Eladi is one of the works in the Tamil Pathinenkilkanakku written by Kanimedaiyar. After Sangam period, the next great epoch in the annals of Tamil literature extends to about three centuries between the 2nd and 5th centuries CE. The influence of Sanskrit literature became more marked than earlier. Numerous concepts in the domain of ethics, religion and philosophy were freely borrowed from Sanskrit and incorporated into Tamil. It was a period of turbulence in the Tamil kingdoms of Chera, Chola and Pandyas. There was a need for literature to inform people of moral values. These works were also known as nitinul (ethical works). This period seems to be called Nitinul Kalam (age of ethical works). It was also known as Sangam Maruviya Kalam (post-Sangam age). The period saw a number of Jaina and Buddhist writers producing a great volume of popular devotional literature. Most of the important works composed during this period are grouped together under the title of Pathinenkilkanakku (Pa