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There were historically three Sangams. With the details of the first two Sangams remaining obscure, all the available Sangam works come from the Third Sangam, which began sometime around 1500 BCE. It is said to have lasted 1850 years, until around 300 CE, with 449 poets contributing under the patronage of 49 Pandyan kings. [1]
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 literature and is the earliest known literature of South India. It is generally ...
Sangam women poets (3 P) Pages in category "Sangam poets" The following 49 pages are in this category, out of 49 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
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 ...
Sangam poets (1 C, 49 P) S. Sangam literature (2 C, 53 P) Sri Lankan Tamil literature (1 C, 9 P) T. Tirukkural (3 C, 34 P) W. Tamil writers (8 C, 115 P) Pages in ...
Sangam poets (1 C, 49 P) T. Tirukkural (3 C, 34 P) Pages in category "Sangam literature" The following 53 pages are in this category, out of 53 total.
Sengunrur Kilar was a poet belonging to the late Sangam period that corresponds between 1st century BCE and 2nd century CE. Verse 28 of the Kongu Mandala Sathagam indicates that Sengunrur Kilar was born in the town of Songodai (modern-day Tiruchengode). [1] He was a professor of the ancient Madurai College (Madurai Tamil Sangam). He was also ...
Avvaiyar is considered to be contemporary to poets Paranar, [5] Kabilar and Thiruvalluvar. [6] She is attributed as the author of 7 verses in Naṟṟiṇai, 15 in Kuṟuntokai, 4 in Akanaṉūṟu and 33 in Puṟanāṉūṟu. [5] Legend states that she was a court poet of the rulers of the Tamil country.