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'''Madurai Aruvai Vanigan Ilavettanar''' ([[Tamil language|Tamil]]: மதுரை அறுவை வாணிகன் இளவேட்டனார்) was a poet of the [[Sangam period]], to whom 13 verses of the [[Sangam literature]] have been attributed, including verse 35 of the [[Tiruvalluva Maalai]].<ref name="Vedanayagam_Urai">{{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 />
| series =<br />
| volume =<br />
| edition = 1<br />
| date = 2017<br />
| location = Chennai<br />
| pages =50–51<br />
| language = Tamil<br />
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==Biography==<br />
Madurai Aruvai Vanigan Ilavettanar was a textile merchant from the city of [[Madurai]].<ref name="SangaIlakkiyam_3">{{cite book<br />
| last = Kowmareeshwari (Ed.)<br />
| first = S. <br />
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| title = Agananuru, Purananuru<br />
| publisher = Saradha Pathippagam<br />
| series = Sanga Ilakkiyam<br />
| volume = 3<br />
| edition = 1<br />
| date = August 2012<br />
| location = Chennai<br />
| pages = 247<br />
| language = Tamil<br />
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==Contribution to the Sangam literature==<br />
Madurai Aruvai Vanigan Ilavettanar has written 13 verses, including 1 in [[Kurunthogai]], 4 in [[Natrinai]], 6 in [[Agananuru]], 1 in [[Purananuru]], and 1 in [[Tiruvalluva Maalai]].<ref name="SangaIlakkiyam_3"/><br />
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==See also==<br />
{{Portal|Tamils|India|Literature|Poetry}}<br />
* [[Sangam literature]]<br />
* [[List of Sangam poets]]<br />
* [[Tiruvalluva Maalai]]<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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[[Category:Tamil philosophy]]<br />
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[[Category:Tiruvalluva Maalai contributors]]</div>
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