Avvaiyar (Sangam poet)

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Avvaiyar (Tamil: ஔவையார்) was a Tamil poet who lived during the Sangam period. She wrote 59 poems in the Puṟanāṉūṟu. and is said to have had cordial relations with the Tamil chieftains Vēl Pāri and Athiyamān. A plaque on a statue of the poet in Chennai suggests the first century BCE for her birthdate. The name Avvaiyar in Tamil is defined as a respectable good woman and was considered an honorific. Her given name is not known.

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