![]() ![]() The 14 th century Avaiyar was perhaps the third female poet to assume this name, but the distinctive character of her work, the Vinayagar Agaval, has forever immortalized this obscure figure as a poetical giant in Tamil literary history. The character of the Sangam Avaiyar sharply contrasts the Avaiyar of the 14 th century whose occult leanings parody the benign, granny-like persona of her ancient predecessor. ![]() Her namesake of the ancient Sangam age was the prototypical Mother Goose of South India who authored the canon of moral guidelines that still form a mainstay to children's education in contemporary Tamil Nadu. Avaiyar's Vinayagar Agaval English rendering by Layne Little In the 14 th century, a female ascetic, often envisioned as a wise wandering crone, took the name of Avaiyar.
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