title: Nappalatthanar
text: # Nappalatthanar
  
  Nappalatthanar (Tamil: நப்பாலத்தனார்) was a poet of the Sangam period, to whom a sole verse of the Sangam literature has been attributed, in addition to verse 47 of the Tiruvalluva Maalai.
  
  ## Contribution to the Sangam literature
  
  Nappalatthanar has written a sole Sangam verse—verse 240 of the Natrinai—besides verse 47 of the Tiruvalluva Maalai.
  
  ### Views on Valluvar and the Kural
  
  Nappalatthanar opines about Valluvar and the Kural text thus:
  
     Valluvar has lighted a lamp for dispelling the darkness from the hearts of those who live in the world; having virtue for its bowl, wealth for its wick, pleasure for its oil, the fire of expression for its flame, and the short stanza for its stand.
  