Dear "vigsah", Here is the required information: 1.The best abridgement of Ramayanam in a set of 10 Tamil verses is that of Kulasekara Azvaar. It starts with 'Anganetu matil'. Roughly it goes as follows: verse1. avataaram. verse2. Tatakaavadham, Visvaamitra-yAga-rakshanam. verse3. Sitaakalyaanam. verse4. vanagamanam, Guhasakhyam, paadukaa-pattaabhishekam. verse5. VirAdhavadham, Suurpanakhaa-viruupanam, Khara-duushanavadham. verse6. Sitaapahaaram, Jataayusamskaaram, Sugrivasakhyam,Vaalivadham, hanumatprataapam. verse7. setubandhanam, Raavanavadham, Vibhishanaraajyam. verse8. pattaabhishekam, Lavakusajananam, Raamaayanasravanam. verse9. three anecdotes from Uttarakaandam. verse10.Srivaikuntapraapti. verse11.phalasruti. 2.On the other hand the portion of Periyaazvaar tirumozhi that you have referred to, is structured like this, alternately for Krishna and Raama. verse1. paarijaataapaharanam by Krishna. verse2. Parasuraamabhangam and Taatakaavadham. verse3. Rukmini-kalyaanam. verse4. vanagamanam of Raama. verse5. Kaliyamardanam, paandavadautyam,bhaaratayuttam. verse6. paadukaadaanam to Bharata. verse7. Kaliyanartanam. verse8. Suurpanakhaa. verse9. sakataasuravadham, gopaalanam, venugaanam. verse10.setubandham, Raavanavadham. verse11.phalasruti. The sixth verse contains the phrase'Ayottiyar komaanaip paatippara' about which you have made a reference. A collection of 10 verses like this is called a pathikam. Yours Sincerely, Daasan, V.Kannan.
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