Avvaiyar (Sangam poet)

Category
RELIGION

Language
INDIAN

Avvaiyar was a Tamil poet who lived during the Sangam period and is said to have had cordial relations with the Tamil chieftains V?l P?ri and Athiyam?n. She wrote 59 poems in the Pu?an????u.[1] A plaque on a statue of the poet in Chennai suggests the first century BCE for her birthdate.[2][3] The name Avvaiyar means a 'respectable good woman', hence a generic title; her personal name is not known.[4]

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