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Akananuru (அகநானுறு) is the seventh book in the Sangam literature anthology Ettuthokai. This contains 400 ‘’Akam’’ poems dealing with matters of love and separation. A number of poets contributed to this anthology. Perunthevanaar, who translated the Mahabharatham into Tamil, is one of the authors. It is highly likely that these poems were prevalent independently before they were collected and categories in this present form. The anthology is dated to around the first and the second century C.E. The poems probably are of a much earlier date. Sangam Literature is the collective name for the Tamil literature created over 1800 years ago. ...
Pura Nanooru or Pura Nanuru is an ancient Tamil Sangam collection of poems, dating from 900 BCE to 220 CE. It is one of the oldest Tamil anthologies. ...
Tiruvalluvar statue at Kanyakumari Tirukural (திருக்குறள் in Tamil) is an important work of Tamil literature by Tiruvalluvar written in the form of couplets expounding various aspects of life. ...
Manimegalai, Seevaga Sindhamani, Valayaapathi, Kundalakesi and Silapadhigaaram constitute the Five Great Epics of Tamil Literature. ...
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Manimekalai is one of the masterpieces of Tamil literature and belongs to The Five Great Epics of Tamil Literature. ...
The Sangam is a collection of Tamil literature composed between 1,500 and 2,000 years ago. ...
Tamil literature is literature in the Tamil language which most prominently includes the contributions of the Tamil country (or Tamizhagam) history, a large part of which constitutes the modern state of Tamil Nadu in India and some parts of Kerala, Karnataka and Andra pradesh. ...
Sangam Literature is the collective name for the Tamil literature created over 1800 years ago. ...
Rudrasarman compiled this anthology at the behest of the Pandya king Ukkiraperuvazhuthi. Akananuru is also known by the name Nedunthokai – (The long Anthology) The Pandyan kingdom was an ancient state at the tip of South India, founded around the 6th century BCE. It was part of the Dravidian cultural area, which also comprised other kingdoms such as that of the Pallava, the Chera, the Chola, the Chalukya and the Vijayanagara. ...
Character of the poems This book comes under the Akam (subjective) category in its subject matter. Ancient Tamil poems was categorised into the broad categories of Akam(அகம்) - Subjective, dealing with matters of the heaqrt and human emotions, and Puram (புறம்) - Objective, dealing with the tangibles of life such as war, politics, wealth, etc. The poems of this anthology are of the Akaval meter.
In the poems on Akam, the aspects of love of a hero and a heroine are depicted. The story of love is never conceived as a continuous whole. A particular moment of love is captured and described in each poem as the speech of the hero or the lady-companion or somebody else.
The 400 poems in this anthology are divided into Kalintruyanainirai (களிற்றுயானைநிறை), Manimidaipavalam (மணிமிடைபவளம்) and Nittilakkovai (நித்திலக்கோவை).
Sangam Literature is the collective name for the Tamil literature created over 1800 years ago. ...
See also The ancient Tamil country of the classical era extended from River Krishna to the Cape Comorin(Kanyakumari). ...
Tamil (தமிழ௠) is a classical language and one of the major languages of the Dravidian language family. ...
Tamil literature is literature in the Tamil language which most prominently includes the contributions of the Tamil country (or Tamizhagam) history, a large part of which constitutes the modern state of Tamil Nadu in India and some parts of Kerala, Karnataka and Andra pradesh. ...
The Sangam is a collection of Tamil literature composed between 1,500 and 2,000 years ago. ...
Sangam Literature is the collective name for the Tamil literature created over 1800 years ago. ...
References - Mudaliyar, Singaravelu A., Apithana Cintamani, An encyclopaedia of Tamil Literature, (1931) - Reprinted by Asian Educational Services, New Delhi (1983)
- http://www.tamilnation.org/literature/
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