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'''Arisil Kilar''' ([[Tamil language|Tamil]]: அரிசில் கிழார்) was a [[Tamil language|Tamil]] poet of [[Sangam period]]. He has authored 20 verses in the [[Sangam literature]], including verse 13 of the [[Tiruvalluva Maalai]].<br />
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==Biography==<br />
Arisil Kilar hailed from Ariyilur and belonged to the Vellalar caste.{{sfn| Gopalan |1957|pp=10–11}} His name was prefixed with "Arisil" since he lived on the banks of river Arisil near [[Kumbakonam]].{{sfn| Vedanayagam |2017|pp=44–45}} He was from the period of the last seven great patrons of the Tamil land. The King [[Perum Cheral Irumporai|Thagadur Erindha Perum Cheral Irumporai]] bestowed 900,000 kaanam as prize upon him for writing ten verses of the Pathitrupatthu, and also made him a minister in his court.{{sfn| Kowmareeshwari |2012|p=}}{{sfn| Sreedhara|2012|pp=}} He is also believed to have penned verses of the Thagadur Yathrai.{{sfn| Kowmareeshwari |2012|p=}} He is a contemporary of [[Kapilar]], [[Paranar]], [[Perunkunrur Kilar]] and [[Ponmudiyar]].{{sfn| Kowmareeshwari |2012|p=}}{{sfn| Kowmareeshwari |2012|p=398}} He is also known for his kindness act when he helped king [[Vaiyāvik Kōpperum Pēkan]] reunite with his wife.{{sfn| Kowmareeshwari |2012|p=398}}<br />
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==Contribution to the Sangam literature==<br />
Arisil Kilar has written twenty Sangam verses in all, including seven in [[Purananuru]], one in [[Kurunthogai]], ten in [[Patiṟṟuppattu|Pathitrupatthu]], one in Thagadur Yaathirai,{{sfn| Kowmareeshwari |2012|p=}} and one (verse 13) of the [[Tiruvalluva Maalai]].{{sfn| Vedanayagam |2017|pp=44–45}}{{sfn| Gopalan |1957|pp=10–11}}<br />
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===Views on Valluvar and the Kural===<br />
Arisil Kilar opines about [[Valluvar]] and the [[Kural text]] thus:{{sfn|Robinson, 2001|p=22}}<br />
{{cquote|Who but Valluvar is able to separate, according to their order, all the things blended together in the Vēdas, and impart them to the world in a condensed form and with due amplification? }}<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 />
* {{cite book | last = Gopalan | first = P. V. | author-link = | title = புலவர் அகராதி [Dictionary of Poets] | publisher = M. Duraisami Mudaliyar and Company | series = | volume = | edition = 1 | date = 1957 | location = Chennai | pages = 10–11 | language = Tamil | url = | doi = | id = | isbn = | mr = | zbl = | jfm = | ref={{sfnRef| Gopalan, 1957}}}}<br />
* {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ESpUMAEACAAJ&q=editions:-A5NDJUl7tIC |title=A Survey of Kerala History - A. Sreedhara Menon - Google Books |date= |accessdate=2012-08-31 | ref={{sfnRef| Sreedhara, 2012}}}}<br />
* {{cite book | last = Kowmareeshwari (Ed.) | first = S. | author-link = | title = அகநானூறு, புறநானூறு [Agananuru, Purananuru] | publisher = Saradha Pathippagam | series = Sanga Ilakkiyam | volume = 3 | edition = 1 | date = August 2012 | location = Chennai | pages = 398 | language = Tamil | url = | doi = | id = | isbn = | mr = | zbl = | jfm = | ref={{sfnRef| Kowmareeshwari, 2012}}}}<br />
* {{cite book | last = Kowmareeshwari (Ed.) | first = S. | author-link = | title = Kurunthogai, Paripadal, Kalitthogai | publisher = Saradha Pathippagam | series = Sanga Ilakkiyam | volume = 2 | edition = 1 | date = August 2012 | location = Chennai | pages = | language = Tamil | url = | doi = | id = | isbn = | mr = | zbl = | jfm = | ref={{sfnRef| Kowmareeshwari, 2012}}}}<br />
* {{cite book | last = Vedanayagam | first = Rama | author-link = | title =Tiruvalluva Maalai: Moolamum Eliya Urai Vilakkamum | publisher = Manimekalai Prasuram | series = | volume = | edition = 1 | date = 2017 | location = Chennai | pages =44–45 | language = Tamil | url = | doi = | id = | isbn = | mr = | zbl = | jfm = | ref={{sfnRef| Vedanayagam, 2017}}}}<br />
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