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/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.
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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.