Uraiyur Mudhukootthanar

Uraiyur Mudhukootthanar (Tamil: உறையூர் முதுகூத்தனார்), also known as Uraiyur Mudhukootranar, was a poet of the Sangam period, to whom 9 verses of the Sangam literature have been attributed, including verse 39 of the Tiruvalluva Maalai.

Biography
Uraiyur Mudhukootthanar hailed from Uraiyur and was known for his patriotism.

Contribution to the Sangam literature
Uraiyur Mudhukootthanar has penned 9 Sangam verses, including 2 in Kurunthogai, 3 in Agananuru, 1 in Purananuru, and 1 in Tiruvalluva Maalai.

Views on Valluvar and the Kural
Uraiyur Mudhukootthanar opines about Valluvar and the Kural text thus: They who have not studied the Cural of the divine Valluvar are incapable of good actions: neither their tongues have expressed what is sweet in language, nor their minds understood what is sublime in sense. [Emphasis in original]