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'''Iraiyanar''' ([[Tamil language|Tamil]]: இறையனார்), literally meaning "the Lord" and also a common name of [[Shiva]], was a legendary poet of the [[Sangam period]] who is believed to have composed verse 2 of [[Kurunthogai]].{{sfn|Kowmareeshwari|2012}} He is believed to be the incarnation of [[Lord Shiva]] of the [[Madurai Meenakshi temple|temple]] at [[Madurai]], known as 'Aalavaai Sokkar' or 'Sokkanathar'.{{sfn|Kowmareeshwari|2012}} Verse 3 of the [[Tiruvalluva Maalai]], praising [[Valluvar]], is also attributed to him.{{snf|Vedanayagam|2017|pp=44–45}}<br />
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==Legend==<br />
Iraiyanar is said to be the human incarnation of [[Shiva|Lord Somasundarar]] at the [[Meenakshi Temple|temple at Madurai]].{{sfn|Gopalan|1957|pp=30–31}} Iraiyanar appears in the ''[[Thiruvilaiyadal Puranam]]'', where he confronts poet [[Nakkirar II]].{{citation needed|date=February 2018}} He is also said to have given the work [[Iraiyanar Akapporul]].{{sfn|Gopalan|1957|pp=30–31}}{{sfn|Zvelebil|1973|pp=112–113}} Some claim that Iraiyanar was a mortal poet who lived during the Sangam era.{{sfn|Gopalan|1957|pp=30–31}}<br />
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==Views on Valluvar and the Kural==<br />
Iraiyanar opines about [[Valluvar]] and the [[Kural text]] thus:{{sfn|Robinson|2001|p=24}}<br />
{{cquote|The ''Cural'' which has proceeded from the mouth of Valluvar, the king of poets, will never lose its beauty by the lapse of time: it will be always in its bloom, shedding honey like the flower of the tree in Indra's paradise. <small>[Emphasis in original]</small>}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
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* [[Iraiyanar Akapporul]]<br />
* [[List of Sangam poets]]<br />
* [[Sangam literature]]<br />
* [[Tiruvalluva Maalai]]<br />
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==Citations==<br />
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==References==<br />
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* {{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 = 30–31 | language = Tamil | url = | doi = | id = | isbn = | mr = | zbl = | jfm = }}<br />
* {{cite book | editor-last = Kowmareeshwari | editor-first = S. | author-link = | title = Kurunthogai, Paripaadal, 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 = }}<br />
* {{cite book |first=Edward Jewitt |last=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= }}<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 = }}<br />
*{{cite journal | last=Zvelebil | first=Kamil | author-link=Kamil Zvelebil | title=The Earliest Account of the Tamil Academies | journal=Indo-Iranian Journal | volume=15 | issue=2 | year=1973 | doi=10.1007/BF00157289 | s2cid=189777598 }}<br />
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