Thirikatukam contains 100 poems written by the poet Nallathanaar.
The poems of Thirikatukam are written in the Venpa meter.
[citation needed][1] Thirikatukam uses the analogy of the traditional herbal medicine, which uses the three herbs sukku (dried ginger), milaku (pepper) and thippili (Long pepper) to cure maladies of the stomach.
Thirikatugam similarly uses three different maxims to illustrate correct behaviour.
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