ Kowmareeshwari 2012, p. 450.
3. Desikar 1969, p. 129.
4. ^ Kowmareeshwari 2012.
5. Robinson, 2001, p. 24.

References

• Desikar, S. Dhandapani (1969). Tirukkural Alagum Amaippum (திருக்குறள் அழகும் அமைப்பும்) (in Tamil). Chennai: Tamil Valarcchi Iyakkam. p. 129.
• Vedanayagam, Rama (2017). Tiruvalluva Maalai: Moolamum Eliya Urai Vilakkamum (in Tamil) (1 ed.). Chennai: Manimekalai Prasuram. pp. 19–20.
• Edward Jewitt Robinson (2001). Tamil Wisdom: Traditions Concerning Hindu Sages and Selections from Their Writings. New Delhi: Asian Educational Services.
• Kowmareeshwari, S., ed. (August 2012). Agananuru, Purananuru. Sanga Ilakkiyam (in Tamil). Vol. 3 (1 ed.). Chennai: Saradha Pathippagam. p. 251.

• Tamil-language literature
• Tamil philosophy
• Tamil poets
• Sangam poets
• Tiruvalluva Maalai contributors