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            "date": "date uncertain",
            "author": "Serai Arivanar",
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                        "commentator": "இரா. இளங்குமரன்",
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            "author": "Various",
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            "extent": "Lost; quoted in Yapparunkalam commentary",
            "status": "Lost",
            "notes": "Source: Tamil Wikipedia list.",
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            "transliteration": "Panniru Padalam",
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            "date": "date uncertain",
            "author": "Attributed to 12 disciples of Agathiyar",
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