Kowniyanar

Kowniyanār (Tamil: கவுணியனார்) was a poet of the Sangam period to whom verse 51 of the Tiruvalluva Maalai.
Biography.
Kowniyanār was a poet belonging to the late Sangam period that corresponds between 1st century BCE and 2nd century CE. Not much is known about him.
View on Valluvar and the Kural.
Kowniyanār has authored verse 51 of the Tiruvalluva Maalai. He opines about Valluvar and the Kural text thus: