ANSWER is ILANGO Adigal.Ilango Adigal was a Chera prince, Jain monk, and a poet.Ilango Adiga is credited as the author of SILAPPATIKARAM.Silappatikaram is one of the 5 Great Epics of Tamil literature.Silappatikaram is a poem of 5730 lines.The epic, Silappatikaram is a tragic LOVE story of an ordinary couple, KANNAKI and her husband Kovalan. The 5 great epics of Tamil are the following:-SilappatikaramManimekalaiCivaka CintamaniValayapathiKuntalakeci