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Kalathur Kilar
Poet of the Sangam period

Kalathur Kilar

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Poet of the Sangam period
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Topics in Sangam literature
Sangam literature
AkattiyamTholkāppiyam
Eighteen Greater Texts
Eight Anthologies
AiṅkurunūṟuAkanāṉūṟu
PuṟanāṉūṟuKalittokai
KuṟuntokaiNatṟiṇai
ParipāṭalPatiṟṟuppattu
Ten Idylls
TirumurukāṟṟuppaṭaiKuṟiñcippāṭṭu
MalaipaṭukaṭāmMaturaikkāñci
MullaippāṭṭuNeṭunalvāṭai
PaṭṭiṉappālaiPerumpāṇāṟṟuppaṭai
PoruṇarāṟṟuppaṭaiCiṟupāṇāṟṟuppaṭai
Related topics
SangamSangam landscape
Tamil history from Sangam literatureAncient Tamil music
Eighteen Lesser Texts
NālaṭiyārNāṉmaṇikkaṭikai
Iṉṉā NāṟpatuIṉiyavai Nāṟpatu
Kār NāṟpatuKaḷavaḻi Nāṟpatu
Aintiṇai AimpatuTiṉaimoḻi Aimpatu
Aintinai EḻupatuTiṉaimalai Nūṟṟu Aimpatu
TirukkuṛaḷTirikaṭukam
ĀcārakkōvaiPaḻamoḻi Nāṉūṟu
CiṟupañcamūlamMutumoḻikkānci
ElātiKainnilai

Kalathūr Kilār (Tamil: களத்தூர்க் கிழார்) was a poet of the Sangam period to whom verse 44 of the Tiruvalluva Maalai.

Biography

Kalathūr Kilār was a poet belonging to the late Sangam period that corresponds between 1st century BCE and 2nd century CE. He hailed from the town named Kalathur. He is known for referring to the Mahabaratha as the "Fifth Veda" in his Tiruvalluva Maalai verse.

View on Valluvar and the Kural

Kalathūr Kilār has authored verse 44 of the Tiruvalluva Maalai. He opines about Valluvar and the Kural text thus:

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