such as asceticism, horrors at meat consumption, and monastic aversion to women. It is therefore "almost certain" to be a Jain epic, written by a Jain ascetic, states Kamil Zvelebil - a Tamil literature scholar. However, the substantial sections on Shaivism have led to uncertainty.

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The great Tamil commentator Atiyarkkunallar (12th-13th century CE) wrote that poems were of two kinds - Col thodar nilai ceyyul ???? ????? ???? ???????? or poems connected by their formal properties and Porul totar nilai ceyyul ??????

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