Akananuru
E387273
Akananuru is a classical Tamil poetic anthology of 400 love-themed poems that forms a key part of the ancient Sangam literature.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Akananuru canonical | 3 |
| Caṅkam corpus | 1 |
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sangam literature work
ⓘ
Tamil poetic anthology ⓘ classical Tamil literature ⓘ |
| associatedLandscapeConcept | thinai (landscape-based mood classification) ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Sangam period
ⓘ
surface form:
Tamil Sangam period
|
| canonicalStatus | major work of Sangam canon ⓘ |
| compiledBy | multiple poets ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
Puranānūru
ⓘ
surface form:
Purananuru
|
| culturalContext | ancient Tamil society ⓘ |
| hasCommentarialTradition | yes ⓘ |
| hasPoemType | short lyric poems ⓘ |
| influenced | later Tamil love poetry ⓘ |
| language | Tamil ⓘ |
| literaryGenre |
Sangam anthology
ⓘ
akam poetry ⓘ |
| literaryImportance | key source for early Tamil love poetics ⓘ |
| literaryTradition |
Sangam literature
ⓘ
surface form:
Sangam corpus
|
| numberOfPoems | 400 ⓘ |
| numberOfPoets | multiple ⓘ |
| partOf |
Ettuthokai
ⓘ
Sangam literature ⓘ |
| poeticMeter | classical Tamil meters ⓘ |
| preservedIn | palm-leaf manuscripts ⓘ |
| primaryTheme | love ⓘ |
| region | ancient Tamilakam ⓘ |
| settingType | akam (interior, personal) settings ⓘ |
| studiedIn | Tamil literary studies ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
emotions of lovers
ⓘ
interior life ⓘ love and relationships ⓘ |
| textStructure | anthology of independent poems ⓘ |
| titleInTamil | அகநானூறு ⓘ |
| traditionalDating | early centuries CE ⓘ |
| usedFor |
study of Sangam poetics
ⓘ
study of ancient Tamil culture ⓘ study of classical Tamil language ⓘ |
| usesLandscapeImagery | yes ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Caṅkam corpus