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Rh chiefs. Other poems attributed to this author are, -one book in Ainguru-nuru, Kurinjippattu, Inna Narpatu, besides some poems in Narrinai, Kurungkali, Agananuru and Purananuru. He did not embrace any particular sect, as he worshipped all the puranic deities–Baladeva, Vishnu, Siva, Vinayaka, &c. It is not therefore safe to ascribe the authorship of certain sectarian poems on Siva or Mutta Nayanar to Kapilar. Further, there is much difference in the style and language of these two sets of poems (vide, p. 197). He has been extolled by his contemporaries and successors as one who never uttered a lie (பொய்யாநாவிற்கபிலன்) and as one most upright in his conduct.

The eighth was sung by one Arisilkizhar in praise of the Chera king Perum-Cheral-Irum-Porai. This king was a nephew of Selva-Kadumko the hero of Kapilar's book by the wife of Velavikkoman. He boasts of having overthrown Adigaman of Takadur, and defeated the Pandya and Chola kings of his period near the Kollimalais. It is said that he was a contemporary of Ugra Pandya and that he reigned for seventeen years.

The ninth and last book is a production of Perungunrur Kizhar, and it eulogizes the military achievements of the Chera king Ilam-Cheral-Irum Porai. He was the nephew of Irum-Porai noticed above, by Maiyur Kizhan and his wife Venmal Anduvan Sellai. He boasts of having defeated the Chola king Uruvap Pahrer llamchet Senni (father of Karikala) and Palayan Maran, a Pandya chief,