Vannakkan Saathanar

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]

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]