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Saathanaar or Seethalai Saathanaar (Tamil: சாத்தனார் or சீத்தலைச் சாத்தனார், cītalai cāttanār) was the Tamil poet who composed the epic Manimekalai. A total of 11 verses of the Sangam literature have been attributed to Saathanaar, including verse 10 of the Tiruvalluva Maalai.

Pronounced Saa-tha-naar, the name is derived from (Tamil: சாத்து, sāttu) meaning Buddhist monk. Applying this principle to the name Maturai Kulavāṇikan Cāttan, the author of Manimekalai, we see that the two appellations Madhurai and Kulavanikan were prefixed to his name in order to distinguish him from another poet of Madhurai with the same name and from a third who lived elsewhere.

Saathanaar hailed from a place known as Seerthandalai, later came to be known as Seethala
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