Madurai Tamilaasiriyar Sengunrur Kilar

Biography

Sengunrur Kilar was a poet belonging to the late Sangam period that corresponds between 1st century BCE and 2nd century CE. He was a professor of the ancient Madurai College (Madurai Tamil Sangam). He was also the chief of the clan on the Sengundram hill.[1]

View on Valluvar and the Kural

Sengunrur Kilar has authored verse 34 of the Tiruvalluva Maalai.[1] He opines about Valluvar and the Kural text thus:[2]

To call anyone a poet upon this earth besides the divine Valluvar, would be like calling both the evening illumined by the moon, and the evening shrouded in darkness, a fine evening.

See also

Citations
  1. Vedanayagam, 2017, pp. 49–50.
  2. Robinson, 2001, pp. 25–26.

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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