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'''Māngudi Maruthanār''', also known as Mānkudi Kilār, Madhurai Kānchi Pulavar, and Kānchi Pulavanār, was a poet of the [[Sangam period]], to whom 13 verses of the [[Sangam literature]] have been attributed, including verse 24 of the [[Tiruvalluva Maalai]]. He was the author of [[Madurai Kaanchi]] of the [[Pathupattu]] (the Ten Idylls).<ref name="Vedanayagam_Urai">{{cite book<br />
| last = Vedanayagam<br />
| first = Rama<br />
| title = திருவள்ளுவ மாலை மூலமும் எளிய உரை விளக்கமும் [Tiruvalluva Maalai: Moolamum Eliya Urai Vilakkamum]<br />
| publisher = Manimekalai Prasuram<br />
| edition = 1<br />
| date = 2017<br />
| location = Chennai<br />
| pages =38–39<br />
| language = ta<br />
}}</ref><br />
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==Biography==<br />
Mangudi Marudhanar hailed from the town of Mangudi and belonged to the Vellan caste.<ref name="SangaIlakkiyam_2">{{cite book<br />
| last = Kowmareeshwari (Ed.)<br />
| first = S. <br />
| title = [Kurunthogai, Paripaadal, Kalithogai]<br />
| publisher = Saradha Pathippagam<br />
| series = Sanga Ilakkiyam<br />
| volume = 2<br />
| edition = 1<br />
| date = August 2012<br />
| location = Chennai<br />
| pages = 447<br />
| language = ta<br />
}}</ref><br />
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==Contribution to the Sangam literature==<br />
Mangudi Marudhanar wrote the [[Madurai Kaanchi]] literature of the [[Pathupattu]] (the Ten Idylls). Besides he has written 13 Sangam verses, including 3 in [[Kurunthogai]], 2 in [[Natrinai]], 6 in [[Purananuru]], 1 in [[Agananuru]], and 1 in [[Tiruvalluva Maalai]].<ref name="SangaIlakkiyam_2"/><br />
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===Views on Valluvar and the Kural===<br />
Mangudi Marudhanar opines about [[Valluvar]] and the [[Kural text]] thus:{{sfn|Robinson, 2001|p=24}}<br />
{{cquote|The beauty of Valluvar’s ''Cural'' is, that it not only illustrates the abstruse doctrines of the Vēdas, but is itself a Vēda, easy to be studied, and having the effect of melting the hearts of the righteous who study it. <small>[Emphasis in original]</small>}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
{{Portal|Tamils|India|Literature|Poetry}}<br />
{{wikisourcelang|ta|திருவள்ளுவமாலை|Tiruvalluva Maalai}}<br />
* [[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|ref={{sfnRef|Robinson, 2001}}}}<br />
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