Pattuppattu (Ten Idylls), a celebrated cankam anthology, includes five arruppatais, known as, Tirumurukarruppatai, Porunararruppatai, Cirupanarruppatai, Perumpanarruppatai, and Malaipatukatam. An arruppatai being a guide-poem in which an artist having received handsome gifts from a rich patron of arts meets a fellow–artist on his way back and directs him to the same patron describing the way to the chieftain’s capital, the city, the love and affection of the patron, the royal feast given by him, the hospitality extended, the priceless presents and the leave-taking. Besides these, there are four poems pertaining to the four major genres: Kurinci, (poetry of pre-marital love), mullai (poetry of idyllic love), palai (song of separation in love), and neytal (song of despair in love). The tenth one is Maturaikkanci, reported to be the poet’s advice to the Pandya King, Netunceliyan. Scholars have indicated some family likenesses among these ten idylls. Porunararruppatai, Perumpanarruppatai, Cirupanarruppatai and Malaipatukatam are poems in which bards are directed to patrons of literature and art. Tirumurukarruppatai, an arruppatai with a difference, does not refer to any patron but is intended to direct people to a god.