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'''Alangudi Vanganar''' ([[Tamil language|Tamil]]: ஆலங்குடி வங்கனார்) was a poet of the [[Sangam period]], to whom 8 verses of the [[Sangam literature]] have been attributed, including verse 53 of the [[Tiruvalluva Maalai]].<ref name="Vedanayagam_Maalai">{{cite book<br />
| last = Vedanayagam<br />
| first = Rama<br />
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| title =Tiruvalluva Maalai: Moolamum Eliya Urai Vilakkamum<br />
| publisher = Manimekalai Prasuram<br />
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| edition = 1<br />
| date = 2017<br />
| location = Chennai<br />
| pages = 71–72<br />
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==Biography==<br />
Alangudi Vanganar hailed from [[Alangudi, Pudukkottai|Alangudi]] in [[Pudukottai district]] in [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref name="SangaIlakkiyam_2"/> He was said to be involved in maritime trade and hence acquired the name 'Vanganar', which means the one related to ships.<ref name="Vedanayagam_Maalai"/><br />
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==Contribution to the Sangam literature==<br />
Alangudi Vanganar has written 8 verses, including 2 in [[Kurunthogai]], 3 in [[Natrinai]], 1 each in [[Agananuru]] and [[Purananuru]], and 1 in [[Tiruvalluva Maalai]].<ref name="SangaIlakkiyam_2">{{cite book<br />
| last = Kowmareeshwari (Ed.)<br />
| first = S. <br />
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| title = Kurunthogai, Paripaadal, Kalitthogai<br />
| publisher = Saradha Pathippagam<br />
| series = Sanga Ilakkiyam<br />
| volume = 2<br />
| edition = 1<br />
| date = August 2012<br />
| location = Chennai<br />
| pages = 419<br />
| language = Tamil<br />
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===Views on Valluvar and the Kural===<br />
Alangudi Vanganar opines about [[Valluvar]] and the [[Kural text]] thus:{{sfn|Robinson, 2001|p=22}}<br />
{{cquote|The gods have known the taste of ambrosia by having partaken of it; but men will know it when they imbibe the milk issuing from the three teats (parts) of the ''Cural''. <small>[Emphasis in original]</small>}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
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* [[Sangam literature]]<br />
* [[List of Sangam poets]]<br />
* [[Tiruvalluva Maalai]]<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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==References==<br />
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* {{cite book |author=Edward Jewitt Robinson |title=Tamil Wisdom: Traditions Concerning Hindu Sages and Selections from Their Writings |url=https://archive.org/details/tamilwisdomtradi0000robi|year=2001 |publisher=Asian Educational Services |location = New Delhi|edition = |isbn= |ref={{sfnRef|Robinson, 2001}}}}<br />
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