Mallar ( 11 to 13th century CE) was a

Tamil Tamil may refer to: * Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia **Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils **Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia * Tamil language, nativ ...

poet, scholar, and commentator known for his

commentary Commentary or commentaries may refer to: Publications * ''Commentary'' (magazine), a U.S. public affairs journal, founded in 1945 and formerly published by the American Jewish Committee * Caesar's Commentaries (disambiguation), a number of works ...

on the ''

Thirukkural The ''Tirukkuṟaḷ'' ( ta, திருக்குறள், lit=sacred verses), or shortly the ''Kural'' ( ta, குறள்), is a classic Tamil language text consisting of 1,330 short couplets, or kurals, of seven words each. The tex ...

''. He was among the canon of

Ten Medieval Commentators The Ten Medieval Commentators (Tamil language, Tamil: உரையாசிரியர்கள் பதின்மர்) were a canonical group of Tamil language, Tamil scholars whose commentaries on the Ancient Indian philosophy, ancient Ind ...

of the Kural text most highly esteemed by modern scholars. His work, however, has been lost along with other four ancient commentators, namely,

Dhamatthar Dhamatthar ( 11th century CE) was a Tamil poet, scholar, and commentator known for his commentary on the ''Thirukkural''. He was among the canon of ten medieval commentators of the Kural text most highly esteemed by modern scholars. His work, ho ...

Nacchar Nacchar (), also known as Nakkar, was a Tamil language, Tamil poet, scholar, and commentator known for his Literary criticism, commentary on the ''Thirukkural''. He was among the canon of Ten Medieval Commentators, ten medieval commentators of th ...

Thirumalaiyar Thirumalaiyar () was a Tamil poet, scholar, and commentator known for his commentary on the ''Thirukkural''. He was among the canon of Ten Medieval Commentators of the Kural text most highly esteemed by modern scholars. His work, however, has bee ...

, and

Dharumar Dharumar () was a Tamil poet, scholar, and commentator known for his commentary on the ''Thirukkural''. He was among the canon of Ten Medieval Commentators of the Kural text most highly esteemed by modern scholars. His work, however, has been l ...

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