Sangam literature

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South Indian literary tradition Tamil poetry corpus ancient literature classical Tamil literature

Sangam literature is an ancient body of classical Tamil poetry and prose, composed by numerous poets between roughly 300 BCE and 300 CE, renowned for its rich depictions of love, war, and society in early South India.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Sangam period 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf South Indian literary tradition ⓘ
Tamil poetry corpus ⓘ
ancient literature ⓘ
classical Tamil literature ⓘ
associatedWith Tamil Sangams ⓘ
country India ⓘ
culturalContext Tamil Sangam age ⓘ
genre poetry ⓘ
prose ⓘ
hasPart Akanānūru ⓘ
Manimekalai ⓘ
surface form: Cilappatikāram

Ettuthokai ⓘ
Kalittokai ⓘ
Kuruntokai ⓘ
Maduraikāñci ⓘ
Malaipadukadām ⓘ
Manimekalai ⓘ
surface form: Maṇimēkalai

Mullaippāṭṭu ⓘ
Natrinai ⓘ
Paripāṭal ⓘ
Pathinenkilkanakku ⓘ
Pattinappālai ⓘ
Pattuppāṭṭu ⓘ
Pattuppāṭṭu ⓘ
surface form: Porunārātruppaḍai

Puranānūru ⓘ
Tirukkural ⓘ
Tolkāppiyam ⓘ
influenced later Tamil ethical texts ⓘ
medieval Tamil bhakti literature ⓘ
literaryForm akam poetry ⓘ
puram poetry ⓘ
literaryTradition Dravidian literature ⓘ
location ancient Tamilakam ⓘ
mainLanguage Tamil ⓘ
notableWork Akanānūru ⓘ
Cilappatikāram ⓘ
Puranānūru ⓘ
Tirukkural ⓘ
region South India ⓘ
subject ethics ⓘ
heroism ⓘ
kingship ⓘ
landscapes ⓘ
love ⓘ
religion ⓘ
social life ⓘ
trade ⓘ
war ⓘ
timePeriod approximately 300 BCE to 300 CE ⓘ
writtenInScript Tamil script ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tamil people → classicalLiterature → Sangam literature ⓘ
Tamil people → classicalLiteraturePeriod → Sangam literature ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sangam period
Tamil literature → earliestPhase → Sangam literature ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sangam period
Tamil → hasMajorLiteraryCorpus → Sangam literature ⓘ
Tamil literature → hasPart → Sangam literature ⓘ