Question

Who among the following wrote the Kural, which deals with many aspects of life and religion?
A. Thiruvalluvar
B. Aiyanar
C. Shankaracharya
D. Rishi Agasta

Answer 1

Hint: Kural or famously known as Thirukkural is a collection of couplets on ethics, love and political and economical matters. The text is written by a celebrated Tamil philosopher and poet. It is regarded as an exceptional and widely cherished work of the Tamil literature.

Complete answer: The kural is written by Thiruvalluvar. The text contains 1330 couplets which are divided further into 133 sections of 10 couplets each. The sections are divided further into different themes and topics such as moral and cosmic order, political and economic matters and about pleasure. In Sanskrit, they are Dharma, Artha and Kama.
Now we will discuss why the other three are not the correct answers.
-Shankaracharya is the exponent of the doctrine of Advaita Vedanta and a saviour of Vedic Dharma. The existence of Vedic Shamra in India today is all because of Shankaracharya.
-Rishi Agastya was a revered Vedic sage of Hinduism. He is considered as one of the most influential scholars in diverse languages of the Indian subcontinent. He was also the author of Hymns in the Sanskrit text Rigveda and other Vedic literature.
-Aiyanar is the Hindu deity mostly celebrated in South India and Srilanka. His worship is prevalent among Tamils, Malayalis and Kannadigas.
Therefore, option A is correct.

Note: The text is so famous that it was further translated into several International and Indian languages. The work has also been translated into Latin by Constanzo Beschi which helped make the work spread and known to the European intellectuals. It is one of the most rewarding works in the Tamil language.