Sangam literature

E39751

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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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
Sangam literature canonical	17
Sangam corpus	5
Sangam period	3
Sangam poets	2
Sangam akam anthologies	1
Sangam canon	1
Sangam literature tradition	1
Sangam poetry	1
Sangam-era literature	1
Tamil Sangam literature	1

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 (33)

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this entity surface form: Sangam corpus

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Eighteen Greater Texts of Tamil (Pattuppāṭṭu and associated epics) → associatedWith → Sangam literature ⓘ

subject surface form: Pattuppāṭṭu

this entity surface form: Sangam poets

Madhavi → partOf → Sangam literature ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sangam-era literature

Tamilakam → associatedWith → Sangam literature ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Sangam poetry

Tolkāppiyam → associatedWith → Sangam literature ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Sangam corpus