Sangam literature refers to a body of classical Tamil literature created between the years c. 300 BCE to 300 CE. This collection contains 2381 poems composed by 473 poets, some 102 of whom remain anonymous The period during which these poems were composed is commonly referred to as the Sangam period, referring to the prevalent Sangam legends claiming literary academies lasting thousands of years, giving the name to the corpus of literature. Sangam literature is primarily secular dealing with everyday themes in a Tamilakam context.
The poems belonging to the Sangam literature were composed by Tamil poets, both men and women, from various professions and classes of society. These poems were later collected into various anthologies, edited, and with colophons added by anthologists and annotators around 1000 AD. Sangam literature fell out of popular memory soon thereafter, until they were rediscovered in the 19th century by scholars such as Arumuga Navalar, C. W. Thamotharampillai and U. V. Swaminatha Iyer.
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Akattiyam | Tolkāppiyam |
Patiṉeṇmēlkaṇakku | |
Eṭṭu thogai | |
Aiṅkurunūṟu | Akanaṉūṟu |
Puṟanāṉūṟu | Kalittokai |
Kuṟuntokai | Naṟṟiṇai |
Paripāṭal | Patiṟṟuppattu |
Pattuppāṭṭu | |
Tirumurukāṟṟuppaṭai | Kuṟiñcippāṭṭu |
Malaipaṭukaṭām | Maturaikkāñci |
Mullaippāṭṭu | Neṭunalvāṭai |
Paṭṭiṉappālai | Perumpāṇāṟṟuppaṭai |
Poruṇarāṟṟuppaṭai | Ciṟupāṇāṟṟuppaṭai |
Patiṉeṇkīḻkaṇakku | |
Nālaṭiyār | Nāṉmaṇikkaṭikai |
Iṉṉā Nāṟpatu | Iṉiyavai Nāṟpatu |
Kār Nāṟpatu | Kaḷavaḻi Nāṟpatu |
Aintiṇai Aimpatu | Tiṉaimoḻi Aimpatu |
Aintinai Eḻupatu | Tiṉaimoḻi Nūṟṟu Aimpatu |
Tirukkuṛaḷ | Tirikaṭukam |
Ācārakkōvai | Paḻamoḻi Nāṉūṟu |
Ciṟupañcamūlam | Mutumoḻikkānci |
Elāti | Kainnilai |
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Sangam | Sangam landscape |
Tamil history from Sangam literature | Tamil literature |
Ancient Tamil music | Sangam society |
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