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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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
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
praise of a generous chieftain
theme generosity
patron-poet relationship
travel and journey

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Pattuppāṭṭu contains Perumpāṇāṟṟuppaṭai