Vol. 3 No. 4 (2021): Volume 3, Issue 4, Year 2021
Articles

Female friendship in ancient literature

Amutha S
Department of Tamil, Rajah Serfoji Government College, Thanjavur-613005, India.

Published 2021-10-30

Keywords

  • Sangam literature,
  • Thozhi,
  • Female Friendship,
  • Love

How to Cite

S, A. (2021). Female friendship in ancient literature. International Research Journal of Tamil, 3(4), 264-271. https://doi.org/10.34256/irjt21433

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Abstract

Sangam literature is a mirror to the time which clearly reveals the life of the people of the Sangam age. These verses help us to understand the life of the ancient Tamils. Sangam literature is the foremost literature of ancient Tamil. Our forefathers divided this distinction into Agam and Puram literatures. In these verses, the tamil people's home ness, lifestyle, customs, beliefs, tactics, politics, the way of life of the poets, the gifts, the rituals of the people, etc., are reflected. In the Agam literature, there are men like Thalaivan, Thalaivi, Thozhi, Nurse, Nattai, Bhanga, Panan, Virali and Koothar. Life concepts in Tamil literature. It depicts the inner and outer lives of the people. There are Eight anthologies and ten idylls mns that appeared during the Sangam period. The qualities of today's people like love, morality and morality are declining. The main objective of this article is to develop and direct it among the people.

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