Sangam Age: 300-600 AD All Notes
Sangam Age: 300-600 AD
Sangam Age
▪ Assembly of poets▪ Mainly patronized by Pandayas
Divided in 2 parts
Narrative
▪ 18 major works ( Melkannakku)▪ Mainly on Aham (Love) & Puram (Valor)
▪ 10 Idylls ( Pattuppattu)
▪ 8 Anthrologies (Ettutogai)
Didactic
▪ 18 minor works (Kikanakku)▪ Philosophical, Moral & ethical message
▪ Encloses Tirukkural – Bible of Tamils (Written by Thiruvallur)
Twin Tamil Epics
Silappadikaram
▪ Brightest Jewel anklet of Tamil literature▪ Love story of Kovalam + Madhavi (Dancer) over his wife Kannagi
▪ Written by Elango Adigal
Manimekalai
▪ Story of adventures of daughter born of Kovalam & Madhavi▪ Written by Sattanur
Narrative text
▪ Works of heroics poetry in which heroes are glorified▪ Perpetual wars & cattle raids are frequently mentioned
▪ This text shows traces of early megalithic life &that early Tamil people were mainly pastoral →Lived basically on hunting & fishing although cultivated rice
▪ Megalithic people believed that when a hero dies he is reduced to stones which remind us of circle of stones on the graves of megalithic people.
▪ It may have led to practice of raising “Hero stone known as Virarkal” in honour of heroes died fighting
▪ This text also gives us idea about military & administrative system along with trade & commerce of south Indian people
Didactic Text
▪ Work of Brahamana written in Prakrit – Sanskrit language▪ Mainly prescribing code of conduct for king & other social classes
Tolkkappiyam
Earliest of Tamil literature which deals with grammer & poetics on political & socio economic conditions of that period
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