Written by London Swaminathan

Post No. 15,931

Date uploaded in London –30 June 2026

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Valmiki, Markandeya, Brahmachari in Purananuru! wonders-36, Tamil Encyclopedia-76, One Thousand Interesting Facts -Part 76.

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Item 591

Sanskrit Names of Sangam Poets and Kings

(I have underlined or highlighted the Sanskrit part of the names.)

Kings and Queens

Bhutap Pandyan Devi – Puram246, 247

Ugra Peruvazuthi – Puram 21, 367, nar.98

Panchavan– Pari.thirattu 2-46

Pandya chittiramadaththu thunjiya nan maran- – Puram 59

Pandyan pal yagasalai mudu kudumip peruvazuthi- Puram 6,9, 12, 15, 64

Imayavaramban nedun cheralatan- Akam.347, pathir. Pathikam – 2

Sembiyan = Saibyan =Sibi chakravarthy– Akam 36, Puram.37, 228,Nar. 14,

Rajasuyam vetta Perunarkilli – Puram.16, 125, 367, 377

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Item 592

Poets with Sanskrit Names:

Total number of poets 473; of them following have Sanskrit words.

Apart from the following names, about 20 poets have NAAGAN suffix.  They may be from Northern parts of India or Sri Lanka which was full of Nagas and Yakshas according to Buddhist Pali Language scriptures. (We have Ganapati Naagan in Gupta Sanskrit Inscription)

Innumerable poets have KANNAN ) Krishna names! But we don’t know whether KAN (eye) meant Krishna or their typical eye (Red Eyed, Big Eyed etc)

Bhuta comes in many names. It is in Vedas.

I have underlined the Sanskrit part of the names.

In the past several hundred years, we rarely see BHUTA, NAGA, DEVA names in Tamil literature.

Poets’ names end with AAR sound; it is honorific suffix. My name is London Swaminathan. Had I been a poet in Sangam age, they would have written my name as Ilandan Suvaaminaathanaar.

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Aathimanthi

Aariya arasan yaaz piramadattan / Brahmadutt

Bramadatta

aavurk kavithikal saathevan (Sahadeva?)

Iraniyamuttaththu perunkaushikan (KAUSIKA GOTRA)

Izaththup Bhutan devan /putantevan

Ugraperuzaluthi

Uruththiran/ Rudra

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(In Tamil Grammar all names beginning with R or L will be prefixed with A or U or I. Examples:

Raja = A rasa

Rudra = U ruthra

Lochana = U lochana

Ulochanar- lochana)

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Uraiyur ilampon vaanikanar (Vaanik)

Ollaiyur thantha bhutapandyan

Othagnani  (Gnaani= one who has Gnaana= wisdom)

Kachipettu ilamthachchanar

Kachipettu perumthachchanar

(Taksha= carpenter or sculptor; innumerable English words like Technician, Architect are formed with Taksha)

Kallil aaththiraiyanar  (Aathirai= Arudra Star= Betelgeuse)

Kapilar (Great Rishi, Vinayaka etc are called Kapila or a man with kapila colour skin)

Kashyapan keeran (Kasyapa Gotra)

Kappiyatruk kappiyanar  (Kavya Gotra’ Kaavya= Kaappiya)

(Kavi= poet is derived from the greatest Rig Vedic Poet Uchanas Kavi; all his Gotra/clan people have yhis Kappiya including Tol Kaappiyar; Krishna in Bhagavad Gita praised Uchanas Kavi)

Karuvur Pautranar

Karuvur Kalingattar (Kalinga= type of cloth)

Kaviripoompattinaththu ponvanikanar makan napputhanar

Kitangkil kulapathi nakkannan

Kulapathi is a title of a Rishi who has lot of students.

Gundukat paliyathanar ( He is a Prakrit poet; his poem is in Gatha Sapta Sati= Sattasi in Prakrit)

Kesavanar

Kodimangalathu vathuli narsenthanar (Vatula Gotra)

Govarthanan (Govardana Giridhari is Lord Krishna)

Sangavarunar Nagariyar

Saktinathan

Sellur kosikan kannanar (Kausika Gotra)

Chozan nauuruththiran (Nal Rudra)

Thankal atreyan senkannanar (Atreya Gotra)

Damodaranar

Devakulaththar

Devanar

Thol kapilar

Nallachuthanar (Achyuta, Kesava, Damodara are names in Vishnu Sahasranama)

Nalluththiran (Rudra)

Nikandan kalaikottu dandanar

(Kalaikkottu= Rishyasrnga in Kamba Ramayana))

