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'''Inna Narpathu''' (Tamil: இன்னா நாற்பது) is a [[Tamil language|Tamil]] poetic work of [[didactic]] nature belonging to the [[Eighteen Lesser Texts]] (''Pathinenkilkanakku'') anthology of [[Tamil literature]]. The poems of ''Inna Narpathu'' are written in the [[Venpa]] meter. It was authored by [[Kapilar]] (c. 50–125 CE).<ref name="SangaIlakkiyam_5">{{cite book<br />
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| title = Pathinen Keezhkanakku Noolgal<br />
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| date = August 2012<br />
| location = Chennai<br />
| pages = viii<br />
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''Inna Narpathu'' is a collection of 40 poems describing the most undesirable things one should avoid. One of the meanings of the Tamil word ''Inna'' is one that brings unhappiness. ''Inna Narpathu'' includes four categories of harmful things one should avoid: a beautiful but disloyal wife, the wealth of a miser, a life under a tyrant, beauty of a flower without fragrance.<br />
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''Inna Narpathu'', together with ''[[Iniyavai Narpathu]]'' spells out in simple and succinct terms moral codes essential for daily life of the individual and for the society. They both emphasise the importance of education and individual responsibility in society.<br />
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==References==<br />
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* Mudaliyar, Singaravelu A., Apithana Cintamani, An encyclopaedia of Tamil Literature, (1931) - Reprinted by Asian Educational Services, New Delhi (1983)<br />
* http://www.chennailibrary.com/pathinenkeelkanakku/innanarpadhu.html<br />
* http://tamilnation.org/literature/<br />
* http://tamilnation.org/literature/pathinen/pm0025.pdf ''Inna Narpathu'' eText at [[Project madurai]]<br />
* [http://ta.wikisource.org/s/1zn Inna Narpathu (இன்னா நாற்பது) at WikiSource]<br />
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