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'''Kalladar''' ([[Tamil language|Tamil]]: கல்லாடர்), also known as '''Kalladanar''' ([[Tamil language|Tamil]]: கல்லாடனார்), was a poet of the [[Sangam period]], known for authoring 14 verses of the [[Sangam literature]], besides verse 9 of the [[Tiruvalluva Maalai]].{{sfn|Vedanayagam|2017|pp=20–21}}<br />
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==Biography==<br />
Kalladar hailed from a town called [[Kallada]]m (hence the name 'Kalladar'), which is in the modern-day [[Kerala]].{{sfn| Kowmareeshwari |2012|p=430}}{{sfn| Gopalan |1957|p=49}} Rulers sung by Kalladar include Ambarkilan Aruvandhai, Mullur king Kari, Ori, Akdhai, Pandiyan Thalaiyalangaanatthu Seruvendra Neduncheliyan, Venkatamalai ruler Kalvar Koman Pulli, Poraiyatru Kilan Periyan, Nannan, and Kalangaai Kanni Narmudicheral.{{sfn| Kowmareeshwari |2012|pp=237–238}} Other poets who also sung about the [[Pandya dynasty|Pandiyan]] King Thalaiyalangaanatthu Seruvendra Neduncheliyan, including [[Kudapulaviyanar]], [[Mangudi Kilar]], and [[Mangudi Marudhanar]], were thus his contemporaries.{{sfn| Gopalan |1957|p=49}} With his friendship with [[Mamulanar]], he formed part of the Kallada–Mamulanar dyad.{{sfn| Kowmareeshwari |2012|pp=237–238}}<br />
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==Contribution to the Sangam literature==<br />
Kalladar has written verses in [[Kurunthogai]] (verses 260 and 269), [[Agananuru]] (verses 9, 63, 113, 171, 199, 209, 333), and [[Purananuru]] (verses 23, 25, 371, 385, 391). The chief themes that Kalladar handled in his verses include battlefield, consequences of battles, and the plights of widows of the slain soldiers.{{sfn| Kowmareeshwari |2012|p=430}} He has also composed verse 9 of the [[Tiruvalluva Maalai]]. But this Kalladar is likely to be a namesake who wrote these verses in venba meter, centuries after the Sangam period. He is also believed to have written a commentary on the [[Tolkappiyam]].{{sfn| Gopalan |1957|p=49}}{{sfn| Kowmareeshwari |2012|pp=237–238}}<br />
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A later work of ''Kallaadam'', unlike one would guess, was not authored by Kalladar.{{sfn| Gopalan |1957|p=49}} The Tamil land must have seen at least three Kalladars, if not four.{{citation needed|date=April 2021}}<br />
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===Views on Valluvar and the Kural===<br />
Kalladar opines about [[Valluvar]] and the [[Kural text]] thus:{{sfn|Robinson, 2001|pp=22–23}}<br />
{{cquote|Of the six sects, one will condemn the system of the other; but none of them will condemn the system propounded by Valluvar in his ''Cural'': it has the merit of harmonizing the opinions of them all, so that each sect would admit it to be its own. <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 />
* {{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 =20–21 | language = Tamil | url = | doi = | id = | isbn = | mr = | zbl = | jfm = | ref={{sfnRef| Vedanayagam, 2017}}}}<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 = 49 | language = Tamil | url = | doi = | id = | isbn = | mr = | zbl = | jfm = | ref={{sfnRef| Gopalan, 1957}}}}<br />
* {{cite book | last = Kowmareeshwari (Ed.) | first = S. | author-link = | title = Kurunthogai, Paripaadal, Kalitthogai | publisher = Saradha Pathippagam | series = Sanga Ilakkiyam | volume = 2 | edition = 1 | date = August 2012 | location = Chennai | pages = 430 | language = Tamil | url = | doi = | id = | isbn = | mr = | zbl = | jfm = | ref={{sfnRef|Kowmareeshwari, 2012}}}}<br />
* {{cite book | last = Kowmareeshwari (Ed.) | first = S. | author-link = | title = Agananuru, Purananuru | publisher = Saradha Pathippagam | series = Sanga Ilakkiyam | volume = 3 | edition = 1 | date = August 2012 | location = Chennai | pages = 237–238 | language = Tamil | url = | doi = | id = | isbn = | mr = | zbl = | jfm = | ref={{sfnRef| Kowmareeshwari, 2012}}}}<br />
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