Tamil literature

E83282
South Asian literature classical literature tradition literature

Tamil literature is the body of written and oral works in the Tamil language, encompassing ancient Sangam poetry, devotional hymns, classical epics, and modern writings that reflect the culture and history of Tamil-speaking people.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Tamil literature canonical 11
Tamil classical corpus 1
Tamil classical literature 1

Statements (79)

Predicate Object
instanceOf South Asian literature ⓘ
classical literature tradition ⓘ
literature ⓘ
culturalRole medium of ethical instruction ⓘ
preservation of Tamil identity ⓘ
reflection of Tamil social history ⓘ
vehicle of religious devotion ⓘ
earliestPhase Sangam literature ⓘ
surface form: Sangam period
floruit Tamil Sangams ⓘ
surface form: Sangam age
hasGenre children's literature ⓘ
court poetry ⓘ
devotional poetry ⓘ
didactic literature ⓘ
epic poetry ⓘ
folktales ⓘ
historical novels ⓘ
mythological narratives ⓘ
political writing ⓘ
romantic poetry ⓘ
social novels ⓘ
hasPart Bhakti literature ⓘ
Sangam literature ⓘ
Tamil commentarial literature ⓘ
Tamil devotional hymns ⓘ
Tamil drama ⓘ
Tamil epics ⓘ
Tamil essays ⓘ
Tamil folk literature ⓘ
Tamil grammatical treatises ⓘ
Tamil literary criticism ⓘ
Tamil novels ⓘ
Tamil oral tradition ⓘ
Tamil poetry ⓘ
Tamil prose ⓘ
Tamil short stories ⓘ
contemporary Tamil literature ⓘ
medieval Tamil literature ⓘ
modern Tamil literature ⓘ
post-Sangam literature ⓘ
influenced Sri Lankan Tamil literature ⓘ
Tamil diaspora literature ⓘ
other Dravidian literatures ⓘ
influencedBy Bhakti movement ⓘ
Dravidian culture ⓘ
Tamil Sangams ⓘ
surface form: Sangam society
language Tamil ⓘ
literaryLanguage Jaffna Tamil ⓘ
surface form: classical Tamil

modern Tamil ⓘ
majorWork Akananuru ⓘ
Civaka Cintamani ⓘ
Ettuthokai ⓘ
Ramayana ⓘ
surface form: Kamba Ramayanam

Manimekalai ⓘ
Divya Prabandham ⓘ
surface form: Nalayira Divya Prabandham

Paripāṭal ⓘ
surface form: Paripaadal

Pattuppāṭṭu ⓘ
surface form: Pattuppattu

Tirumurai ⓘ
surface form: Periya Puranam

Puranānūru ⓘ
surface form: Purananuru

Cilappatikāram ⓘ
surface form: Silappatikaram

Tevaram ⓘ
Tirukkural ⓘ
Tirumurai ⓘ
surface form: Tiruvacakam

Tolkāppiyam ⓘ
surface form: Tolkappiyam
notablePoeticForm akam poetry ⓘ
kalippa ⓘ
Paripāṭal ⓘ
surface form: paripaadal

puram poetry ⓘ
venpa ⓘ
region Sri Lanka ⓘ
Tamil Nadu ⓘ
Tamil-speaking diaspora ⓘ
religiousTradition Buddhism ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
Jainism ⓘ
script Tamil script ⓘ
startTime circa 300 BCE ⓘ
writingSystem Tamil-Brahmi script ⓘ
surface form: Brahmi-derived Tamil script

Referenced by (16)

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

Jaffna → knownFor → Tamil literature ⓘ
Tirukkural → culturalStatus → Tamil literature ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tamil moral canon
Tirukkural → influenceOn → Tamil literature ⓘ
Tamil people → associatedWith → Tamil literature ⓘ
Iravan → languageTradition → Tamil literature ⓘ
Murugan → associatedWith → Tamil literature ⓘ
Jain literature → influenced → Tamil literature ⓘ
Pathinenkilkanakku → partOf → Tamil literature ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tamil classical literature
Eighteen Greater Texts of Tamil (Pattuppāṭṭu and associated epics) → hasPart → Tamil literature ⓘ
subject surface form: Eighteen Greater Texts of Tamil
this entity surface form: Tamil epics
Tamilakam → associatedWith → Tamil literature ⓘ
Tolkāppiyam → tradition → Tamil literature ⓘ
Tolkāppiyam → influenceOn → Tamil literature ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tamil poetics
Karunanidhi → fieldOfWork → Tamil literature ⓘ
Kannada literature → influencedBy → Tamil literature ⓘ
Kural literature → isPartOf → Tamil literature ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tamil classical corpus
Jaffna Kingdom → knownFor → Tamil literature ⓘ