Paranar

Pathumanar (Padma= Lotus) Today we Padmanabhan as a common name)

Bharatham padiya perunthevanar/ = Mahadevan

Palaikavuthamanar (Gautama Gotra)

Pirammachari/ Brahmachary

Piraman/ Brahma

Brahman is a Prakrit poet; his poems are also in Prakrit anthology)

Perunkausikan (Kausika Gotra)

Maduri aruvai vanikan  (Vanik= Businessman)

Madurai ilampalasiriyan senthan koothan

AAsiria= Acharya = English word Teacher is also derived from Acharya)

Madurai kandaradattanar (It may be Dutt or Aaditya= Sun; in later period we have Kandaraditya Chza)

Maduraik kavuniyan bhutanar (Kaundinya Gotra; Tiru Gnana Sambandar, the greatest Saivite saints boasts himself as Kavuniyan)

Madurai palasiriyar senthan korran

Madurai palasiriyar nappalanar

Madurai palasiriyar naaramanar

Maatheerthan (MahaTheertha; a Jain Poet?)

Mahavir, the greatest Jain Saint is a Teerthankara)

Mamulan (Maha Mula)

Markandeyan

Mukkal asan nalvellaiyar (AASAAN= Acharya)

Muranjiyur mudinagarayar – Mr Nagarajan

Vadanedun dattan

Vadamavannakkan Damodaran

Vanparanar

Vadap brahmadutt

Vayilan devan

Vanmiki (Valmiki of Ramayana)

Vitrur vannakkan dattan

Veripadiya kamakanni (KAAMAKKANNI= KAMAKSHI)

U Ve Sa and Kanchi Sankaracharya 1894-1994 confirmed this)

Vembatrur kumaran (Kumara Sambhavam of Kalidasa of First century BCE made this Skanda name very popular; even a Vaishnavite Gupta King named his son Kumara Gupta)

My list is not comprehensive; many names with Naga, Kannan may be added to this list)

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Item 593

Madurai Wonder!

Over 40 poets of Sangam age had Madurai City name as prefix. It is nearly one tenth of the poets. This confirms Madurai as the seat of Tamil Academy called Tamil Sangam. Other important city names in Sangam poets as prefix are: Uraiyur, Karuvur and Kaviripoompattinam)

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Item 594

Junior, Senior, Nal, Ancient

Like Sanskrit Tamils also used Kanishta=Junior=Ilam and Senior=Jyeshta=Muthu.

Also, like Sanskrit Su= Good or Best in Tamil names  as Nal; Nal Kiran, Nal Achyutan, Nal Senthan, Nal Anthuvan, Nal Athan in poets’ names).

This shows the naming procedure or method or habit was same from Himalayas to Kanyakumari.

The names in Prakrit work Gatha Sapta Sati (Sattasi) in Prakrit has more interesting names! I will deal with it separately).

For very ancient Tamils used TOL as in

Tol Kapilar

Tol Kappiyar

Tol Paranar

The Prefixing shows that both Tamil and Sanskrit originated from the same sources. I have already pointed out only Sanskrit and Tamil use Sandhi Rules (Joining words) and the same case suffixes until this day.

What is Sandhi?

Example from First Kural couplet :

Akara mudala Ezuththellam= Akara mudalavezuthellaam

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Item 595

Six Avvaiyars, Three Kapilars, Three Paranars

Linguistically we have three different AVVAIYARS from three differet periods; Ancient (Sangam), Middle ages and Modern Availyar. One research book claimed Six Avvaiayars.

Aavai means an old lady devoted to God; mostly not married or widowed.

In later Saivite poems we have Kapiladeva Nayanar, Paranadeva Nayanar etc

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Item 596

Brahmins of Sangam Age

In the above Poets List, the Brahmin gotras (clan names) are highlighted

Following Gotra Brahmins have contributed to Tamil literature:

Atreya Gotra

Kavya/ Kapya gotra

Kavundinya gotra

Kausika gotra

Gowtama gotra

Vatula gotra

But about 20 Brahmin poets including Kapilar, Paranar Nakkirar have not said anything about their Gotra affiliations

Around 13^th century the most famous commentator Nacchinarkiniyar of Madurai had boasted  that he belonged to Bharadwaja Gotra.

Tags- Sanskrit names, Sangam Tamil poets, Sangam Age Kings, Brahmin Gotras, Madurai  prefix, Markandeya, item 596, Purananuru wonders 36

To be continued……………………………….