Uruthirajenma Kannar ( Tamil: உருத்திர சன்மகண்ணர்) was a poet of the Sangam period to whom verse 31 of the Tiruvalluva Maalai.
Uruthirajenma Kannar was a poet belonging to the late Sangam period that corresponds between 1st century BCE and 2nd century CE. He is known to be short-tempered, with his eyes seething in rage most of the times. Hence he was known by the name "Uruthirajenma Kannar", which literally means "he who has eyes raging with anger". [1]
Uruthirajenma Kannar has authored verse 31 of the Tiruvalluva Maalai. [1] He opines about Valluvar and the Kural text thus: [2]
Water springs forth when the earth is dug, and milk when the child sucks the mother's breast, but knowledge when the poets study Valluvar's Cural. [Emphasis in original]
Uruthirajenma Kannar ( Tamil: உருத்திர சன்மகண்ணர்) was a poet of the Sangam period to whom verse 31 of the Tiruvalluva Maalai.
Uruthirajenma Kannar was a poet belonging to the late Sangam period that corresponds between 1st century BCE and 2nd century CE. He is known to be short-tempered, with his eyes seething in rage most of the times. Hence he was known by the name "Uruthirajenma Kannar", which literally means "he who has eyes raging with anger". [1]
Uruthirajenma Kannar has authored verse 31 of the Tiruvalluva Maalai. [1] He opines about Valluvar and the Kural text thus: [2]
Water springs forth when the earth is dug, and milk when the child sucks the mother's breast, but knowledge when the poets study Valluvar's Cural. [Emphasis in original]