Sangam Literature

Sangam Literature

Sangam literature, sangam also spelled cankam, chankam, or shangam, the earliest writings within the Tamil language, thought to possess been produced in three chankams, or literary academies, in Madurai, India, from the first to the 4th century CE.

Sangam literature,The Tolkappiyam, a book of grammar and rhetoric, and eight anthologies (Ettuttokai) of poetry were compiled—Ainkurunuru, Kuruntokai, Narrinai, Akananuru, Kalittokai, Patirruppattu, Purananuru, and Paripatal. Sangam literature,A ninth anthology, Pattupattu, consists of 10 idylls that present an image of early Tamil life. Sangam writings are possibly unique in early Indian literature, which is nearly entirely religious.

Sangam literature,The poems are concerned with two main topics: those of the primary five collections are on love (akam), and people of subsequent two are on heroism (puram), including the praise of kings and their deeds. Paripatal, the eighth collection, contains poems of both types.

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