Akkaarakkani Nacchumanar

Akkārakkani Nacchumanār (Tamil: அக்காரக்கனி நச்சுமனார்) was a poet of the Sangam period to whom verse 46 of the Tiruvalluva Maalai is ascribed.

Biography Akkārakkani Nacchumanār was a poet belonging to the late Sangam period (between 1st century BCE and 2nd century CE). The term Akkārakkani denotes the Hindu god Vishnu. Thus, he is believed to have been a follower of Vaishnavism.

View on Valluvar and the Kural Akkārakkani Nacchumanār wrote verse 46 of the Tiruvalluva Maalai. He opines about Valluvar and the Kural text thus: