Pathiṟṟuppaththu (Tamil: பதிற்றுப்பத்து) is a classical Tamil poetic work. It is the fourth book in the Ettuthokai, an anthology of Sangam literature. The name Pathiṟṟuppaththu means 'ten tens', referring to the ten sets of ten poems the book contains. The first and the last ten poems have been lost beyond recovery. The poems extol the richness of the Chera realm.
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These poems have been lost.
These ten poems were written by Kumattur Kannan about the Chera king Imayavaramban Nedunceralaathan. As a reward for writing the poems, the author received the revenue rights from an area of crown land for a period of thirty-eight years.
Paalai Gauthamanaar composed these ten poems about Celkezhukkuttuvan. According to the annotations to the poem, the king offered the poet anything he wanted as a reward for his compositions. The poet requested a way to go to heaven. The king conducted a series of ten Vedic sacrifices. At the tenth sacrifice the poet and his wife disappeared.
The poet Kappiyatru Kaapiyanaar composed these poems about the king Nanmudi Cheral and 'received 40,000 gold coins and a part of his kingdom'.
Baranar composed these ten poems about the Chera king Cenguttuvan and 'received the prince Kuttuvan Ceral'.
King Aadukotpattu Ceralathan rewarded the poet Kakkaipatiniyar Nacchellayar for these poems with gold and land and made him his court poet.
The famous poet Kapilar composed these poems about Cheran Celvakkadungo Vazhi Aathan. The king presented the poet with a town named 'Sirupuram' and gave him all the land the poet could see from the top of a hill.
Chera king Perunceral Irumporai was the subject of these ten poems. Poet Arasikizhar received 'much land and the administrative rights of a number of temples' in exchange for his compositions.
These poems were written about the Chera king Perunceral Irumporai (possibly the brother of the king in the previous ten poems eulogised by Perunkunrurkizhar).
These poems have been lost.