Tiṇaimālai Nūṟṟaimpatu
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(Tamil: திணைமாலை நூற்றைம்பது) is a Tamil poetic work belonging to the Eighteen Lesser Texts (Patinenkilkanakku) anthology of Tamil literature, belonging to the 'post Sangam period' corresponding to between 100 and 500 CE.
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contains 154 poems written by the poet Kanimeytaviyar.
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deals with the subjective (
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) concepts.
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in the Sangam literature denotes the subject matters that deal with the intangibles of life such as human emotions, love, separation, lovers' quarrels, etc. The poems of
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are categorised into 31 poems for each of the five
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, or landscape of Sangam poetry and describe in detail the situation and emotions specific to each landscape. The five landscapes of Sangam poetry are
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– forest,
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– mountains,
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– farmland,
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– arid land and
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– seashore.
References[edit | edit source]
- Mudaliyar, Singaravelu A., Apithana Cintamani, An encyclopaedia of Tamil Literature, (1931) - Reprinted by Asian Educational Services, New Delhi (1983)
- http://tamilnation.org/literature/
- http://tamilnation.org/literature/pathinen/pm0056.pdf Tinaimalai Nurraimpatu eText at Project madurai