Vol. 4 No. 2 (2022): Volume 4, Issue 2, Year 2022
Articles

A Retrospective View of Asunam in Sangam Literature: The Animal or Bird?

Balasubramanian P
PG Research Department of Tamil, Sacred Heart College, Tirupattur–635601, Tamil Nadu, India.

Published 2022-04-01

Keywords

  • Tamil Poetry,
  • Sangam Period,
  • Ecology,
  • Environment,
  • Asunam

How to Cite

P, B. (2022). A Retrospective View of Asunam in Sangam Literature: The Animal or Bird?. International Research Journal of Tamil, 4(2), 60-65. https://doi.org/10.34256/irjt2228

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Abstract

Sangam literature is celebrated as the traditional literature of Tamil. Contemporary scholars are re-reading the Sangam literature from a new perspective over time. Sangam literature can be called a biodiversity volume when it comes to ecological thinking. The creators of the Sangam period have identified the land-based creatures of his time in poetry. Numerous of them became extinct over time or have been renamed. In particular, the article discusses the search for a creature called Asunam that has been spoken of in Sangam poems, the poetic record, and the commentary of the narrators.

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