Tolkappiyar

“ According to scholars of some latter period, the warriors fought against their foes, wearing the named flowers. 1 [Ve’tci] - the cattle war The Pur’am composition on public affairs is the other side of the Agam composition of love affairs. On the basis the theme of Ve’tchi the cattle war is the open side of Kur’inci the union-love according to experts. It has been ramified into 14 sub-strands. (1) The men at the border-post, charged by their ruler, capture the cows of the hostile king by stealth and keep them right under guard. ”

“ It ramifies into twelve sub-strands; [muuvagai-n”ilai] the three columns of infantry, elephant and cavalry that strike among the foes to fear, [thaar-n”ilai] single warrior defends the king surrounded by many foe-warriors attacking, [thabuthi pakkam] the kings of both side die in fight, [kuuzai] defending the self-side defeating army, [paazi] invading the foe-army to break into two, pride of killing foe-elephant, sward-dance after killing foe-king, both sides that ends destroyed, triumph of brave warrior after his king’s loss and [n”uuzil] one warrior destroys the entire foe-army. ”

“ They are like back of the palm in hand could not be folded that means open to all. Among the seven, the first four concern with war events and the remaining three with the public events (common life of people) . ”