The Bereaved Poems of the Women Poets of the Sangam age from a Tragic Point of View

Abstract

Sangam literature is the one that deals with the Akam and Puram lives of the people. Of the Purananoonuru songs, which are the nucleus of Tamil culture, 44 are songs of bereavement. Women have displayed their talent on par with men in singing Sangam songs. The foremost among them is Avvaiyar. Marokkatthu Nappasalaiyar, Bhoothapandiandevi, Maakothai, Pari Women, etc. have sung their songs in bereavement. Among the poets who sang so, the friendship of Avvaiyar Adhiyaman, the songs she sang with great sorrow at the time of his death, and the friendship of Marokkatthu Nappasalaiyar with Cholan Nalankilli spoke of the fact that when she came as a singer and touched him, Nappasalaiyar was in a state of complete suffering. Bhootha Pandian had fought a great war with the Chola and won, and such a great man died. It portrayed the state of Devi Koperungopendu and how she was inseparably saddened by the death of her husband. Literature also tells the story of wives agreeing to die for the deaths of their husbands. The article says that among the men, Tunjiya Makodhai of Kottambalam was the only king who mourned the death of his wife. It also tells us that the Muventhars invaded Parambu Malai of Pari separately, and since they could not conquer it, they deceived and killed Pari. This article tells of how his women were then suffering from the death of their father, and the news of the death of those who died in the war. This article tells of how his daughters were then suffering from the death of their father, and this article is to highlight the news of the memorial stone for those who died in the war.