Siva Prakasar

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Siva Prakasar (also Ṣiva Prakāṣa or sometimes Ṣiva-prakāṣa Dēṣikar) was a Tamil ( துறைமங்கலம் சிவப்பிரகாசர், கற்பனைக்களஞ்சியம் ) poet and philosopher who lived during the late 17th and early 18th centuries. He was also called "Thurai mangalam Sivaprakasar", "Karpanai Kalangiyam", and "Sivanuputhi chelvar". He contributed more than 34 Tamil books, the most well-known of which is the Nanneri, a work dealing with moral instruction. He is also well known for translating early Kannada works into Tamil,^[1] and for creating his own poetry.^[2]