Meikandadevar

Meikanda Thevar (c. 11th century CE) was a Hindu poet and expert in Hindu metaphysics and theology.

Personal life

Meikandadevar was born Shvetavana Perumal in the town of Venneinallur situated on the Pennar River.

Works

Meikandadevar was a student of Paranjothi Tampiran. The most popular of his compositions is Sivagnana Bodham, a metaphysical and theological treatise.

References

Chitty, Simon Casie (1859). The Tamil Plutarch, containing a summary account of the lives of poets and poetesses of Southern India and Ceylon. Jaffna: Ripley & Strong. p. 56.

Tamil language

History

Old Tamil
Middle Tamil
Modern Tamil
Manipravalam
Proto-Dravidian
Proto-South Dravidian
Tamil Sangams
- First Sangam
- Second Sangam
- Third Sangam

Dialects

Indian	Bangalore Tamil dialects Central Tamil dialect Kongu Tamil Madras Bashai Madurai Tamil Nellai Tamil
Sri Lankan	Negombo Batticaloa Jaffna
Sociolects	Brahmin Tamil Arwi Malaysian Tamil

Global organizations

Literature

Classics	Sangam literature Tamil books of Law Five Great Epics Ponniyin Selvan List of Sangam poets Commentaries in Tamil literary tradition
Devotional literature	Cīrappurānam Kampa Irāmāyaṉam Nālāyira Tivviya Pirapantam Tēmpāvaṉi Tirumurai Tirumurukāṟṟuppaṭai Thiruppugal Thiruvilaiyadal Puranam Vinayagar Agaval Tamil Ganaptya texts
Poetry	Kural Venpa Iraichchi Akam Puram Thinai Ullurai Ulā
Grammars and dictionaries	Agattiyam Nannūl Purapporul Venbamaalai Tolkāppiyam Caturakarāti Tamil Lexicon dictionary
History	Yāḻpāna Vaipava Mālai
Mathematics and natural science	Yerambam Kaṇakkatikāram