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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Perumpāṇāṟṟuppaṭai canonical | 1 |
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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
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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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Caṅkam (Sangam) corpus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| meter | akaval ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | second-person address to bards ⓘ |
| originallyComposedIn | classical Tamil ⓘ |
| partOf |
Eighteen Greater Texts of Sangam literature
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pattuppāṭṭu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| preservedIn | medieval palm-leaf manuscripts ⓘ |
| regionOfOrigin | South India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| script | Tamil script ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
South Asian classical literature scholarship
ⓘ
Tamil literary studies ⓘ |
| subject |
patronage of bards
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praise of a generous chieftain ⓘ |
| theme |
generosity
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patron-poet relationship ⓘ travel and journey ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.