https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Tamil_literatureTamil literature - Revision history2026-10-31T18:13:47ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.43.6https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tamil_literature&diff=445873&oldid=prevAhmedSturgis: content fix2026-02-24T19:57:48Z<p>content fix</p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Tamil literature''' has a rich and long literary tradition spanning more than two thousand years. The oldest extant works show signs of maturity indicating an even longer period of evolution. Contributors to the Tamil literature are mainly from [[Tamil people]] from South India, including the land now comprising [[Tamil Nadu]], [[Kerala]], [[Sri Lankan Tamil people|Sri Lankan Tamils]] from [[Sri Lanka]], as well as the [[Tamil diaspora]].</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Tamil literature''' has a rich and long literary tradition spanning more than two thousand years. The oldest extant works show signs of maturity indicating an even longer period of evolution. Contributors to the Tamil literature are mainly from [[Tamil people]] from South India, including the land now comprising [[Tamil Nadu]], [[Kerala]], [[Sri Lankan Tamil people|Sri Lankan Tamils]] from [[Sri Lanka]], as well as the [[Tamil diaspora]].</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The history of Tamil literature follows the [[history of Tamil Nadu]], closely following the social, economical, political and cultural trends of various periods. The early [[Sangam Literature|Sangam literature]], dated before 300 BCE, contain anthologies of various poets dealing with many aspects of life, including love, war, social values and religion.<ref name=sangam_before_300_bc>Akananuru (1, 15, 31, 55, 61, 65, 91, 97, 101, 115, 127, 187, 197, 201, 211, 233, 251, 265, 281, 311, 325, 331, 347, 349, 359, 393, 281, 295), Kurunthogai (11), and Natrinai (14, 75) are dated before 300 BCE.</ref> This was followed by the early epics and moral literature, authored by [[Shaivism|Shaivite]], [[Vaishnavism|Vaishnavite]], [[Ājīvika]], [[Jainism|Jain]] and [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] authors and poets lasting up to the 5th century CE. From the 6th to 12th century CE, the Tamil devotional poems written by [[Nayanmars]] (sages of [[Shaivism]]) and [[Alvars]] (sages of [[Vaishnavism]]), heralded the great [[Bhakti movement]] which later engulfed the entire Indian subcontinent. It is during this era that some of the grandest of Tamil literary classics like [[Kambaramayanam]] and [[Periya Puranam]] were authored and many poets were patronized by the imperial [[Chola]] and [[Pandya]] empires. The later medieval period saw many assorted minor literary works and also contributions by a few [[Tamil Muslim|Muslim]] and European authors.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The history of Tamil literature follows the [[history of Tamil Nadu]], closely following the social, economical, political and cultural trends of various periods<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. The first known literary work is the tolkappiam written during the early sangam era and is a grammar book that standardized tamil from the unstandardized varieties of old tamil</ins>.The early [[Sangam Literature|Sangam literature]], dated before 300 BCE, contain anthologies of various poets dealing with many aspects of life, including love, war, social values and religion.<ref name=sangam_before_300_bc>Akananuru (1, 15, 31, 55, 61, 65, 91, 97, 101, 115, 127, 187, 197, 201, 211, 233, 251, 265, 281, 311, 325, 331, 347, 349, 359, 393, 281, 295), Kurunthogai (11), and Natrinai (14, 75) are dated before 300 BCE.</ref> This was followed by the early epics and moral literature, authored by [[Shaivism|Shaivite]], [[Vaishnavism|Vaishnavite]], [[Ājīvika]], [[Jainism|Jain]] and [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] authors and poets lasting up to the 5th century CE. From the 6th to 12th century CE, the Tamil devotional poems written by [[Nayanmars]] (sages of [[Shaivism]]) and [[Alvars]] (sages of [[Vaishnavism]]), heralded the great [[Bhakti movement]] which later engulfed the entire Indian subcontinent. It is during this era that some of the grandest of Tamil literary classics like [[Kambaramayanam]] and [[Periya Puranam]] were authored and many poets were patronized by the imperial [[Chola]] and [[Pandya]] empires. The later medieval period saw many assorted minor literary works and also contributions by a few [[Tamil Muslim|Muslim]] and European authors.</div></td></tr>
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