Baratham Paadiya Perundevanar (

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: பாரதம் பாடிய பெருந்தேவனார்) was a Medieval

poet of the 9th century CE. He was the author of Bharatha Venba, a 12,000-verse Tamil work on the epic of Mahabharata. He also penned verse 30 of the Tiruvalluva Maalai. Of the 12,000 verses of the Bharatha Venba, only about 830 remains. Of these 818 were published in 1925 by A. Gopala Iyer. To differentiate Perundevanar from his namesake Sangam poet, he came to be known by the name 'Baratham Paadiya Perundevanar' (Perundevanar who sang Mahabharata). He has reportedly added a God-invoking verse to all the works in

Ettuthogai The Eight Anthologies, known as Eṭṭuttokai ( ta, எட்டுத்தொகை) or "Eight Collections" in the literature, is a classical Tamil language, Tamil poetic work that forms part of the Eighteen Greater Texts (''Patiṉeṇmēlka� ...

(the Eight anthologies) of the Sangam literature and hence has been credited with compiling those works.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Baratham Paadiya Perundevanar Tamil philosophy Tamil poets Scholars from Tamil Nadu Tiruvalluva Maalai contributors

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