Thoditthalai Viluthandinar


Thoditthalai Viluthandinar was a poet of the Sangam period, to whom a sole verse of the Sangam literature has been attributed, in addition to verse 22 of the Tiruvalluva Maalai.

Biography

Thoditthalai Viluthandinar was came to be called so owing to the phrase "Thoditthalai Vilutthandu" used in the verse that he composed in Purananuru. This was the only verse that describes the boisterous acts of young men.

Contribution to the Sangam literature

Thoditthalai Viluthandinar has written a sole Sangam verse, namely, verse 243 of the Purananuru, apart from verse 22 of the Tiruvalluva Maalai.

Views on Valluvar and the Kural

Thoditthalai Viluthandinar opines about Valluvar and the Kural text thus: