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'''Purapporul Venbamaalai''' ({{langx|ta|புறப்பொருள் வெண்பாமாலை}}) is a medieval Tamil text on the grammar of the ''puram'' (lit. "external") genre of the [[Tamil literature]]. Authored by [[Iyyanarithanar]], the work is dated to around the 9th century CE. It is one of the work for which the author himself has written an exegesis. The work is considered the only work on the ''puram'' genre after the [[Tolkappiyam]]. The work is extensively quoted by later scholars, including the [[Ilampooranar]] (12th century), [[Nacchinarkkiniyar]], and others.{{sfn|Swaminatha Iyer, 1942|pp=2–4}}<br />
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==The work==<br />
The work divides the ''puram'' element into 12 parts, known as ''thinai''s. These thinais are grouped under three categories. Each ''thinai''s is subdivided into various divisions called ''thurai''s. Each thinai has a verse known as ''suthiram'' (lit. "formula") that summarizes all the ''thurai''s. There are 19 such suthirams in the work. Each ''thurai'' has a couplet, called the ''kolu'' that explains the thurai. There are 342 such kolus (verses) in the work. The work is considered to be based on the ''Pannirupadalam'', an ancient work attributed to the 12 disciples of Sage [[Agasthya]].{{sfn|Swaminatha Iyer, 1942|pp=2–4}}<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Tamil literature]]<br />
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*{{cite book | last = Swaminatha Iyer | first = U. V. | author-link = | title = Iyyanarithanar's Puropporul Venbamaalai and Chamundi Devanayakar's Commentary | publisher = S. Kalyana Sundaraiyar Publications | series = Dr. U. V. Swaminatha Iyer Collection | volume = | edition = 5 | date = 1942 | location = | pages = 2–4 | language = ta | url = | doi = | id = | isbn = | mr = | zbl = | jfm = |ref={{sfnRef|Swaminatha Iyer, 1942}} }}<br />
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