![]() The poem has a lengthy initial section on the harbor capital city of the ancient Cholas, Kaveripattinam, also referred to as Kavirippattinam, Kaveripumpattinam, Pugar, Puhar, or Kakanthi. The title Pattinappalai is combination of two words, pattinam (city) and palai (desert, metonymically "separation, love division"). The Pattinappalai describes the Kaveripumpattinam and Chola kingdom in the above map. The poem was composed by Katiyalur Uruttirankannanar, sometime around 1st century and 2nd century CE, states Kamil Zvelebil – a Tamil literature scholar. It is sometimes referred to as Vancinetumpattu, or the "long song in the vanci meter". Of the 301 lines, 153 are in the vanci meter and the rest are in akaval. The remaining 5 lines are on the proposed separation by a man who wants to move there and the separation pain of his wife who would miss her husband's love. It contains 301 lines, of which 296 lines are about the port city of Kaveripattinam, the early Chola kingdom and the Chola king Karikalan. Paṭṭiṉappālai ( Tamil: பட்டினப் பாலை) is a Tamil poem in the ancient Sangam literature.
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