Mosikeeranar
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Mōsi Keeranār (Tamil: மோசிகீரனார்) was a poet of the Sangam period, to whom 10 verses of the Sangam literature have been attributed, including verse 27 of the Tiruvalluva Maalai.[1]
Mosikeeranar hailed from Mosur in Thondainadu. Keeran is his familial name.[1] Mosikeeranar was said to be the contemporary of the Chera ruler Thagadoor Erindha Peruncheral Irumporai.[2] He was known as the poet who mistakenly slept on the murasukattil (giant drum cot) of the ruler.[2]
