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The poem is an important and rich source of historical information about the ancient Chola kingdom and its capital city. The Pattinappalai mentions the city's music and dance traditions, cock and ram fights, the thriving alcohol and fisheries business, the overseas and domestic trade among the Indian peninsular port cities.
The Madurai project commenced with the utilization of Inaimadhi and Mayilai Tamil fonts. However, starting from 1999, mobile phones have been manufactured using the Tamil Script Code for Information Interchange (TSCII) within the Tamil-language Tamil database. These mobile phones are distributed on web pages and in PDF format.
The poem has Several Mentions Of Vishnu and his temples present in Kanchipuram, [6] It also refers Lord Vishnu as the supreme god of the world and Brahma was born from the navel of Maha Vishnu. [ 7 ] The Perumpāṇāṟṟuppaṭai poem, also referred to as Perumpanattrupadai , [ 8 ] is named after perumpanar – a class of minstrels who sang ...
The others are guides to religious devotion (Murugan) and to major towns, sometimes mixed with akam- or puram-genre poetry. [ 1 ] [ 4 ] The Pattuppāṭṭu collection is a later dated collection, with its earliest layer composed sometime between 2nd and 3rd century CE, the middle between 2nd and 4th century, while the last layer sometime ...
The poem is a source of historical information about the ancient Chola kingdom and king Karikala. [3] It describes the River Kaveri along with the towns settled along its banks. [ 2 ] The poem dedicates many lines each to four regions of the Chola kingdom, along with flora, fauna and different fruits. [ 9 ]
The poems of Kaliththogai are in Kali metre which is known for its dramatic and lyrical qualities and which, according to Tolkappiyam is well suited to express the emotions of the lovers. There is repetition of certain lines and phrases and this, added to the haunting music of the metre, is very appealing.
These poems deal with the various aspects of the courtship between the hero and the heroine. The poems are set in various landscapes (Tinai - திணை). [2] Each poem is subdivided and formatted into pattu or tens, a style found in much of Tamil literature such as Tirukkural, Bhakti movement poetry and elsewhere.
The poems of Tiṉaimozhi Aimpatu are categorised into ten poems for each of the five thinai, or landscape of Sangam poetry and describe in detail the situation and emotions specific to each landscape. The five landscapes of Sangam poetry are mullai – forest, kurinji – mountains, marutham – farmland, paalai – arid land and neithal ...