Naá¹Âá¹Âà «l () is a work on Tamil grammar written by a Jain ascetic Pavananthi Munivar between 1178âÂÂ1216. It is the most significant work on Tamil grammar after TolkÃÂppiyam. The work credits Western Ganga vassal king Seeya Gangan of Kolar with patronising it.
About 20 commentaries have been written on Nannà «l up to 19th century CE. Nannà «l was divided into five sections: written language, spoken language, semantics, poetic language and rhetorical devices. The latter three sections have been lost, so only the parts on written and spoken language are extant today.
In Tamil, nal means good and nà «l means book, so Nannà «l means good book.