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  2. List of Sangam poets - Wikipedia

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    Several scholars attribute all the poems in the later anthology Kalithokai to one poet, possibly Nallanthuvanār, and believe that they were erroneously assigned to five poets (Pālai to Pālai Pādiya Perunkadunkō, Kurinji to Kapilar, Marutham to Maruthan Ilanākanār, Mullai to Chōlan Nalluruthiran, and Neythal to Nallanthuvanār) due to ...

  3. Avvaiyar (Sangam poet) - Wikipedia

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    Avvaiyar (Tamil: ஔவையார்) was a Tamil poet who lived during the Sangam period and is said to have had cordial relations with the Tamil chieftains Vēl Pāri and Athiyamān. She wrote 59 poems in the Puṟanāṉūṟu. [1] A plaque on a statue of the poet in Chennai suggests the first century BCE for her birthdate.

  4. List of female poets - Wikipedia

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    Gargi Indian Vedic Hindu poet and writer; Maitreyi Ancient Hindu lady poet and author; Sulabha Ancient Hindu lady poet and philosopher; Sappho (c. 630 – 570 BCE), Greek poet, one of the nine lyric poets; Myrtis of Anthedon (6th BCE), Greek poet; Corinna (fl. 6th c. BCE), Greek poet; Cleobulina (fl. c. 550 BCE), Greek poet; Telesilla (fl. 510 ...

  5. Avvaiyar (12th-century poet) - Wikipedia

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    Avvaiyar was a Tamil poet who lived during the period of Kambar and Ottakoothar during the reign of the Chola dynasty in the twelfth century. [1] She is often imagined as an old and intelligent lady by Tamil people. Many poems and the Avvai Kural, comprising 310 kurals in 31 chapters, belong to this period.

  6. Tamil literature - Wikipedia

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    Thani Tamil Iyakkam's Bharathidasan, freedom fighter, Tamil writer, poet. During the 18th and the 19th century, Tamil Nadu witnessed some of the most profound changes in the political scene. The traditional Tamil ruling clans were superseded by European colonists and their sympathisers. The Tamil society underwent a deep cultural shock with the ...

  7. Sangam literature - Wikipedia

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    Sculpture of the Ancient Tamil Siddhar Agastyar who is traditionally believed to have chaired the first Tamil Sangam in Madurai. The Sangam literature (Tamil: சங்க இலக்கியம், caṅka ilakkiyam), historically known as 'the poetry of the noble ones' (Tamil: சான்றோர் செய்யுள், Cāṉṟōr ceyyuḷ), [1] connotes the early classical Tamil ...

  8. Women writers - Wikipedia

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    In 3rd Century, Tamil poet named, the Avvaiyar who lived during the Sangam period is considered to be contemporary to poets Paranar,[1] Kabilar and Thiruvalluvar.[1] She is attributed as the author of 7 verses in Naṟṟiṇai, 15 in Kuṟuntokai, 4 in Akanaṉūṟu and 33 in Puṟanāṉūṟu.[1]

  9. Legendary Tamil Sangams - Wikipedia

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    Agathiyar (), Chairman of first Tamil Sangam, at Madurai in the Pandiya kingdom.Statue of Agastya in the Tamil Thai (Mother Tamil) temple in Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu, India. The Tamil Sangams (Tamil: சங்கம் caṅkam, Old Tamil 𑀘𑀗𑁆𑀓𑀫𑁆, from Sanskrit saṅgha) were three legendary gatherings of Tamil scholars and poets that, according to traditional Tamil accounts ...