- Source: Eighteen Lesser Texts
The Eighteen Lesser Texts, known as the Patiṉeṇkīḻkaṇakku (Tamil: பதினெண்கீழ்கணக்கு) in the literature, is a collection of eighteen poetic works mostly created during the 'post Sangam period' (between 100 and 500 CE). The poems of this collection differ from the earlier works of the Eighteen Greater Texts (Patiṉeṇmēlkaṇakku), which are the oldest surviving Tamil poetry, in that the poems are written in the venpa meter and are relatively short in length. Naladiyar, having sung by 400 poets, is the only anthology in this collection. Each of the remaining works of the Eighteen Lesser Texts is sung by a single poet. Unlike the works of the Eighteen Greater Texts, most of the books of the Eighteen Lesser Texts deal with morals and ethics.
Works of the "Eighteen lesser books" collection
The Eighteen Lesser Texts contains the following books:
Nālaṭiyār
Nāṉmaṇikkaṭikai
Iṉṉā Nāṟpatu
Iṉiyavai Nāṟpatu
Kār Nāṟpatu
Kaḷavaḻi Nāṟpatu
Aintiṇai Aimpatu
Tiṉaimoḻi Aimpatu
Aintinai Eḻupatu
Tiṉaimalai Nūṟṟu Aimpatu
Tirukkuṛaḷ
Tirikaṭukam
Ācārakkōvai
Paḻamoḻi Nāṉūṟu
Ciṟupañcamūlam
Mutumoḻikkānci
Elāti
Kainnilai
See also
Eighteen Greater Texts
Sangam literature
List of historic Indian texts
References
Further reading
Varadarajan, M, First International Conference Seminar of Tamil Studies, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, April 1966.
External links
Patinenkilkkanakku – Works on Akam theme, a translation of seven works by Prof. A. Dakshinamurthy (Thiruchirapalli: Bharathidasan University, 2010)
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Devarim (parsyah)
- Eighteen Lesser Texts
- Eighteen Greater Texts
- Hindu texts
- Vedas
- List of Hindu texts
- Hanuman
- Karma yoga
- Varna (Hinduism)
- Kartikeya
- Bharadvaja
