Vannakkan Saathanar

Biography

Vannakkan Saathanar was a poet from the late Sangam period that corresponds between 1st century BCE and 2nd century CE. He was known for his erudition in Sanskrit. He also did a comparative study on Tamil and Sanskrit.[1]

View on Valluvar and the Kural

Vannakkan Saathanar has authored verse 43 of the Tiruvalluva Maalai.[1] He opines about Valluvar and the Kural text thus:[2]

It is difficult to say whether the Sanskrit or the Tamil is the best: they are perhaps on a par, since the Sanskrit possesses the Vēda, and the Tamil the Cural, composed by the divine Valluvar. [Emphasis in original]

See also

Citations
  1. Vedanayagam, 2017, pp. 59–60.
  2. Robinson, 2001, pp. 26–27.

References
  • Edward Jewitt Robinson (2001). Tamil Wisdom: Traditions Concerning Hindu Sages and Selections from Their Writings. New Delhi: Asian Educational Services.
  • Vedanayagam, Rama (2017). திருவள்ளுவ மாலை மூலமும் எளிய உரை விளக்கமும் [Tiruvalluva Maalai: Moolamum Eliya Urai Vilakkamum] (in Tamil) (1 ed.). Chennai: Manimekalai Prasuram.
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