Mosikeeranar

Mōsi Keeranār (Tamil: மோசிகீரனார்) was a poet of the Sangam period, to whom 10 verses of the Sangam literature have been attributed, including verse 27 of the Tiruvalluva Maalai.

Biography Mosikeeranar hailed from Mosur in Thondainadu. Keeran is his familial name. He was known as the poet who mistakenly slept on the murasukattil (giant drum cot) of the ruler.

Contribution to the Sangam literature Mosikeeranar has written 9 verses, including 1 in Agananuru (verse 392), 2 in Kurunthogai (verses 59 and 84), 1 in Natrinai, and 5 in Purananuru, besides the one in Tiruvalluva Maalai.