Thoditthalai Viluthandinar
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Thoditthalai Viluthandinar was a poet of the Sangam period, to whom a sole verse of the Sangam literature has been attributed, in addition to verse 22 of the Tiruvalluva Maalai.[1]
Thoditthalai Viluthandinar came to be so called owing to the phrase "Thoditthalai Vilutthandu" used in the verse that he composed in Purananuru.[1] This was the only verse that describes the boisterous acts of young men.[2]
Contribution to the Sangam literature
Thoditthalai Viluthandinar has written a sole Sangam verse, namely, verse 243 of the Purananuru, apart from verse 22 of the Tiruvalluva Maalai.[1][2]
Views on Valluvar and the Kural
Thoditthalai Viluthandinar opines about Valluvar and the Kural text thus:[3]
The great poet's work comprises everything; or, if there be anything which it does not comprise, he alone knows it.
