Perumpāṇāṟṟuppaṭai

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Perumpāṇāṟṟuppaṭai is a classical Tamil poem from the Sangam era, notable as a long guide-poem that praises and directs bards to a generous chieftain.

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Perumpāṇāṟṟuppaṭai canonical 1

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Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Sangam literature work ⓘ
Tamil poem ⓘ
approximateDate early centuries CE ⓘ
associatedWith Tamil bardic tradition ⓘ
ancient Tamil kings and chieftains ⓘ
audience wandering minstrels and bards ⓘ
circulation oral tradition before manuscript preservation ⓘ
culturalContext ancient Tamilakam ⓘ
describes economic activities in Sangam age ⓘ
hospitality and generosity of the patron ⓘ
routes and landscapes leading to the patron’s court ⓘ
social life in Sangam age ⓘ
function guide for bards to reach a patron ⓘ
genre didactic poetry ⓘ
guide-poem ⓘ
hasHistoricalValue source on Sangam-era culture ⓘ
source on Sangam-era geography ⓘ
source on Sangam-era polity ⓘ
influenced later Tamil guide-poem conventions ⓘ
later Tamil praise-poetry ⓘ
language Tamil ⓘ
literaryDevice extended praise (panegyric) ⓘ
vivid landscape description ⓘ
literaryForm long poem ⓘ
literaryPeriod Sangam era ⓘ
linked to: Sangam period
literaryTradition Caṅkam (Sangam) corpus ⓘ
linked to: Sangam literature
meter akaval ⓘ
narrativePerspective second-person address to bards ⓘ
originallyComposedIn classical Tamil ⓘ
partOf Eighteen Greater Texts of Sangam literature ⓘ
Pattuppāṭṭu ⓘ
preservedIn medieval palm-leaf manuscripts ⓘ
regionOfOrigin South India ⓘ
script Tamil script ⓘ
studiedIn South Asian classical literature scholarship ⓘ
Tamil literary studies ⓘ
subject patronage of bards ⓘ
praise of a generous chieftain ⓘ
theme generosity ⓘ
patron-poet relationship ⓘ
travel and journey ⓘ

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Pattuppāṭṭu → contains → Perumpāṇāṟṟuppaṭai ⓘ