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'''Tamil poetry''' ({{langx|ta|அந்தாதி|translit='''Antāti'''}}) is a unique kind of [[Tamil poetry]], constructed such that the last or ending word of each verse becomes the first word of the next verse.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Carman |first1=John |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FrATjqi_QIUC&dq=antati+verse&pg=PA60 |title=The Tamil Veda: Pillan's Interpretation of the Tiruvaymoli |last2=Carman |first2=Research Fellow and Senior Lecturer John |last3=Narayanan |first3=Vasudha |date=1989-05-17 |publisher=University of Chicago Press |isbn=978-0-226-09305-5 |pages=60 |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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In some instances, the last word of the series of verses becomes the beginning of the very first verse, thus making the poem "a true garland of verses". The term is a portmanteau, since in Tamil, ''anta(m)'' means "end", and ''ati'' means "beginning".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Selvaraj|first=Silambu N.|date=2017|title=அந்தாதி LITERATURE {{!}} தமிழ் இணையக் கல்விக்கழகம் TAMIL VIRTUAL ACADEMY|url=http://www.tamilvu.org/ta/courses-degree-c012-c0124-html-c01246ea-15403|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=www.tamilvu.org|publisher=[[Tamil Virtual Academy]]|language=}}</ref> The [[Shaivism|Shaiva]] saint [[Karaikkal Ammaiyar|Karaikal Ammaiyar]] was the first poet to compose an antati.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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==Notable antatis==<br />
* Arpudha Tiruvantati by [[Karaikal Ammaiyar]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=அற்புதத் திருவந்தாதி - விக்கிமூலம்|url=https://ta.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%B1%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%A8%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=ta.wikisource.org|publisher=[[Wikisource]]}}</ref><br />
* [[Mutal Tiruvantati]] by [[Poigai Alvar]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.acharya.org/divyapr/ayiram3/01-mtvant30/2082-mudhal-thiruvandhAdhi-eng.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2012-08-31 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121200054/http://www.acharya.org/divyapr/ayiram3/01-mtvant30/2082-mudhal-thiruvandhAdhi-eng.pdf |archivedate=2008-11-21 }}</ref> <br />
* [[Irantam Tiruvantati]] by [[Bhoothathalvar|Bhoothath Alvar]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.acharya.org/divyapr/ayiram3/02-itvant30/2182-iraNdAm-thiruvandhadhi-tml.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2012-08-31 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121193438/http://www.acharya.org/divyapr/ayiram3/02-itvant30/2182-iraNdAm-thiruvandhadhi-tml.pdf |archivedate=2008-11-21 }}</ref> <br />
* [[Munram Tiruvantati]] by [[Peyalvar]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.acharya.org/divyapr/ayiram3/03-mtvant31/2282-mUnRAm-thiruvandhAdhi-tml.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2012-08-31|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121200143/http://www.acharya.org/divyapr/ayiram3/03-mtvant31/2282-mUnRAm-thiruvandhAdhi-tml.pdf |archivedate=2008-11-21 }}</ref> <br />
* [[Tiruvaymoli]] by [[Nammalvar]]<br />
* [[Kanninun Cirutampu]] by [[Madhurakavi Alvar|Madurakavi Alvar]]<br />
* [[Abirami Antati]] by [[Abirami Pattar]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.projectmadurai.org/pm_etexts/pdf/pm0026_01.pdf |title=Project Madurai|website=projectmadurai.org|access-date=4 June 2023}}</ref><br />
* Saraswati Antati by [[Kambar (poet)|Kambar]]<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Anadiplosis]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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