NO. 46.— 1895.] ANCIENT TAMIL LITERATURE. 



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It will be observed that amongst the names of the poets 

 shown in the annexed lists are included twelve princes and 

 six poetesses, one of whom was a queen of Madura ; and that 

 some of the poets and their patrons have more than one 

 name, thus creating a certain amount of confusion as to 

 identity, but this will disappear by a careful study of the 

 different odes, the circumstances under which they were 

 written, and by a comparison of references in other Tamil 

 works. 



List I. — Poets. 



1 Attanvennaganar, of Kallitkadai, Madura 



2 Adainedun Kalliyar 



3 Arivudainambi (Pandiya)* 



4 Attiraiyanar of Kajlil 



5 Aliyar 



6 Aiyyatichchiruvenderaiyar 



7 Idaikkadanar 



8 Irumpidarttalaiyar 



9 Ilankannikkausikanar, of Madura 



10 Ilankiranar, of Poruntil 



11 Ilantirayan, the Tondaiman 



12 Ilamponvanikanar, of Uraiyur 



13 Ilamperuvaluti who " died in the sea" (Pandiya) 



14 Ilavettanar, of the Yaniga caste, of Madura 



15 ijaveyini, " the daughter of the Kuravar " f 



16 Ilaveyini, " the daughter of the devil "f 



17 Ulochchanar 



18 UnpotipasUnkudaiyar 



19 Erumaiveliyanar 



20 Eyittiyanar, of Pullatrur 



21 Odaikilar, of Turaiyur 



22 Orampokiyar 



23 Orusiraippeyarinar 



24 Oruttanar 



25 Orerulavar 



26 Auvaiyar 



27 Katappillai, of Karuvur 



28 Kataiyankannanar 



* Belonging to the royal families of the Chera, Chola, or Pandiyas, some 

 of whom only were kings, 

 t Poetesses. 



