Vadakkan Pattukal (lit. 'the ballads of the north') are a collection of Malayalam ballads from the medieval period (12th-20th century).[1][2] The genre as a whole represents the sentiment of vira, or the heroic, through its depictions of "valour and sacrifice."[3]
- ^ Menon (2011), p. 81.
- ^ Narayanan (2003), p. 20.
- ^ Medieval Indian Literature: Surveys and selections. Sahitya Akademi. 1997. ISBN 978-81-260-0365-5.