The Pandyan Kingdom from the Earliest Times to the Sixteenth Century c7.15

c7.15

The other Pāṇdyas of this period may now be more briefly noticed. Some of them may have been only members of the royal family who never ruled as kings—for example, Iḷamperuvaḷudi who died in the sea, the author of *Paripāḍal* No. 15, *Puṟam* 182 and *Naṟṟiṇai* 55 and 56; Nambi Neḍunjeḷiyan (*Puṟam* 239); Pāṇdyan Naḷvaḷudi, the author of *Paripāḍal* 12; Cittiramāḍattu Tuñjiya Nanmāṟan (*Puṟam* 59) and others.¹ Pāṇdyan Aṟivuḍai Nambi, suitably to his name, figures as the author of several wise little poems ² and is the object of a beautiful address by the poet Piśirāndaiyār (*Puṟam* 184) on the economy of moderation in taxation. Another king who is glorified by renowned poets like