Kaniyan Pungundranar
Kaniyan Pungundranar | |
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| Born | Uncertain; probably around 6th century BCE. |
| Philosophical work | |
| Region | Mahibalanpatti, Sivaganga district, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Main interests | Ethics, ahimsa, justice, virtue, politics, education, family, friendship, love |
| Notable works | Purananuru Naṟṟiṇai |
| Notable ideas | Common ethics and morality |
Kaniyan Poongunranar, also Poongundranar or Pungundranar (Tamil: கணியன் பூங்குன்றனார், Kaṉiyan Pūngunṟanār), was an influential Tamil Just World philosopher from the Sangam age from around 6th century BCE. His name Kaniyan implies that he was an Kaala Kanithar (astronomer) (kaala kanitham in Tamil literally means mathematics of date, time and place). Kaniyan was born and brought up in Mahibalanpatti, a village panchayat in Tamil Nadu's Sivaganga district. He composed two poems in Purananuru and Natrinai.