[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Sangam Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sangam) › [Early Tamil grammar and poetics](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sangam.grammar) › Panniru Patalam # Panniru Patalam (Paṉṉiru Paṭalam) பன்னிரு படலம் · The twelve chapters (on puṟam) Lost treatise on the conventions of heroic (puṟam) poetry ascribed to twelve disciples of Agastya; the basis of the Puṟapporuḷ Veṇpāmālai. - **Language:** Tamil - **Date:** 400–800 CE - **Author:** [Agastya](https://indike.org/pramana/person/agastya) - **Text:** lost ## Based on - [Puṟapporuḷ Veṇpāmālai](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.grammar.puraporul_venpamalai) ## Versions and retellings - [Puṟapporuḷ Veṇpāmālai](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.grammar.puraporul_venpamalai) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.sangam.grammar.panniru_patalam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sangam.grammar.panniru_patalam) · Pramāṇa