Nedunelvaadai, - An Agam book from the perspective of Thinai Theories

Abstract

The Sangam literature stands out as the classical literature of Tamil with its own uniqueness. Sangam literature can also be called Thinai literature. Tolkappiyar interprets the meaning of Thinai as a discipline. This discipline can be divided into Agam and Puram. Of these, the Agam discipline deals with the life of love, and the Puram discipline deals with the context of life, such as country-based warfare and heroism. The basic natural environment required by man is the source of the formulation of the theory of Thinai. This principle serves as a tool for distinguishing between the Agam and the Puram of the disciplines sung in a verse. On the basis of this, this Thinai theory has been introduced into the Patthuppaattu books of Sangam literature and examined in Nedunelvaadai, which consists of Agam-Puram concepts. It has been found out which Thinai prevails by quoting both the Thinai messages. It was examined here that Nedunelvadai is an Agam-Puram book containing the messages of the two Thinais since Nakkiran has mentioned the original messages of the Agatthinai and the symbolic flower "Vembu" for the Purathinai.