Vannakkan SaathanarVannakkan Sāthanār was a poet of the Sangam period to whom verse 43 of the Tiruvalluva Maalai.BiographyVannakkan Saathanar was a poet from the late Sangam period that corresponds between 1st century BCE and 2nd century CE. He was known for his erudition in Sanskrit. He also did a comparative study on Tamil and Sanskrit.View on Valluvar and the KuralVannakkan Saathanar has authored verse 43 of the Tiruvalluva Maalai. He opines about Valluvar and the Kural text thus: