Glossary of names for the Tirukkural includes Muppl which literally means "the threefold path" and was named by the least known author of Tirukkua, and Kua which means "the couplets".
 (Muppal) He is best known as the author of Tirukkural, a collection of couplets on ethics, political and economical matters, and love. Valluvar (the author) 
