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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 March 2011
The Paripāḍal, which belongs to the Eṭṭuttogai collection, is of unique interest in that it enables us to fix the Saṅgham age accurately, by a careful consideration of its astronomical data. The data are contained in the following opening lines of the 11th Paripāḍal of Nallanduvanār:—
virikadir madiyamoḍu viyal viśumbu puṇarppa
veriśaḍaiyeilvēan talaiyenak kīirundu
teruviḍaippaḍutta mūnṟonpadiṟṟirukkaiyu
ḷurukeu veḷḷivandēṟṟiyal śēra
varuḍaiyaip paḍimagan vāyppap poruḍeri
pundi mitunam porundap pular viḍiya
laṅgiyuyar niṟpa vantaṇan paṅguvi
nillattuṇaikkuppāleyda viṟaiyaman
villiṟkaḍai makaramēvap pāmbollai
madiyamaḍaiya varunāḷil vāynda
podiyin munivan puraivaraikkīṟi
mitunamaḍaiya virikadir vēni
ledirvaravu māriyiyaikena vivvāṟṟäṟ
puraikeu śaiyam poimaaitāa.