The Word ‘Pride’ in Bharatiyar’s Poetry

Abstract

Bharatiyar has recorded the glories of the Tamil language and its merits in his poems. Through his poems we come to know that how clearly, he has used a single word in many ways. Bharatiyar is proficient not only in Tamil but also well familiar in idioms of English and Sanskrit. He is a multilingual scholar and has created many literary books in these languages. Thus, the word ‘Pride’ in the poems of Bharathiyar, is used in many ways with different meanings. The word ‘pride’ is compared with the same word which was used by Tholkappiyar in his text Tolkapiyam. The purpose of this article is to take the word ‘Pride’ mentioned in Tolkappiyam and examine the different types of meanings that the word conveys in Bharatiyar's poetry.