Ponmudiyar

Ponmudiyār (Tamil: பொன்முடியார்) was a poetess of the Sangam period, to whom 4 verses of the Sangam literature have been attributed, including verse 14 of the Tiruvalluva Maalai.[1]

Topics in Sangam literature
Sangam literature
Akattiyam	Tholkāppiyam
Eighteen Greater Texts
Eight Anthologies
Aiṅkurunūṟu	Akanāṉūṟu
Puṟanāṉūṟu	Kalittokai
Kuṟuntokai	Natṟiṇai
Paripāṭal	Patiṟṟuppattu
Ten Idylls
Tirumurukāṟṟuppaṭai	Kuṟiñcippāṭṭu
Malaipaṭukaṭām	Maturaikkāñci
Mullaippāṭṭu	Neṭunalvāṭai
Paṭṭiṉappālai	Perumpāṇāṟṟuppaṭai
Poruṇarāṟṟuppaṭai	Ciṟupāṇāṟṟuppaṭai
Related topics
Sangam	Sangam landscape
Tamil history from Sangam literature	Ancient Tamil music
Eighteen Lesser Texts
Nālaṭiyār	Nāṉmaṇikkaṭikai
Iṉṉā Nāṟpatu	Iṉiyavai Nāṟpatu
Kār Nāṟpatu	Kaḷavaḻi Nāṟpatu
Aintiṇai Aimpatu	Tiṉaimoḻi Aimpatu
Aintinai Eḻupatu	Tiṉaimalai Nūṟṟu Aimpatu
Tirukkuṛaḷ	Tirikaṭukam
Ācārakkōvai	Paḻamoḻi Nāṉūṟu
Ciṟupañcamūlam	Mutumoḻikkānci
Elāti	Kainnilai

Biography

Ponmudiyar lived during the time of the Chera king Thagadur Erindha Peruncheral Irumporai.[2] She was the well-wisher of the Athiyaman king Nedumananji, who is known for giving an eternal gooseberry fruit to Avvaiyar I, and has written in praise of him.[3]

Contribution to the Sangam literature

Ponmudiyar has written 4 Sangam verses, including 3 in Purananuru (verses 299, 310, and 312) and 1 in Tiruvalluva Maalai (verse 14).[2]

Views on Valluvar and the Kural

Ponmudiyar opines about Valluvar and the Kural text thus:[4]

It is said that the Cural (meaning Vishnu in his incarnation as a dwarf) produced by Casypa in times of yore measured the earth; but the Cural now produced by Valluvar has measured both the earth and the heaven. [Emphasis in original]

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Notes

Vedanayagam, Rama (2017). திருவள்ளுவ மாலை மூலமும் எளிய உரை விளக்கமும் [Tiruvalluva Maalai: Moolamum Eliya Urai Vilakkamum] (in Tamil) (1 ed.). Chennai: Manimekalai Prasuram. pp. 26–27.
Kowmareeshwari (Ed.), S. (August 2012). அகநானூறு, புறநானூறு [Agananuru, Purananuru]. Sanga Ilakkiyam (in Tamil). 3 (1 ed.). Chennai: Saradha Pathippagam. p. 413.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
Govindan, K. (1953). பெண்பாற் புலவர்கள் [Poetess]. Sangathamil Pulavar Series - 5 (in Tamil) (1 ed.). Chennai: The South India Saiva Siddhanta Works Publishing Society. pp. 76–81.
Robinson, 2001, p. 25.

References

Edward Jewitt Robinson (2001). Tamil Wisdom: Traditions Concerning Hindu Sages and Selections from Their Writings. New Delhi: Asian Educational Services.

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[Vedanayagam_Urai-1] Vedanayagam, Rama (2017). திருவள்ளுவ மாலை மூலமும் எளிய உரை விளக்கமும் [Tiruvalluva Maalai: Moolamum Eliya Urai Vilakkamum] (in Tamil) (1 ed.). Chennai: Manimekalai Prasuram. pp. 26–27.

[SangaIlakkiyam_3-2] Kowmareeshwari (Ed.), S. (August 2012). அகநானூறு, புறநானூறு [Agananuru, Purananuru]. Sanga Ilakkiyam (in Tamil). 3 (1 ed.). Chennai: Saradha Pathippagam. p. 413.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)

[PenpaarPulavargal-3] Govindan, K. (1953). பெண்பாற் புலவர்கள் [Poetess]. Sangathamil Pulavar Series - 5 (in Tamil) (1 ed.). Chennai: The South India Saiva Siddhanta Works Publishing Society. pp. 76–81.

[FOOTNOTERobinson,_200125-4] Robinson, 2001, p. 25.