77 A 4 Sangam Literature 9 Mar

Qts 1 Explain Silappatikaram 

1.Silappatikaram is the first Tamil epic. It’s a 5,730-line poem almost entirely written in akaval (aciriyam) metre. 

2.Ilango Adigal is credited with creating Silappatikaram. 

3. Ilango Adigal is said to be a Jain monk and the younger brother of Chera king Senguttuvan,

4.Silappatikaram is the story of a merchant named Kovalan, who lived in Puhar and fell in love with a courtesan named Madhavi, neglecting his wife Kannagi.

5. Later, he and Kannagi left Puhar and went to Madurai, where he was wrongly accused of theft by the court jeweller of the Pandya king.

Qts 2 Explain Manimegalai

1.Manimekalai, also known as Manimekhalai or Manimekalai, is a Tamil-Buddhist epic written most likely in the sixth century by Kulavika Seethalai Sataar. 

2.It’s a “anti-love narrative,” a sequel to the “love story” in the first Tamil epic Silappadikaram, with some of the same characters and descendants.

 
3.The title Manimekalai is also the name of the daughter of Kovalan and Madhavi, who follows in her mother's footsteps as a dancer and a Buddhist nun.

4. Manimekalai physical beauty and artistic achievements seduces the Chola prince Udayakumara

Qts 3 Explain Tolkappiyam

1.Tolkappiyam is the oldest extant Tamil grammar text

2.Written by  Tholkapiyam 

3.Tolkappiyam is  comprehensive grammar work includes sutras on spelling, phonology, etymology, morphology, semantics, prosody, sentence structure, and the importance of context in language.

Qts 4 Explain Ettuthogai

1.Eight Anthologies called Ettuthokai namely Aingurunooru, Nattrinai, Aganaooru, Purananooru, Kuruntogai, Kalittogai, Paripadal, Padirruppatu

2.It was a part of Tamil literature called the Sangam literature    

                                                                                                                                                      

Qts 5 Explain Pattuppattu

1.The Ten Idylls, also known as Pattupattu or Ten Lays, is a collection of ten longer poems

2.Poem range in length from 100 to 800 lines

3.It is  collection includes Nakkirar’s well-known Tirumurukarruppaai.

    
4.It  contains puram (war and public life) poems.

5.The Chera kings, known as the Cheramal, are the centre of the work.  

 
Qts 6 Explain Pathinenkilkanakku

1.Pathinenkilkanakku contains eighteen works about ethics and morals.

2. The most important among these works is Tirukkural authored by Thiruvalluvar,

Qts 7 Explain Valaiyapati

1.It is one of the five major Tamil epics, the major emotion is love, and its primary goal is to instill Jain values and philosophies. 

2.It revolves around the story of a man with two wives who abandoned his son

Qts 8 Explain Kundalakesi

1.Kundalakesi is a Tamil Buddhist epic authored by Nathakuthanaar  

2.The epic is about love, marriage, becoming bored of one’s wedded partner, murder, and finally discovering religion