Life in Literature

Abstract

Earlier primitive man wandered around as a nomad. As time and day passed by he began to live permanently in one place. Then customs and civilizations emerged. After some time he formed and lived in a group. Later those groups became his families. Then families as communities and caste groups. Thus came domesticity. Domesticity and asceticism are two eyes for ancient Tamil people. Tamil literature has recorded that one should engage in engage domesticity if one wants to get rid of selfishness and seek the welfare of others. In that way, this article is a way to reveal the good news of domesticity in the home life shown by the Tamil literature. In this article life in Tolkappiyam, life in Kurunthogai, life in Akananuru, life in Natrinai, life in Purananuru, living in the twenty-first century are explored.