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| Eighteen Lesser Texts | ||||
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TheEighteen Lesser Texts, known as thePatiṉeṇkīḻkaṇakku (Tamil:பதினெண்கீழ்கணக்கு) in the literature, is a collection of eighteen poetic works mostly created during the 'postSangam period' (between 100 and 500 CE). The poems of this collection differ from the earlier works of theEighteen Greater Texts (Patiṉeṇmēlkaṇakku), which are the oldest survivingTamilpoetry, in that the poems are written in thevenpa 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.[1] Unlike the works of the Eighteen Greater Texts, most of the books of the Eighteen Lesser Texts deal with morals and ethics.
The Eighteen Lesser Texts contains the following books:
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