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Line 7: The '''Five Great Epics''' ({{lang-ta\|ஐம்பெரும்காப்பியங்கள்}} ''Aimperumkāppiyaṅkaḷ'') are five [[Tamil language\|Tamil]] epics according to later Tamil literary tradition. They are ''[[Silappatikaram\|Silappatikāram]]'', ''[[Manimekalai]]'', ''[[Cīvaka Cintāmaṇi]]'', ''[[Valayapathi]]'' and ''[[Kundalakesi]]''.{{sfn\|Mukherjee\|1999\|p=277}} Three of the five great epics of Tamil literature are attributed to [[Tamil Jain]]s, while two are attributed to [[Tamil Buddhism\|Tamil Buddhists]]. ''[[Cīvaka Cintāmaṇi]]'', ''[[Silappatikaram\|Cilappathikāram]]'', and ''[[Valayapathi]]'' were written by [[Tamil Jain]]s, while ''[[Manimekalai]]'' and ~~'''~~''[[Kundalakesi]]~~'''~~'' were authored by Buddhists. The first mention of the ''Aimperumkappiyam'' (lit. Five large epics) occurs in Mayilainathar's commentary of ''[[Nannūl]]''. However, Mayilainathar does not mention their titles. The titles are first mentioned in the late-18th-to-early-19th-century work ''Thiruthanikaiula''. Earlier works like the 17th-century poem ''Tamil vidu thoothu'' mention the great epics as ''Panchkavyams''.{{sfn\|Zvelebil\|1992\|p=73}}{{sfn\|Purnalingam Pillai\|1994\|p=115}} Among these, the last two, ''Valayapathi'' and ~~'''~~''Kundalakesi~~'''~~'' are not extant.{{sfn\|Das\|2005\|p=80}} These five epics were written over a period of 5th to 10th century CE and act and provide historical information about the society, religions, culture and academic life of [[Tamil people]] over that period. ''Cīvaka Cintāmaṇi'' introduced long verses called ''virutha pa'' in Tamil literature,{{sfn\|Datta\|2004\|p=720}} while ''Cilappatikāram'' used ''akaval'' meter (monologue), a style adopted from [[Tamil Sangams\|Sangam]] literature.

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