Moral Principles of Women Poets in Purananuru

Abstract

Purananuru is a book that can be regarded as the historical treasury of Tamil literature.  The culture, tradition, knowledge and commerce of the Tamils have been gathered together and become a literary ark. Women also excelled in the Sangam period because it was a time of emphasis on women's education. Women poets of the Sangam era have gained equal rights to men as a writer and have expressed their personality and ideas in a dignified way. These women did not hesitate to teach virtues to people through communal ideas. The purpose of this article is to bring out the moral principles of female poets in Purananuru from a social point of view. The personality of women poets in Purananuru, their hospitality, their modesty, their tendency to tell about the shortcomings of kings without hesitation, their courage, participating in the development of the country, and the heroic spirit of women poets are recorded in this article.