Pathinenkeelkanakku - 18 Ethical Works
Pathinenkeelkanakku 18 works - Naladiyar, Nanmanikadikai, Pazhamozhi Nanuru, Thirikadugam, Inna Narpathu, Iniyavai Narpathu - TNPSC guide.
Learning Content
🔥 Eighteen Count - Quick Overview
What is 📚?
Eighteen=Eighteen + under + account
- 🔢18 textsPackage included
- 📏Count below= Small scale songs (2-4 feet)
- ⏰Duration:Sangam Maruviya Period (2nd-5th century AD)
- 📖Yapu:White, black and white
🎯 Classification - Easy Memory Chart
| Type | count | texts |
|---|---|---|
| 🙏 Charitable books | 11 | About justice and morality |
| 💑 Love texts | 6 | About agam (love). |
| 📝 Grammar Text | 1 | Yapu Grammar |
| Total | 18 | Eighteen |
📌 TNPSC Shortcut - "11 + 6 + 1 = 18"
🙏Virtue 11| 💑Love 6| 📝Grammar 1
⚡ To remember step by step
| sequence | Sect | texts |
|---|---|---|
| 1️⃣ | A hundred songs | Tirukkural (130 chapters), Naladiyar, Nanmanikadigai, Inna forty, Iniyava forty |
| 2️⃣ | Four hundred songs | Proverb Four Hundred, Asarakowai |
| 3️⃣ | Three (30) | Trikatugam, Sirupanchamulam, Elati |
| 4️⃣ | love | The language is fifty, the fifth is fifty, the fifth is seventy, the fifth is one hundred and fifty, the car is forty, and the handstand is |
📚 Arithmetic - 18 Books Full Details
🙏 Charitable books - 11 books
| No | Thread | Teacher | Song | Special / Shortcut |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thirukkural📖 | Thiruvalluvar | 1330(133 pts.) | 🏆Universal, tripartite |
| 2 | Naladiyar | Jain sages (8000) | 400 | 🥈Agroveda, parallel to Thirukkural |
| 3 | Four o'clock | Vlambi Naganar | 106 | 💎 Four bells = four notes/song |
| 4 | Still forty | Kapil | 40 | 😢Evil 40(inna = suffering) |
| 5 | Sweet forty | Buthanchenda | 40 | 😊40 are good(sweet = pleasure) |
| 6 | Trikatugam | He got better | 100 | 💊 Tri = Three, Mustard = Medicine (Suku+Pepper+Tipli) |
| 7 | Asara temple | Mulliyar of Peru | 100 | 🏠 Etiquette = Morality, Cove = Collection |
| 8 | The proverbial four hundred | The morning came | 400 | 🗣️A book of proverbs |
| 9 | By little means | Kariyasan | 100 | 🌿 Five root medicine (5 comments/song) |
| 10 | Old English speaker | Gudalur Khilar | 100 | 📜 Mudu = old, language = word, kanji = impermanence |
| 11 | Eladi | Kanimethaviyar | 80 | 💊 Bid + 5 = 6 item medicine (6 comments/song) |
💑 Love Books (Self Books) - 6 books
| No | Thread | Teacher | Song | Special |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | The proverb is fifty | Kannan Sen | 50 | 5 Department × 10 Song = 50 |
| 13 | Five times fifty | Maran asked | 50 | 5 Department × 10 Song = 50 |
| 14 | Five seventy | Muwadiyar | 70 | 5 verses × 14 songs = 70 |
| 15 | Departmental one hundred and fifty | Kanimethaviyar | 150 | 5 Department × 30 Song = 150 |
| 16 | The car is forty | Madurai Kannan said | 40 | 🌧️ is about car season (rain). |
| 17 | Manual | Pullankatana | 60 | ✋ Hand = Action, Status = Situation |
📝 Grammar Book - 1 book
| No | Thread | Teacher | Song | Special |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | The field is forty | Liar | 40 | 📝 A book on war, Pandyan Nedunchezhiyan Victory |
