Sona Saila Maalai

The Sona Saila Maalai is a collection of one hundred stanzas ("Venpaas") in Tamil written by the 17th-century poet and philosopher Siva Prakasar.
The poems.
The hundred poems were compiled to illustrate various patterns of Thamizh grammar. Each poem of "Sona saila maalai" is generally named after its first few words.
Poet.
Siva Prakasar, a Tamil philosopher, sage, and poet, lived at the end of 17th century.