Paranar
{{Short description|Poet of the Sangam period}}
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Paranar (Tamil: பரணர்) (c. 1st century CE) was a poet of the Sangam period, to whom 84 verses of the Sangam literature have been attributed, besides verse 6 of the Tiruvalluva Maalai.{{sfn| Vedanayagam |2017|p=17}}
Biography
Paranar belonged to the Paanar caste. He was the friend of Kapilar{{sfn| Kowmareeshwari |2012|p=442}} and Nakkirar I.{{sfn| Kowmareeshwari |2012|p=243}} He has sung various kings, namely, Kadal Pirakkottiya Senguttuvan, Cholan Uruvapatrer Ilanchet Senni, Cheraman Kadalottiya Velkelu Kuttuvan, Kudakko Neduncheralaadhan, and Cholan Verpatradakkai Perunarkilli.{{sfn| Kowmareeshwari |2012|p=243}}
Contribution to the Sangam literature
Paranar has written about 85 verses, including 17 in Kurunthogai, 12 in Natrinai, 32 in Agananuru, 13 in Purananuru, 10 in Pathitrupathu, and 1 in Tiruvalluva Maalai.{{sfn| Kowmareeshwari |2012|p=442}}
By praising the Chera king Senguttuvan, Paranar received Udambarkaattu Vaari and his son prince Kuttuvan Cheral as 'present'.{{sfn| Kowmareeshwari |2012|p=442}}
=Views on Valluvar and the Kural=
Paranar opines about Valluvar and the Kural text thus:{{sfn|Robinson, 2001|p=25}}
{{cquote|Māl (Vishnu) in his Cural (or dwarfish incarnation) measured the whole earth with his two expanded feet; but Valluvar has measured the thoughts of all mankind with his (stanza of) two short feet. [Emphasis in original]}}
See also
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Notes
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References
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- {{cite book | editor-last = Kowmareeshwari | editor-first = S. | title = Kurunthogai, Paripaadal, Kalitthogai | publisher = Saradha Pathippagam | series = Sanga Ilakkiyam | volume = 2 | edition = 1 | date = August 2012 | location = Chennai | pages = 442 | language = ta }}
- {{cite book | editor-last = Kowmareeshwari | editor-first = S. | title = Agananuru, Purananuru | publisher = Saradha Pathippagam | series = Sanga Ilakkiyam | volume = 3 | edition = 1 | date = August 2012 | location = Chennai | pages = 243 | language = ta |ref={{sfnRef| Kowmareeshwari, 2012}}}}
- {{cite book | last = Vedanayagam | first = Rama | title =Tiruvalluva Maalai: Moolamum Eliya Urai Vilakkamum | publisher = Manimekalai Prasuram | edition = 1 | date = 2017 | location = Chennai | pages =17 | language = ta }}
- {{cite book |author=Edward Jewitt Robinson |title=Tamil Wisdom: Traditions Concerning Hindu Sages and Selections from Their Writings |url=https://archive.org/details/tamilwisdomtradi0000robi|year=2001 |publisher=Asian Educational Services |location = New Delhi|ref={{sfnRef|Robinson, 2001}}}}
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