📊 Number summary
| Type | texts | Total songs |
|---|---|---|
| Books of charity | 11 | 2466 |
| Love books | 6 | 420 |
| Grammar book | 1 | 40 |
| Total | 18 | 2926 |
🎯 TNPSC Main Questions & Memory Shortcuts
🔴 Frequently Asked Questions
1️⃣ Song count questions
| question | answer |
|---|---|
| How many powers in Thirukkural? | 133 |
| How many Kurals in Thirukkural? | 1330 |
| How many songs in naladiyar? | 400 |
| Proverb four hundred - how many songs? | 400 |
| Inna Forty - How many songs? | 40 |
2️⃣ Teacher Questions - Quick Match
| Thread | Teacher | Memory Trick |
|---|---|---|
| Thirukkural | Thiruvalluvar | Mr. + Mr |
| Naladiyar | Jain sages | Naladi = 4 feet of white paper |
| Four o'clock | Vlambi Naganar | Four + Hour + Dragon |
| Still forty | Kapil | kapilar - ka = difficulty (inna) |
| Sweet forty | Buthanchenda | Flower = sweetness |
| Trikatugam | He got better | Good medicine = Trikatugam |
| Asara temple | Mulliyar of Peru | Peru + Etiquette |
| The proverbial four hundred | The morning came | pre + proverb |
| By little means | Kariyasan | Kari + Shru |
| Old English speaker | Gudalur Khilar | addition + back |
| Eladi | Kanimethaviyar | Calculate + bid |
3️⃣ Special Names - Must Know!
| Thread | Special name |
|---|---|
| Thirukkural | World Common, Threefold, Tamil Hidden, Poiyamozhi, Vayurai Greeting, Deivanubul |
| Naladiyar | Agriculture Veda(Chamanar Text) |
| Trikatugam | Three medicines(Suku, Paprika, Tibili) |
🧠 Memory Shortcuts - Simple ways to study
🔵 "Forty" threads - 3 threads
😢Still forty- Kapilar - Evil
😊Sweet forty- Boothanchendar - Good ones
🌧️The car is forty- Madurai Kannan Kuthanar - Love
🟢 "Four hundred" threads - 2 threads
📖Naladiyar- 400 Hymns - Jain
🗣️The proverbial four hundred- 400 Song - Munururai Araiyanar
🟡 Drug name texts - 3 texts
💊Trikatugam= 3 medicine (3 comment/song) - Nalladhanar
🌿By little means= 5 root medicine (5 comment/song) - Kariyasan
💊Eladi= 6 subject medicine (6 comment/song) - Kanimethaviyar
🎯Trick: 3, 5, 6 = Tri, Pancha, Ael
🔴 Department Books - 4 books
50: Diminutive is fifty, quintuple is fifty
70: Seventy five
150: Thanimalai one hundred and fifty
🎯Trick: 50, 50, 70, 150
📝 TNPSC MCQ Practice
1.How many scriptures are there in eighteen?
a) 10 b) 11 c) 12 d) 13
✅Answer: b) 11
2.A book called "Agricultural Veda"?
a) Thirukkural b) Naladiyar c) Trikatugam d) Proverb Four Hundred
✅Answer: b) Naladiyar
3.Who is the author of Trikatugam?
a) Kabila b) Nalladanar c) Kariyasan d) Kanimethaviyar
✅Answer: b) Good
4.Who is the author of Inna Forty?
a) Kapila b) Boothanchendar c) Nalladanar d) Kariyasan
✅Answer: a) Kapilar
5.Source: How many comments in a song?
a) 3 b) 4 c) 5 d) 6
✅Answer: c) 5
6.The only grammar book in eighteen?
a) Tirukkural b) Naladiyar c) Field forty d) Hand position
✅Answer: c) Field route forty
📊 Final Summary Table
| Type | count | to remember |
|---|---|---|
| Books of charity | 11 | Justice, morality |
| Love books | 6 | Agam, Dept |
| Grammar book | 1 | The field is forty |
| Total | 18 | 11 + 6 + 1 = 18 |
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