Sage · Kaumara · South India · Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu
Arunagirinathar
Fifteenth-century Tamil poet-saint of Tiruvannamalai, saved by Murugan from ending his life, who sang the Thiruppugazh and the shorter works on the Vel, the peacock and the cock; about 1,330 of his songs survive.
Sources: Arunagirinathar and the Vel (Kaumaram.com: Kandar Alangaram 49, Kandar Anubhuti 4 with N. V. Karthikeyan's commentary, the works list, the Esoteric Anubhuti introduction; Arunagirinathar, Wikipedia) · see Arunagirinathar's web