Thiruvalluvar

Artistic modern depiction of Thiruvalluvar Thiruvalluvar, commonly known as Valluvar, was an Indian poet and philosopher. He is best known as the author of the ''Tirukkuṟaḷ'', a collection of couplets on ethics, political and economic matters, and love. The text is considered an exceptional and widely cherished work of Tamil literature.

Almost no authentic information is available about Valluvar, states Kamil Zvelebil – a scholar of Tamil literature. His life and likely background are variously inferred from his literary works by different biographers. There are unauthentic hagiographic and legendary accounts of Valluvar's life, and all major Indian religions, as well as Christian missionaries of the 19th century, have tried to claim him as secretly inspired (''crypto-'') or originally belonging to their tradition. Little is known with certainty about his family background, religious affiliation, or birthplace. He is believed to have lived at least in the town of Mylapore (a neighbourhood of the present-day Chennai), and his floruit is dated variously from fourth century BCE to early fifth century CE, based on the traditional accounts and the linguistic analyses of his writings. Kamil Zvelebil infers the '''' and Valluvar are best dated to around 500 CE.

Valluvar has influenced a wide range of scholars down the ages since his time across the ethical, social, political, economical, religious, philosophical, and spiritual spheres. He has long been venerated as a great sage, and his literary works a classic of Tamil culture. Provided by Wikipedia
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    by Tiruvaḷḷuvar
    Published 1971
    Madras, South India Saiva Siddhanta Works Pub. Society, Tinnevelly, 1971.
    1 online resource (23, 270 pages)
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    by Tiruvaḷḷuvar
    Published 1927
    Madras : Rochouse & Sons, Ltd., [1927?]
    viii, 280 p. ; 18 cm.
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    by Tiruvaḷḷuvar
    Published 1963
    Moskva : Izd-vo vostochnoĭ lit-ry, 1963.
    1 online resource (155 pages)
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    by Tiruvaḷḷuvar
    Published 1972
    Maturai, Maturai Palkalai Kaḻakam, 1972-
    v. 23 cm.
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    by Tiruvaḷḷuvar
    Published 1963
    Moskva : Izd-vo vostochnoĭ lit-ry, 1963.
    155 pages ; 20 cm.
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    by Tiruvaḷḷuvar
    Published 1965
    1965.
    1 v. (various pagings) 22 cm.
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    by Tiruvaḷḷuvar
    Published 1976
    Lakhanau: Bhuvana Vāṇī Ṭrasṭa, 1976.
    18, 352 p. (p. [351]-352 advertisements): ports.; 23 cm.
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    by Tiruvaḷḷuvar
    Published 1971
    Madras, South India Saiva Siddhanta Works Pub. Society, Tinnevelly, 1971.
    23, 270 pages 19 cm.
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    by Tiruvaḷḷuvar
    Published 1981
    Madras : South India Saiva Siddhanta Works Publishing Society, Tinnevelly, 1981.
    vii, 123 p. ; 19 cm.
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    by Tiruvaḷḷuvar
    Published 1968
    Madras, South India Saiva Siddhanta Works Pub. Society, Tinnevelly, 1968.
    298 p. port. 19 cm.
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    by Tiruvaḷḷuvar
    Published 1950
    Kaṭalūr N.T. : Potikaip Patippakam, [1950]
    viii, 153 p. ; 17 cm.
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    by Tiruvaḷḷuvar
    Published 1969
    Bombay, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan [1969]
    xxv, 139 p. 22 cm.
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    by Tiruvaḷḷuvar
    Published 1916
    Irācīpuram : Tirukkuṟaḷ Patippakam, 1916.
    32 p. ; 18 cm.
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    by Tiruvaḷḷuvar
    Published 1952
    Taṇuku, Pa. Gō. Jillā : Palleṭūru Granthamaṇḍali, 1952.
    viii, 209 p. ; 18 cm.
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    by Tiruvaḷḷuvar
    Published 1968
    1968.
    xxxii, 574 p. 19 cm.
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    by Tiruvaḷḷuvar
    Published 1930
    Ceṉṉappaṭṭaṇam : Tiyākarājapiḷḷai, [1930]
    xii, 384, [38] p. ; 24 cm.
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    by Tiruvaḷḷuvar
    Published 1972
    Ceṉṉai : Vairam Patippakam, [1972]
    160 p. ; 19 cm.
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    by Tiruvaḷḷuvar
    Published 1980
    Singapore : EVS Enterprises, 1980.
    xvi, 133, 133, 5 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
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    by Tiruvaḷḷuvar
    Published 1980
    Madrās : Dār Ḥāfiẓah, 1980.
    188 p. ; 23 cm.
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    by Tiruvaḷḷuvar
    Published 1979
    Madras : Dept. of Statistics, Madras Christian College, 1979.
    133 p. ; 28 cm.
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