Tolkappiya Meyppatukalin ullitukalum Natrinai Mantarin ulaviyalum

Tholkappiyam is the most ancient extent Tamil grammer text and the oldest extant long work of Tamil Literature. The surviving manuscripts of the Tholka ppiyam consists of three books each with nine chapters namely Eluthu, Chol and porul. Among the nine chapters in porul, Maippattiyal is one of the above nine. It is named thus in view of the fact that it expounds the feelings and emotions.  The scholars will say the eight states of being beginning with Nagai, Azukai, ilivaral, Marutkkai, Acham, Perumitham, Vekuli, uvakai are the basic eight categories of Meyppadu. This Article Compares the above eight categories with Natrinai is a book of Ettuthogai a Sangam literature anthology. This belongs to Sangam Poetry of the oldest extant Tamil Literature.