Paratam (Peruntevanar) (Pāratam (Peruntēvaṉār))

Earliest Tamil version of the Bhārata; four stanzas preserved in Nacciṉārkkiniyar's commentary on Tolkāppiyam.

Language

Tamil

Date

400–499 CE

Author

Peruntēvaṉār

Text

lost

Based on

• Mahābhārata

See also: more in Mahābhāratas in Indian regional languages

• வில்லிபாரதம் — Tamil; 1400 CE
• Kashidasi Mahabharata (Kāśīdāsī Mahābhārata) — Bengali; 1625 CE; partly digitised
• Andhra Mahabharatamu (Āndhra Mahābhāratamu) — Telugu; 1045–1350 CE
• Karnata Bharata Kathamanjari (Karṇāṭa Bhārata Kathāmañjarī) — Kannada; 1425 CE
• Sarala Mahabharata (Sāraḷā Mahābhārata) — Odia; 1450 CE
• Jaimini Bharata (Kannada) (Jaimini Bhārata (Kannada)) — Kannada; 1600 CE