Talk:Sangam literature

List of Sangam Literature

Thanks Senthilkumar for adding the more complete list of the literature. However I have removed the mixed cases which are really difficult to read for a non-tamil speaker and added the actual tamil names to them.

Venu62 19:27, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

I want to create a sub category under Tamil Literature called as sangam tamil literature to collect all Sangam related articles. Any objections ?RaveenS 12:48, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

Sounds like a very good idea. Would there be any interest in starting a Wikiproject on Sangam literature? There're really a lot of things that could be covered - Classical Tamil language, detailed individual articles on each tinai, briefer writeups on the important turais, expanding the articles on each of the anthologies, Classical Tamil prosody (acai, cir, talai, ati, totai, etc. in the classical period and today, aciriyappa, venpa, kalippa and vancippa), the most important poets... the list could go on. -- Arvind 13:50, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

That would be great. I could contribute towards articles on prosody given that I've done some work (alternate url) in this area. We could get some info from ta:பகுப்பு:யாப்பிலக்கணம் too. -- Sundar ^{\talk \contribs} 11:26, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

Great! Actually, should we widen it to include "classical Tamil", which would also include the kizhkanakku and the epics? -- Arvind 14:01, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

Super exciting. Count me in. Kingsley2.com 16:41, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, we could have them too though I personally have little knowledge on those subjects. Looks like we can get to somewhere as we have more hands now. -- Sundar ^{\talk \contribs} 09:32, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Classical Tamil now exists. Please feel free to fill in the various sections... -- Arvind 22:18, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

Damodaram Pillai

Damodaram Pillai was an earlier pioneer to whom U.V. Swaminatha Iyer owes a debt of gratitude. U.V.S Iyer had written a dirge when Damodaram Pillai died and it is the following song in Tamil, written in Venpaa meter.

தொல்காப் பியமுதலாந் தொன்னூல் களைப்பதிப்பித்(து)
ஒல்காப் புகழ்மேவி யுய்ந்தபண்பின் - அல்காத்
தாமோதரச் செல்வன் சட்டகநீத் திட்டதுன்பை
யாமோ தரமியம்ப வே

In his autobiography called 'En Caritham' (என் சரிதம்)U.V.S Iyer does narrate how Damodaram helped him variously. There were also a few other notable scholars other than these two such as Arumuga Navalar and others. --Aadal 21:54, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

Other additions

I've made a few modifications to the write up, including the dates and descriptions. Post 200-300 CE is known as post-Sangam period during wich time such works as Cilappathikaram etc. were written, and after that the Shaivaite Nayanmar's period starts around 500 CE with Karaikkal Ammaiyaar and 700 CE with Appar.--Aadal 21:54, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

Aimperum Kaappiyangal

The five epics, AFAIK, are not part of Sangam literature. Are they?

They are not. We can remove them from the infobox. I have been working on the Tamil literature page. May be we can create an infobox there. - Parthi 09:01, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

Or should we turn the Sangam Literature Infobox into a Tamil Literature Infobox? Kingsley2.com 16:58, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

Do some reading before tagging

I would like to recommed User:Sarvagnya to borrow some books from the local library and do some reading before tagging articles. - Parthi ^{talk/contribs} 05:38, 22 October 2006 (UTC)